LESSON PLAN
Name: Boiti Adriana Claudia
School: ‘Mihai Viteazul’ secondary school
Date: 9th November 2012
Class : VIth A
No. of students: 18
Time of lesson: 11.40- 12.25 ( 45 min.)
Textbook: Snapshot Elementary (students’ book), by Brian Abbs, Chris
Barker, Ingrid Freebairn, Longman, alternative with English Factfile
Unit of learning- FOOD AND DRINKS
Lesson: PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS IN CONTRAST
Lesson Aims: 1. to revise the usage of the present simple and continuous
in contrast to each other
2. to develop their knowledge about the usage of the two
tenses by means of communicative activities: stories,
humour, songs
3. to be able to speak about their daily routine and the
actions taking place at the moment of speaking
4. to communicate and practice the English language skills
Materials: textbook- Snapshot Elementary (students’ book ) by Brian
Abbs, Chris Barker, Ingrid Freebairn , Longman ,alternative with English
Factfile
Grammar Practice Activities, a practical guide for teachers ,
by Penny Ur
PowerPoint presentation
Websources:
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org./en/short-stories/my-dad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6VCJDJ5I5c
http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_low_intermediate.php?id=7798
Clue cards
Laptop and videoprojector
Worksheets
Skills involved: listening, speaking, reading, writing
Type of lesson: revising and developing the acquired knowledge and
skills
ACTIVITY 1
-warm up
Aim : to do the warm up
to introduce the subject of the lesson
Procedure: 1.the teacher checks the homework and guides the ss. in
correcting it
2. the teacher has an introductory discussion with the students,
starting from the following questions:
Do you have a big family?/What do you usually do at the
weekend?/ What are you doing this weekend?
3. Next, the teacher announces the topic of the lesson and the
fact the students are going to watch a girl speaking about her family.
Interaction: T- SS., SS-T
Timing: 5 min.
ACTIVITY 2 :
Aim: to be able to speak about their daily routine and the actions taking
place at the moment of speaking
Procedure: 1. SS.watch and listen to a story, paying attention to the forms
of the verbs in it.
2. Then, in their groups of three students, they will have to
complete a worksheet with the right forms of the verbs and orally discuss
about their usage
Interaction: GW, SS-T
Timing: 10 min.
ACTIVITY 3
Aim: to revise the usage of the present simple and continuous in contrast to
each other.
Procedure: 1. Each student will receive a card with a sentence and a picture
on it. They will have to complete with the correct form of the verbs.
Some of the students will come in front of the class and mime the action
they have. The other classmates have to recognize the sentence.
Interaction: SS-SS
Timing: 5 min.
ACTIVITY 4:
Aim: 1. to develop their knowledge about the usage of the two tenses by
means of communicative activities: humour
Procedure: 1.the students watch a humorous video and ,in pairs, try to
answer some comprehension questions.
Interaction: PW, SS-SS
Timing : 5 min.
ACTIVITY 5 ;
Aim: to provide feedback on the subject of the lesson
to communicate and practice the English language skills
Procedure: 1.The students watch a PowerPoint presentation including
some activities that usually take place as well as activities that take place at
the moment of speaking. Students orally make up some sentences in the
appropriate tense. Afterwards, they are handed in a worksheet. In pairs, they
try to remember the names of the people performing certain activities.
Interaction: T-SS, PW, SS-SS
Timing: 10 min.
ACTIVITY 6 (if time allows it)
Aim: consolidating knowledge
getting the feedback from the ss.
assigning the homework
Procedure: 1. The teacher will invite the 6 groups of 3 students to listen
to ‘The Lemon tree’ song, performed by the Fools’ Garden band.
While-listening, the students will pay attention to the forms of the verbs in
the song and will complete their worksheet.The song is played again , in
order to check their answers.
2. As homework, the ss. will also have to do a worksheet, to
practice the acquired knowledge.
3. The very active ss. are rewarded, praised, while the less
active ones are encouraged to get more involved in the future lessons
Interaction: GW, SS-T, T-SS
Timing: 10 min