Lesson plan

Text book: Snapshot Teacher: Iordache Mihaela School: Scoala Scundu Date: May, 17th 2006 Grade: 5th form Level: beginner Previous lesson: he past simple tense New lesson: !ractice of the simple past tense Aims: "e#ising and practicing the $ords lin%ed to $eather, practicing the simple past tense of irregular #erbs, getting used the children to tal% about a past e#ent, practicing all the forms of past tense Time: 50 minutes Classroom mana ement: Student&centred T!pes o" interaction: eacher&students, students&students Skills: 'istening, reading, $riting, spea%ing Audio#visual aids: pictures, handouts Strate ies: ()ercise, con#ersation, *uestionnaire T!pes o" activities: !air $or%, indi#idual $or%, $2hole class $arm up activities: he students are as%ed to fill in a pu++le $ith $ords from the pre#ious lesson and to spea% about the $eather in the pictures $hich $ill be sho$n Subsidiar! aims: (ncouraging students to use their (nglish, teaching students ho$ to spea% about a past e#ent %valuation: oral e#aluation &ocabular!: $arm, cloudy, rain, sunny, $et, $indy, cold, hot, sno$, foggy, to miss, cry for help, beach, to dial, statement, $allet
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.cti#ities he teacher enters the classroom and greets the children: 20ood morning children34 a- he students are as%ed to sol#e a pu++le containing $ords about the $eather from the pre#ious lesson7 8y ma%ing use of a set of handouts, the teacher as%s the students to fill in the pu++le7 o ma%e the tas% easier, on the handouts there are some definitions about the $eather7 he definitions are: 17 In autumn it/s 99999999 27 5hen it/s raining it/s 9999999 :7 In spring it/s 999999999999 ;7 In summer it/s 99999999999 57 5hen it/s sunny, you $ear a 9999 on your head7 67 he 999999999 in 8ucharest is 20 degrees <entigrade7 77 he 999999 is good for plants7

Subsidiary aims he students greet their teacher in their turn: 20ood morning children34 he students ans$er the teacher/s *uestions using the already taught notions about the $eather and they ha#e to fill in the pu++le from the blac%board7 he students ans$er to the teacher/s *uestions about the $eather using the specific structure7

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b- he teacher sho$s the students some pictures representing types of $eather and students respond to the teacher/s *uestions about the $eather using the construction: 25hat/s the $eather li%e in picture 1= It/s >>4 ?@M(5@"A he teacher as%s the students <?(<A&6! about their home$or% and chec%s if they ha#e $ritten it, corrects the grammar mista%es they made and names some students to read their home$or% $hich consisted in translating the follo$ing sentences into (nglish: 17 (ra frig in 'ondra ieri7 27 1oi am fost la !altinis duminica trecuta7 :7 (le#ii au studiat trecutul simplu ieri7 ;7 atal meu a cumparat o masina noua7 57 <olega mea de banca a spart o #a+a saptamana trecuta7 67 Bim nu a #enit la scoala7 !".< I<( he teacher as%s the students ,"(.CI10 .1C to open their boo%s at page S!(.AI10106 and to sol#e e)ercise 67 he teacher reads the te)t about 'u%e Dreeman, and then she nominates some students $ho $ill read the te)t7 She corrects their pronunciation7 he teacher as%s the students to identify the #erbs $hich are used in

he students ans$er to the teacher/s *uestions7 he nominated students read the sentences paying attention to the teacher/s correction7 hey ma%e all the necessary corrections in their noteboo%s7

he students open their boo%s at page 106 and listen to the teacher/s reading paying attention to the pronunciation7 he nominated students read the te)t aloud7 hey recogni+e the #erbs used in the
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the past tense and to $rite some of the sentences on the blac%board and in their noteboo%s7 6/ !".< I<( 0".MM." he teacher as%s the students to sol#e e)ercise 7 from page 1067 hey ha#e to put in order some sentences that are lin%ed to the pre#ious te)t7 hey ha#e to find out the correct order of e#ents of the te)t and it summarises the story7 he follo$ing e)ercise is concerned $ith the use of some past tense forms of irregular #erbs7 he students ha#e to sol#e e)ercise E on page 1077 hey ha#e to complete the man/s statement $ith the past simple forms of the #erbs in brac%ets7 his type of e)ercise is meant to get pupils to use the past tense and to get them used to tal% about a past tense e#ent7 <@MM61I<. F( he teacher as%s the students .< IFI G to try to sol#e e)ercise Eb7 hey $ill ha#e to $or% in pairs to as% and ans$er *uestions about the te)t7 Some of the students $ill be as%ed to come in front of the class and to act their dialogue7 he aim of this e)ercise is to ma%e the students use the interrogati#e form of the past simple7 he students use the cue $ords gi#en in the e)ercise to build the *uestions7

past tense $riting some sentences containing them on the blac%board and in their noteboo%s7 he students read and sol#e e)ercise 7 paying attention to the order of e#ents happened in the story7 he named students ans$er to the teacher/s *uestions and read aloud the sentences in the correct order7 he students try to sol#e the ne)t e)ercises paying attention to the irregular forms of the #erbs in brac%ets7 he students $or% in pairs of t$o and they ta%e part in con#ersation7 he aim of this acti#ity is to encourage students to spea% in (nglish and to use the ne$ language structures taught by the teacher7 hey sol#e e)ercise Eb paying attention to the interrogati#e form of the past tense simple7
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he teacher as%s the students to sol#e an e)ercise concerning the past tense simple7 hey are gi#en an e)ercise and they ha#e to turn the sentences into the negati#e7 he sentences are $ritten on the blac%board and in the students/ noteboo%s7 he aim of this e)ercise is to ma%e students a$are of the negati#e form of the past simple7 he gi#en sentence are: 17 I ga#e my cousin a birthday present7 27 Aathy brought a beautiful dog at home7 :7 5e chose to spend our holiday in 'ondon7 ;7 I decided to $al% along the beach7 he teacher as%s the students to find the past tense forms of some #erbs $hich are hidden in a cross$ord pu++le and they are as%ed to name the found $ords7 his pu++le is gi#en to them on some handouts7 he teacher indicates the home$or% for the ne)t lesson7 he students ha#e to $rite some sentences about a recent e#ent that happened to them7

he students $rite the sentences on their noteboo%s and try to sol#e them7 Some of the students come to the blac%board and $rite the correct sentences7 he students correct the mista%es, if there are any7 hey pay attention to the use of the negati#e form of past tense7

he students try to find the irregular forms of the #erbs hidden in the cross$ord7 hey read the $ords aloud7 he students $rite do$n the home$or% indicated by the teacher7