Lesson plan

Unit 4

School:

Date:

Teacher’s name:

Class:

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Theme of the Lesson:

Describing people

Learning objective(s) that this lesson is contributing to

6.3.7.1  use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about a limited  range of general  topics, and some curricular topics 6.6.5 use questions including questions with whose, how often, how long and a growing range of tag questions on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics

Lesson objectives

ü  To learn at least 5 new words which describe people

ü  To use interrogative sentences with “whose, how often, how long” and give appropriate answers to them

Assessment criteria

ü  A learner can make interrogative sentences with “whose, how often, how long” and give appropriate answers to them

Value links

Responsibility and respect, these values are instilled during group and pair discussions.

Cross curricular links

History, the lesson is aimed at discussing celebrities who contributed to glorifying our country.   

Previous learning

Describing people    

Plan

Planned timings

Planned timings

Resources

Beginning

0-5

Organizational moment

Teacher presents the lesson objectives, explains students what they would be able to do by the end of this lesson.

1.Warming-up.

Students talk in pairs

1.      Who is your best friend?

2.      How old is he?

3.      What does he/she look like?

4.      What is he/she like?

5.      What do you do together?

6.      How often do you meet your best friend?

7.      How long have you known your best friend?

Middle

5-10

10-25

25-35

 2. Focus on grammar. Word order

Ask learners if they know anything about word order. If yes, ask them to share information, if not, present them the PPT.

Teacher explains the grammar in a simplified form

Subject + verb + objective

Adjective + noun

Verb be + adjective

We read magazines

She’s a beautiful girl

Tina is beautiful

3. Practice.

Ask your more able learners to make 6 sentences paying attention to word order.

As for less able learners, ask them to order the words to make sentences (PPT slide 6)

Answers:

1. Jack drives an expensive car.

2. Helen wears red lipstick.

3. My parents live in a big house.

4. On Saturdays I cook a big lunch.

5. I don’t like wet days.

6. My grandfather’s quite old.

7. Paula’s children have fair hair.

Ask learners to make sentences putting the words in the correct order. (See Handout 1, Full Blast, Students’ Book, Module 1E, Ex 3D, page 17)

Answers:

1. Betty has got straight hair.

2. My brother is outgoing.

3. Neil does the washing up every day.

4. Kate is a lovely girl.

5. Andrew surfs the net in the evenings.

Focus on writing.

Ask learners to do online test to check their understanding.

Define the underlined parts.

1.I can't go to the party.

 auxiliary

 place

 subject

 verb

2.Do you like cornflakes?

 auxiliary

 object

 subject

 verb

3. Jack flew to Detroit in 2012.

 place

 subject

 time

 verb

Which sentences are correct?

Which is correct?

 He's going to buy a present to give to his sister.

 He's going to buy his sister a present.

 Both sentences are correct.

Which is correct?

 My friend gave a book to me.

 My friend gave me a book.

 Both sentences are correct.

Which is correct?

 From where are you?

 Where are you from?

 Both questions are correct

PPT grammar

Or video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F03w-vOV-xw

PPT grammar

(slide 6)

Handout 1

Full Blast, Students’ Book, Module 1E, Ex 3D, page 17)

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/complex_tests/word_order1/task.php

PPT Test

35-40

Reflection.

·         Evaluate their work as well as the work of their classmates using certain criteria.

·         Reflect on what has been learned and what remained unclear

·         Discuss the ways of improving the sides which are necessary to develop.

DIFFERENTIATION – how do you plan to give more support? How do you plan to challenge the more able learners?

More able students should make their own sentences.

ASSESSMENT – how are you planning to check learners’ learning?

Monitoring students’ discussion, taking notes of typical mistakes.

Teacher can check student’s writing assignment focusing on the following, a learner:

-describes his friend’s appearance using at least 3-4 adjectives

-describes his friend’s personality using at least 3-4 adjectives

-uses correct order of words

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