Lesson Plan
Unit/Theme: __SCHOOL_________________________________ Topic: __classroom/school materials______
Essential Question(s):
How do classroom environments differ from subject to
subject, school to school and country to country?
Materials:
- Poster with numbers 0-10
- Video with school items
- Items and pictures of these items: pencil, pen,
eraser, book, paper, notebook, ruler, binder,
bag/backpack
- Cards, items, bags for relay game
Stage I: Reflect - What will students know and be able to do at the end of this lesson?
Know: The students will know some classroom vocabulary (singular and plural), numbers 0-10 in
context, the structure “Ich habe…” / “Hast du…?”, indefinite articles (ein, eine, einen) as well as
“kein/keine/keinen”.
Do: The students will be able to retrieve needed items, ask for items and respond, and present to other
students what they have in their school bag.
Stage II: Warm Up
 Review numbers 0-10 by counting forward and backward.
 Watch a short video clip about students in school and count the items seen in the video. The pictures of
the items will be displayed on the board/handout and the students just need to write the numbers next to
them.
 Share/compare answers with partner, then the whole class.
Stage III: LEARN
Link:
 Point out the lesson objectives for today’s lesson as well as the essential question for the unit. (written in
English on the board)
Engage and Explain
 Show the students a bag/backpack and take out one item at a time, introducing the new vocabulary words
in the context of the phrase “Ich habe ein/eine/einen…”
 Introduce the plural forms of the vocabulary words while reviewing the numbers 1-10 in context.
 Introduce the negation “kein/keine/keinen” and how to use it in the previously learned phrase.
Active Learning
Interpretive/Receptive
 Relay race:
In groups, the students will have to
do a relay race. One person will
have to run to the stack of cards,
then run to the pile of school items
and pick up the item(s) listed on
the card, and return to their home
and put the items in the backpack.
As soon as the first person is
finished, the next person starts.
Interpersonal/Interactive
 Take inventory:
After the relay game, the groups
have to check the contents of their
backpack and make sure they have
all the items that are on the cards.
If they don’t have everything they
need, they have to trade with other
groups, using the phrases “Hast du
ein/eine/einen…?”, “Ja, ich habe
ein/eine/einen…”, “Nein, ich habe
kein/keine/keinen…”. (The teacher
previously puts some items in the
bags, so that not all items are
available during the relay game
Presentational/Productive
 Presentation:
Once the groups have all the items
they are supposed to have based on
the cards from the relay game, the
students will present what they
have in the backpack to the class
using the vocabulary and phrases
practiced in class. Every student
should be part of the presentation.
and the groups have to talk to each
other!!)
Reflect
 The students write about what they have in their own backpack. (in class or homework)
Now and Then
 Tomorrow we will review the classroom items, listen to the presentation of the homework assignment,
and learn some expressions used in the classroom.
 Your final assessment will be to draw a picture of your favorite classroom. You will have to state the school
type, describe the classroom environment, and list items used in the classroom as well as classroom
routines.