LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: Ioana-Mirela Cojocaru DATE: 3rd March 2009 SCHOOL: FORM: 4th B LEVEL: beginners TEXTBOOK: WAY AHEAD 2, MACMILLAN LESSON TOPIC: UNIT 13. WHAT IS THE WEATHER LIKE? TYPE OF LESSON: teaching new items VOCABULARY: - Weather items - The seasons - The months of the year - Countries GRAMMAR: to be SKILLS: listening, speaking, reading, writing OBJECTIVES: A) COGNITIVE OBJECTIVES: - to talk about weather (What is the weather like? Its ..) - to revise the months of the year - to revise country names (England, Romania, Australia, China, America) - to identify the correct weather items - to use to be properly according to sentence meaning B) AFFECTIVE OBJECTIVES: - to create a warm atmosphere in order to offer the background for smooth, easy conversations between teacher and students - to make students confident in themselves when speaking a foreign language INTERACTION: - T- Ss - PW - Ss-T - GW - IW TEACHING TECHNIQUES: - conversation - demonstration - dialogue - role play - exercises - What kind of - explanation weather? Wheel Game METHODS AND APPROACHES: A. MAIN: Communicative Approach B. ELEMENTS OF: The Oral Method, The Direct Method TEACHING AIDS: tape, blackboard, coloured chalk, posters, flipchart, handouts, weather wheels A) BIBLIOGRAPHICAL: 1. Official: The Curriculum for Primary Education 2. Methodical: Harmer, Jeremy: The Practical of English Language Teaching, Longman, UK, 1991 3. Textbook: Ellis, Printha, Bowen, Mary: Way Ahead 2, Macmillan, UK, 2006 4. Activity Book : Way Ahead 2, Macmillan, UK, 2006 5. Antonaros, Suzanne, Couri, Lilika: Young Learners Portfolio, 2, 3, Express Publishing, UK, 2003 6. Practice Book : Way Ahead 2, Macmillan, UK, 2006 B) HUMAN: the students of the class TIME: 45 minutes

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NR. STAGE OF CRT. LESSON/TIME 1 2 WARM UP 2 min 3 CHECKING ATTENDANCE 1 min

TEACHERS ACTIVITY - T. checks attendance Whos absent today? - T. asks students if they can sing a song. - T. checks Ss homework. (Workbook page 66 ex. 1, 2). T. helps Ss correct their mistakes.

STUDENTS ACTIVITY - Ss answer X is absent today. - Ss sing a song.

INTER SKILLS ACTION T-Ss

TEACHING TECHNIQU ES Speaking Conversation

AIDS

PURPOSE/ AIM
- to check attendance - to make Ss feel comfortable in the class.

T-Ss Ss-T Speaking IW/GW

Conversation

Speaking - Ss read their homework and correct the mistakes, if necessary. Conversation Reading T-Ss Ss-T Writing Workb ook
- to check accomplishment of given instructions

CHECKING HOMEWORK 2 min

Ex. 1 page 66 America, Egypt, Australia, England, China Ex. 2 page 66 They come from China. They come from England. They come from America. They come from Australia. They come from Egypt. - T asks Ss to remember the animals and countries they have learnt the previous classes.

4 CHECKING PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE 2 min 5 ANNOUNCING OBJECTIVES 1 min

- Ss answer accordingly. Eg. America, China, England, Egypt, Australia, Romania Eg. Camel, hippo, panda, crocodile, bear, penguin, zebra, monkey, kangaroo - Ss listen to the T.

T-Ss Speaking Conversation Ss-T

- to review Ss knowledge on animals and countries

- T tells Ss they will learn about weather items and seasons.

T-Ss

Speaking Conversation

Flip chart Draw ings

-to make Ss aware of the items they will learn

- T explains the words spring, - Ss listen to the T. summer, autumn, winter and uses pictures to make Ss

Explanation

understand them. - T uses drawings to introduce Whats the weather like? - T shows certain drawings and tells the Ss that Its sunny, and then writes the items on the blackboard. (T translates words if necessary.) INTRODUCING OF NEW MATERIAL 20 min - T changes the drawings and explains further items (hot/cold/cloudy/rainy/wind y/wet/snowy/foggy/warm). - Ss write the sentences. T-Ss Speaking Text Demonstration Book - Ss pay attention to the T. Ss-T - Ss repeat after the T: Eg. S1. Whats the weather like? S2. Its hot/cold/warm/cloudy/win dy etc. - Ss listen to the tape and point to the correct image. IW Conversation
- to enrich Ss vocabulary

Listening

Blackb oard

- T plays the tape. TAPE 50: Whats the weather like? Its cold. Its windy. Its hot. Its sunny. Its wet. - T reads the poem

Note Books Reading - Ss listen and notice the Ts movements. (fingers together above head) (arms outspread)
(flap arms and hands) (wag finger)
(make triangular shape of a sail)

- to check
comprehension of items dealing with weather

GW Exercise

(hand movement like the waves) (palms facing to show a fish) (wag finger)

Tape Writing

- Ss do what they are told. - T tells Ss to open their workbooks at page 74 to do ex. 1(to match the columns). - T gives Ss two handouts and explains Ss they will make a ACQUIRING weather wheel. They have to - Ss stick the drawings on PERFORMANCE - stick some drawings and the wheels and act telling 10 min rotate the wheel to see hows the weather. different types of weather Its sunny/cloudy/rainy/snowy. - T gives Ss handout 3 to the Ss. They have to fill in the blanks with the missing words - Ss fill in the blanks. (weather items) and letters (the months of the year). - T asks Ss to do the exercises - Ss write down what their on handout 4 homework is.

Conversation T-Ss Speaking Demonstration Ss-T IW

Hand Outs 1&2

- to check comprehension of learnt items

Role play Wheels Weather Pictures Wheel Game Speaking Reading Exercise Handout further 3 practice
-to provide

8 FEED-BACK 6 min 9 TRANSFER (HOMEWORK SETTING) 1 min

T-Ss Ss-T GW T-Ss

Writing Speaking Conversation Handout 4