LESSON PLAN

NAME: Garbea Stefania

DATE: 31.10.2014
CLASS: 5th grade
TITLE: Hercules
AIDS: textbook, blackboard, cd player
LESSON AIMS: 1. to enjoy a story in English
2. to practice going to
CONTENTS:
ACTIVITY 1: Checking homework
Time: 5
ACTIVITY 2: Warm-up
Context: celebrity
Time: 5
Organization: Before the lesson, T writes on the board: Ben, Gina and Oscar are going
toa . . T asks Ss to help to fill in the gaps. T elicits sentences about the party
beginning. Theyre going to. T elicits the verb phrases that appear on Pupils Book page 21.
T prompts the Ss by writing words with letter gaps.
Language: all and any
Possible problems: Ss may not fill in the gaps.
ACTIVITY 3
Context: Presentation
Time: 25
Organization: T describes different monsters and sees if Ss can identify them in English or in
L1.
E.g.: -I live in the mountains. I like the snow. Ive got brown fur and big feet. Who am I?
(The Yeti).
Ive got two sharp teeth. My face is white. I wear black clothes. I can fly. I dont like
sunshine. Who am I? (Dracula)
T finishes by describing the hydra: Im purple, Ive got lots of heads. Ive got sharp teeth.
Who am I?
T explains the legend in English or in L1: When you cut off the hydras head it grows new
heads. T asks Ss if they can name any other monsters from films or legend. T helps them
make a sentence about the monsters they have suggested.
--Listen and read: Ss look at and talk about the pictures, using English as much as possible.
The story features characters from the film, Hercules. T encourages Ss to say what they know
about the film and the characters.
T asks in English or in L1: Who is Hercules? Is he a monster?Is he small? Is he big and
strong?
T says: Hercules si going to fight the hydra. T writes the sentence on the board and explains
fight.
Ss listen to R 29 and to follow in theor books, play it again, pausing after key sentence. T
explains unfamiliar words and expressions. Ss can act out the story if they wish.
Possible problems: Ss may not recognize the described monsters by the teacher.They might
not answer to the questions, they may not describe or mention a monster.
ACTIVITY 4

Context: Consolidation
Time: 15
Organization: T reads out sentences from the story dialogue which include going to. T asks Ss
to find them on Pupils Book page 22 and repeat them.
AB, page 22: Write the sentences correctly. Tick the true ones
T reads aloud the instructions and do the first sentence with the whole class. T checks the Ss
understand townspeople. Ss complete the activity working in pairs. Key 1: true; 2: The hydra
is going to save the town-false; 3: Hercules is going to dance all night.-false; 4: Hercules is
going to fight the hydra.-true; 5: The hydra is going to rhide.-false
Read and circle the correct words
Before Ss do the activity, explains the meaning of battle. T pints out that the activity refers to
pictures 4 and 5 in the story.
Possible problems: Ss may not thick the correct answer.
Key: party, eat, dance, fun.
Possible problems: Ss may not find the right information and answer correctly to the question.
Appendix: Read and answer in complete sentences. AB, p 22
Homework: Find another ending for the story.