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This lesson plan is for an 11th grade English class. The date is January 14th, 2015 and the lesson will focus on the theme "Make Yourself at Home". The aims are to revise vocabulary related to types of houses, practice reading for specific information, and practice speaking skills for expressing wishes. There will be two activities - the first involves students reading a text and answering questions in groups, and the second has students imagine their ideal home and present it to the class. Homework will be to write a 100-word paragraph describing their ideal house. The lesson will utilize worksheets, the whiteboard, computer and projector over 50 minutes.

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Upper Intermediate) : TH TH

This lesson plan is for an 11th grade English class. The date is January 14th, 2015 and the lesson will focus on the theme "Make Yourself at Home". The aims are to revise vocabulary related to types of houses, practice reading for specific information, and practice speaking skills for expressing wishes. There will be two activities - the first involves students reading a text and answering questions in groups, and the second has students imagine their ideal home and present it to the class. Homework will be to write a 100-word paragraph describing their ideal house. The lesson will utilize worksheets, the whiteboard, computer and projector over 50 minutes.

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LESSON PLAN

DATE: the 14th of January, 2015;


GRADE: the 11th B;
LEVEL: L1;
THEME: MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME; (Module 2, Unit 4, UPSTREAM
UPPER INTERMEDIATE)
TEACHER: SIMONA BOERU
AIMS:
- to revise vocabulary related to types of houses/areas of a house;
- to practise reading for specific information;
- to practise speaking skills – expressing wishes;

OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the activity all students will:
 identify at least 50% of the information required; (textbook) (2.1)
 write a short paragraph on a given topic; (4.3)
 bring at least three arguments to support a point of view on a given topic; (3.3)

FUNCTIONS:
- expressing opinions;
- bringing arguments;
- supporting arguments with examples;

TYPE OF LESSON: Mixed lesson; Communicative;

TYPES OF INTERACTION: teacher – student


student – student
student – teacher
SKILLS: reading
speaking
writing

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE:
- vocabulary related to types of houses/areas of a house;

ANTICIPATED DIFFICULTIES:
- the students’ ability to express themselves correctly in English and to sustain
their points of view with the most appropriate arguments and examples.

TEACHING AIDS: the whiteboard


the computer
worksheets
projector
TIME: 50 minutes.
LEAD IN - ORGANIZING THE CLASS:
- the teacher enters the classroom and greets the students;
- the teacher asks the students who is on duty and who is absent;
- the teacher prepares the materials for the class;
- the teacher checks the students’ homework;

PRESENTATION: the students are told what the new lesson is about and what they
are expected to do in class.

PRODUCTION:

ACTIVITY 1: “THE FOUR MUSKETEERS” Time: 25’


AIM: to revise vocabulary related to types of houses/areas of a house; to practise
reading for specific information;
OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVE: identify at least 50% of the information required;
write a short paragraph on a given topic;
PROCEDURE: the students will work in four groups and each group will have a
different task to fulfill; the students will work on a short text (an extract from Charles
Dickens’ Great Expectations - Mr. Wemmick’s ‘Castle’);
- the first group (THE QUESTION MAKERS) will have to choose the
correct answer for eight questions related to the text;
- the second group (THE CLARIFIERS) will have to match the highlighted
words in the text with their synonyms; the students have a dictionary which
they can use;
- the third group (THE STORYTELLERS) will have to write a short
summary of the extract (5 lines);
- the fourth group (THE PREDICTORS) will have to write a short paragraph
in which to write what they imagine it happens next (5-6 lines);
At the end of the activity the spokesperson for each group is asked to take the floor
and present their solutions on each topic; the rest of the class listen to their
presentation;
INTERACTION: student – student; student – teacher; teacher – student;

ACTIVITY 2: SPEAKING – EXPRESSING WISHES Time: 20’


AIM: to practise speaking skills – expressing wishes;
OBJECTIVE: bring at least three arguments to support a point of view on a given
topic;
PROCEDURE: the students have to identify the words/phrases used in the extract to
describe Mr. Wemmicks’ house; they name each other to answer; then, the students
are given a list of words related to rooms/areas which a house may have; they are
asked to work again in groups, trying to imagine their ‘castle’; they are asked to name
a spokesperson; the spokesperson for each group is asked to take the floor and
present their wishes for the ideal home; the rest of the class listen to their
presentation;

INTERACTION: student – student; student – teacher; teacher – student;


EVALUATION:
PROCEDURE: the students from the other teams ask questions about the topics
under debate and the opinions of their colleagues;

HOMEWORK: My Ideal HOUSE (descriptive paragraph) – 100 words

FEED BACK: the teacher evaluates the students’ performance in class, laying
emphasis on the most interesting points of view and the most powerful arguments. -
2 minutes

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