Svetlana Gulimova – Lesson Plan 4
Class level
Classroom
Advanced
Room 4
Progress expectation
Students should get to know compound adjectives related to topic ‘Types of
personality” and ‘Describing personality’, Modal verbs with Possibility and
Certainty meaning
‘Personality’ adjectives, Modal verbs (Might, may, could, will, won’t)
Describing personality (compound adjectives)
Teach the students new adjectives describing personality and modal verbs
with ‘possibility’ and ‘certainty’ meanings when describing someone’s
personality
Students should be able to describe character using compound adjectives
and say suppositions or assertions using modal verbs
Students should already know simpler adjectives to describe personality
and some modal verbs
Images related to the topic (printed), hand-outs with exercises, white board,
computer with audio tracks
Students will be able to describe personality using compound adjectives
and talk about positive and negative traits of character
The students were familiar with many adjectives for describing personality,
already knew the modal verbs and definition of a ‘compound adjective’.
STT was much more than TTT. The students could dispute some of the
adjectives while deciding if they have positive or negative meaning. Next
time I would do more entertaining and more challenging exercises, rather
than filling the gaps or matching exercises, as they seemed quite
boring/easy for the advanced level students.
Subject
Topic
Aim
Objective
Knowledge assumed
Material & equipment
Learning assessment
Post lesson notes
Lesson date
Lesson duration
25/10/2013
1 hour
Tasks
Phase Duration
1
5
2
5
Topic
Warm Up
Presentation 1
Teacher activity
Write the topic on
the board
‘Describing
personality’. Write
a quote of an
American writer
about people
characters and
ask questions:
Do you agree
with the 3
situations the
writer gives?
Can you think of
any other
situations, which
are a good guide
to someone’s
personality?
What positive and
negative
adjectives
describing
character do you
know?
Explain
‘compound
adjective’.
Student activity Resources
Students answer White board
questions and
discuss
The students
White board,
read (silently) and printed hand-outs
then aloud one by
3
5
Practice 1
4
5
Presentation 2
5
5
Practice 2
6
5
Presentation 3
7
5
Practice 3
8
5
Presentation 4
Present the
students 5-6
compound
adjectives on the
board. Hand out
the adjectives
and their
definitions.
Have students
read the
definitions and
decide if they
have Positive or
Negative
meaning and
remember any
synonyms.
Put printed
pictures on the
board. Have
students match
the pictures and
the adjectives
and explain why.
Write more
compound
adjectives
(random order).
Hand out the
definitions and
have students
match the
definitions to the
adjectives on the
board.
Ask students not
to look into their
papers. Write on
the board the first
(the second)
halves of the
adjectives.
Give students
examples with
modal verbs
(might, could, will,
etc.).
Draw 2 columns:
modal verbs of
possibility and
certainty.
Explain grammar:
modal verbs might, may, could
(for possibility).
Exercise: re-write
sentences using
‘might’.
Explain grammar:
modal verbs –
will/won’t (for
one definitions
and decide if they
have positive or
negative
meaning.
The students
match and
explain their
decision
White board,
printed pictures
The students
White board,
match the
printed texts
compound
adjectives to the
adjectives on the
board.
Students
complete the
compound
adjectives
White board
Students try to
White board
guess
possibility/certaint
y meaning.
Listen to
grammar
explanation.
Students rewrite Printed exercises
sentences using
‘might’.
Students listen to White board
the grammar
explanation
9
5
Practice 4
10
10
Produce
11
5
Wrap Up
Back Up #1
Writing Task
Back Up #2
Listening Task
certainty).
Exercise:
Imagine what
different types of
people will
definitely do in
different
situations using
will/won’t (ex:
Mom, I’m not
going to study
science of law,
I’m going to
become a circus
artist.
(narrow-minded
mom will…;
open-minded
mom will….)
Discussion:
‘Which traits of
character would
you like to
possess/develop
in yourself?’
Personality test
(video)
1.
Show the
video test
2.
Students
do the test
3.
Give the
test results and
tell to read the
test results at
home
Exercise: fill in
the gaps
(adjectives)
I say the first part
of a compound
adjective –
students say the
second.
Students try to
imagine the
situations and say
what different
personalities
will/won’t
definitely say/do
Students share
their opinions
/wishes using
vocabulary and
grammar from the
lesson
Students watch
Computer (video,
the video and do internet)
the test
Students do the
exercise
Printed hand-outs
Students listen
and say
Students who attended
Name
Daniel
Age Level
Advanced
Karina
Advanced
Vanina
Advanced
Notes
Daniel better works one-on-one but in group and pair
works stays passive, so he should be asked intentionally
not to stay silent during the lesson. He has quite a wide
vocabulary and knowledge of sayings and phrases in
English
Karina has a very wide vocabulary, speaks fast and likes
to discuss different topics, always has her own opinion
and asks a lot of things during the lesson.
Vanina speaks advanced English and is very willing to
know lots of extra things, asks many questions