LESSON PLAN

Teachers: Anca-Raluca Romanescu & Ligia Alexandra Lucaci (cas. Spiridon)

Grade: XI A
Subject: English
High School: Colegiul Naional Mihai Eminescu
Tutor: Ctlina Neagu
Lesson title: The Convenience Society, or con for short
Type of lesson: Integrated
Materials: Blackboard; Chalk; Hand-outs; Textbook
Skills:

Productive: Speaking, Writing

Receptive: Listening

Time: 50 minutes
Aims:
To motivate and engage students in the lesson;
1

 To encourage creativity in class;

To give students more reasons to get involved by sharing with them the objectives of the learning
process
To practice vocabulary related to gadgets and inventions;
To provide enjoyable and engaging practice for the new vocabulary structures;
To encourage full-class participation;
Objectives:
By the end of the lesson students will be able:
To use the vocabulary related to house hold appliances in different contexts accordingly;
To build-up correct sentences with the vocabulary acquired;
To share their opinion on the lesson topic in a coherent and cohesive way;
To support opinions with arguments.

No. STAGE

TIME AIMS

1.

Warm-up

2.

Speaking

11

INTERACTIO TEACHERS ACTIVITY

N PATTERNS

STUDENTS
ACTIVITY

SKILLS

-to feel more T-Ss

motivated to Ss-T
take part in
the
lesson
due to the
warm
and
friendly
atmosphere
created
by
the teacher.

T greets students, asks Ss greet back

them a few ice breaking and answer Ts
questions like: How are questions.
you today? Ready for
the lesson?, then calls the
roll and introduces the
subject of the lesson in a
friendly way.

Speaking

-to
share T-Ss
information Ss-T
from the text

T checks the Ss
understanding of the text
by asking them what the
authors opinion on a
convenience society is and
what they believe about it
and what their perception
of a convenience society
is. Teacher asks Ss to look
at the picture on the side
of the text and try to

Speaking

Ss provide
answers
supported by
arguments. Ss
discuss the
pictures.

describe them.
3.

Speaking

15

-to share
T-Ss
their ideas
Ss-T
regarding
indispensible
technology

(exercise no.1 on the handouts) T divides Ss into

groups of 3 and asks them
to share their ideas
regarding vital gadgets,
or technology they dont
think could live without.
All the Ss will be
encouraged to speak.
Then the T concludes upon
what has been said and
makes
a
top
3
indispensable
gadgets
based on the Ss vote.

Students discuss
in groups then
name their
favourite
gadgets/devices
and give
arguments for
their choice and
at the end of the
activity rank 3
objects from the
ones mentions.

4.

Speaking

20

-to attract Ss S-S

interest on
S-Ss
the subject
Ss-S
and give
them new,
interesting
information
on the topic;

Ss watch a video and

listen to explanations
regarding new, very little
known inventions that
could make things easier,
and are told that after that,
they will have to work in
pairs and try to come up

Ss pay attention Listening

to the video and Speaking
note down ideas.
Discuss in pairs
in order to create
an invention,
present it and
rank the

Speaking

-to enable Ss
to use
specific
vocabulary

5.

Spare Activity
(Homework)

-to practice
the
vocabulary.

with a useful invention for inventions.

the modern times. Each
creation will be evaluated
for creativity, utility as
well as for the manner
they are presented and top
3 inventions will be
awarded with gold, silver
and bronze medals.
Individual
work

T asks Ss to write a short Ss write the task

composition
about
a in their
gadget
they
consider notebooks.
useless and give reasons
for their choice.

Writing