Lesson plan

Teacher: Popa Elena

Date: 19th September, 20h September, 22th September
Form: the 1st A, B, Step
Level: elementary
Number of pupils:
Nr. of h/w: 1 h
School: Scoala gimnaziala nr 5, Galati
School Subject: English
Textbook: Fairyland 1, Editura Express Publishing
Unit: Hello!
Lesson Title: Greetings - Hello!
Lesson type: communication of new knowledge
Time allotted: 45 min
Skills: speaking, listening

General aims:
To introduce themselves
To greet others
To develop communication during class.
To arouse the pupils' interest and curiosity.
To give Ss the opportunity to use language in private, face-to-face interaction.

Specific aims:
By the end of the activity, students will be able to:
A1. introduce themselves using the structures: Hi! I'm.../ I am; My name is...
A2. greet others using: Hello! Good morning! Good afternoon! Good evening! Good-bye!
A3. act out dialogues using toys.

Methods and strategies: conversation, role-play, repetition.

Grouping and seating: whole-class teaching, individual, in pairs.
Interactions: T-Ss, Ss-T, S-S, T-P.
Assumption: while working in pairs, students can be noisy; some may be more passive.

Predicted problems and possible solutions:

1. the students may have problems with pronunciation – The T has the students repeating the words/phrases,
individually or in chorus.
2. there may be a few students who have a lower English level – they will get extra guidance from the T and help
from their mates.

Materials: textbook, laptop, CD, toys

The stages of the lesson:

The stages Didactic Inter Teacher's activity/Procedure Student's activity Timi Evaluation
of the strategies actio ng
lesson n
1.intro. conversati T-Ss The teacher greets the students and The Ss get ready for the 2min
on demands the students to get ready lesson and pay attention to
for the lesson. the teacher. Absent students
She asks to name the absents, if any. are written down.
2. warm- conversati T-Ss The T tell to the Ss: Good morning, The Ss listen to the teacher. 1min
up o teacher! Good morning, how are
you! We all are very happy to say
hello to you!
3. gain Ss' conversati T-Ss The T divides some worksheets in The Ss listen to the yeacher. 2
atention on order to practice greetings. min
4. present conversati T-Ss The T writes the date and the title of The Ss write the date and the 2min
the topic on the lesson on the blackboard: Hello!. title in their notebooks.
and Then she informs the Ss that, by the
explain the end o the lesson, they should be able
objectives to introduce themselves and greet
others.
5. Repetitio T-S The T asks the Ss to open their Each S points and repeats 10 observation
presentatio n books at page 4, the she presents the after the T: This is Alvin. min
n characters. After that she asks each S This is Erlina...
individually to listen and repeat,
activity 1 saying: This is Alvin, (Erlina, Frosty,
Woody, Willow).
Activity 2 repetition T-Ss The T asks the Ss to repeat after her The Ss repeat after the 2min Frontal
the greetings: Good morning! Good teacher. evaluation
afternoon! Good evening! (to
practice pronunciation).
6. practice Singing T-Ss The T asks Ss to listen the Hello The Ss listen and sing the 5min observation
activity 1 song then sing it together. The T Hello song in order to repeat
plays the song at her laptop in order the greeting structures.
for the Ss to practice, listen and
repeat the greeting structures
correctly.
activity 2 exercise T-Ss The T asks the Ss to look on the The Ss pay attention and 10 Frontal
worksheet they have (annex1) in answer the questions saying min evaluation
order to practice greetings. The T which greeting structure
asks the Ss which greetings corresponds to each image. worksheets
correspond to the images.
activity 3 repetition T-Ss The T asks the Ss to learn a poem: The Ss repeat after the T. 4min observation
Good morning, teacher! Good
morning, How are you? We are all
very happy to say hello to you!
activity 4 Role-play T-Ss The T asks the Ss to come in front of In pairs, the S s come in front 6 Observation
the class and act out a dialogue using of the class and act out a min
two teddy-bears (in order to practice dialogue using the structures: answers to
greetings and how to introduce Hello!/ Good morning! the task
themselves). I'm.../My name is...
7 close the Conversat T-Ss The T appreciates Ss behavior The Ss say good-bye to T. 1min
lesson ion during the class. The T gives Ss
thanks for their time and attention
and dismisses the class.