LESSON PLAN

School: Liceul Tehnologic Nr.1 Alexandria Teacher: Liliana Raducu Grade: 9th Level: intermediate Time: 50 minutes Book: Limba Engleza, Front Runner, Ed. Corint Topic: Modal Verbs expressing Present and Past Ability, Permission and Prohibition; Type of Lesson: communication of new knowledge Skills involved: speaking, reading, listening, writing; Teaching Aims: - To make the students use the modal verbs Can, May and Could in sentences of their own; - To have the students eliciting the contexts where the modal verbs Can, May and Could appear; - To make the students see the difference between the modals Can and May; - To get the students interested in the subject;

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Learning Aims: - The students should express themselves freely and make statements on their own; - They will identify the modal verbs Can, May and Could and the meaning they convey. - Students will be able to generate their own sentences using the modal verbs Aids: book, blackboard, chalk, worksheets, computer, video projector. Evaluation: continue - through analyzing Ss answers; final throug worksheets;
Some students may have problems in expressing themselves;

Anticipated problems: -

Class Management: the classroom must be clean, comfortable and bright.

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Procedure: 1. Introduction Skills involved: speaking Interaction: T - whole class The teacher makes an informal conversation. - She greets the students and asks them how they are. - The student on duty tells the absent students 2. Checking the homework Skills involved: speaking, reading Interaction: T whole class - The teacher checks the Students homework and gives necessary explanation ; - Ss read their homework and correct the mistakes, if necessary. 3. Presentation Skills involved: speaking, reading, writing Interaction: T - whole class - T. writes the title of the new lesson on the blackboard: Modal Verbs expressing Ability, Permission and Prohibition. - The teacher introduces an interactive PPT presentation about modal verbs expressing ability, permission and prohibition and explains the uses of: Can, May and Could - while presenting the uses of the modal verbs, T asks students to give examples on their own. 8 min 3 min 3min

4. Practice Activity 1 (7min.) Skills involved: listening, speaking, writing Interaction: T Ss; Ss Ss

17 min

- Students are asked to watch a short movie about the differences between may and can when asking for permission;

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- The Teacher tells the Students to work in pairs to fill in a worksheet with the appropriate modal verb. - After completing the worksheet, Ss read their answers and Teacher corrects them if necessary. Activity 2 (4 min.) Skills involved: reading, speaking Interaction: T Ss; Ss Ss - Students read some sentences with modal verbs and identify their meaning(Exercise 5/page35); - Teacher helps them when needed. Activity 3 (5min.) Skills involved: reading, speaking, writing Interaction: T Ss; Ss T - Teacher asks the Students to take a look on exercise 6/page 35 and to fill in the blanks with can/cant, may/may not or could. - Students read the exercise and Teacher gives explanation if needed. 4. Reading Activity Skills involved: reading, speaking Interaction: T Ss; Ss T - Students read a text about Dr Robot - After reading Ss find out what Dr Robot can do. - Teacher checks their answers. 5. Assessment 13 min 4 min

Skills involved: listening, writing, reading, speaking Interaction: T Ss; Ss Ss

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-Teacher asks Ss some questions: What their opinion is about having a robot and if its possible that they have feelings. - Students are asked to watch a short fragment from the movie Bicentennial Man so that they could find out more about what robots can do . - Teacher asks the students to complete a worksheet with what Bicentennial Man Could do using the appropriate modal verb. - Students read their answers and the teacher corrects them if necessary.
6. Evaluation 3 min

- Considering the students answers during the lesson, the teacher makes positive remarks and puts marks in the catalogue.

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Worksheet 1

A. Read the dialog between a Brazilian teacher of English and a Brazilian student. Then complete the blanks with Can or May:

T - Hello, students. S - Hello, teacher. __________ I go to the restroom? T - Not now. After class, OK? S - Okay. _______ I speak Portuguese? T - Only if it is really important. Is it? S - No, it isn't. __________ I do the homework now? T - Not now. It is HOME work, dear. S - Okay, teacher. But _______ I do the homework or is it very difficult? T - The homework is easy, relax. S - ____ I speak English like an American? T - Well, not now, but in a near future... S - Great! _______ I drink some water now? T - Okay, but be fast.

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Worksheet 2
A. Complete the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses, according to the video segment. 1) Andrew ___________ (play) chess. 2) He________________(speak). 3) He ______________ (decide) what is best for himself. 4) He ______________ (jump) very high. 5) He _______________(fly). 6) He ______________ (read) books. 7) He ______________ (feel) what humans feel. 8) Andrew and the girl _____________ (play) the piano.

B. Write two things you may do and two things you may not do at school.

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