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CELTA Lesson Plan Trainee: Erdal Erikli

STAGE AIMS Stage 1 Greeting Ask students if anyone did anything unusual or interesting in the weekend with an aim to get to know them better and extend the conversation by possible responses from other students. T-S S-S 4 mins

TP No: 2
PROCEDURE

Date: 13-02-2012
INTERACTION TYPE

Time: 45
MATERIALS TUTORS COMMENTS (if applicable)

TIME

Recap what was covered in the earlier lessons

Ask students to think back about what they did in the classroom last week. Students try to remember topics and structures from previous lessons. Give feedback if necessary.

S-S

3 mins

Stage 2 Lead In To raise interest in the topic and introduce vocabulary in the upcoming text.
To practice

Write the following words on the board; Fight , Discuss, Argue, Fall Out With

T-S

1 min

WB

In pairs, students talk about the meaning of the words and decide which one is the odd one. (Answer is: discuss as it does not imply a disagreement.) Give feedback if necessary.

S-S

2 mins

speaking for fluency

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International Training Institute encourage Give out the HO1 and focuses students on the pictures. Students in pairs try to decide what the relationship between the each photo
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students brainstorm
aim of the topic with the practising fluency

T-S S-S

4 mins

HO1

is. Get feedback and further questions their ideas; What makes you think/say that? Does anyone else have a different idea?

T-S To practice Play recording 1.6. Students match the speakers to the photos. They then compare their answers before teacher-feedback. Play the recording if necessary. Answers : Speaker 1-B, Speaker 2- A, Speaker 3-C S-S T-S 4 -6 mins CD Player

listening for gist

To raise interest in text the listening

Distribute the HO2 and ask students to study them carefully. Ask them whether they have any idea about what they are about to do. Build instructions upon the responses students give; You will now listen to the recording again but this time you will try to fill in the gaps. OK? I will pause the recording between the speakers. When I do that, please compare your answers in pairs. Any questions? Play the recording 1.6 again. Students complete the notes in the table. Teacher re-plays the recording if necessary.

T-S

3 mins

HO2

T-S

T-S

4 -6 mins

CD Player

To listening detailed

practice for

Provide feedback; let students know the whereabouts of HO3 namely the answer keys which are placed underneath students chairs or tables. Students find them and check their answers in pairs. (Inspired by Amanda Gambles article on http://www.onestopenglish.com/support/methodology/classroommanagement/alternatives-to-whole-class-feedback/155374.article) T-S S-S 4 mins HO3

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Give HO4. In pairs, students look through the tape script and write 5 questions. Write the following question on the board as an example.

T-S S-S

6 mins

HO4

(Present Simple &

To check reading comprehension

While students are writing their questions, monitor and help them where necessary. Help students correct any possible grammatical mistakes during writing and provide assistance for possible questions. This time, paired students exchange their questions with other groups to find answers from the text. S-S T-S 5 mins

Back-up Exercise Further exploit the text to do vocabulary exercises.

If students do not need to listen to the recording again, there will be 45 extra minutes. To solve this issue, ask students to find words from the transcript with similar and opposite meanings. Examples: Angry-calm, terrible-good Apart from, except for WB 4-5 mins

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