NAME: Elena Fecioru

DATE: 19th May 2011

SCHOOL: Scoala cu clasele I-VIII, Nr.1, Piatra Soimului
FORM: 6th
LEVEL: pre-intermediate
NO. OF STUDENTS: 18
TEXTBOOK: World Class
STAGE OF COURSE:
Module 6: ROBOTS
Unit 44: Madam Zara
TIME: 50 minutes
MAIN TOPIC: “Will/won’t” for predictions
TYPE OF LESSON: consolidation
VOCABULARY: zodiac signs, jobs, homes and places of living, months of the year, possessions
GRAMMAR: will/won’t + verb for plans and predictions
FUNCTIONS:
- to describe according to the information in the text/picture;
- to initiate discussion and short conversations;
- to make guesses;
- to talk about future possible and probable events and actions.
COMMUNICATION:
- making predictions
- expressing possible future plans and activities
SKILLS: writing, reading, speaking
AIMS OF LESSON: by the end of the lesson students will be able to:
- use will/won’t in order to express predictions;
- develop and practice their productive skills and receptive skills (writing, speaking, listening);
- reinforce vocabulary in order to promote discussion and to practice language in a particular
context;
 - ask and answer about future predictions.
OBJECTIVES:
A.Cognitive objectives:
a) to check and improve vocabulary;
b) to encourage students to talk freely;
c) to help students talk about possible future events and actions;
d) to give students more practice on pronunciation, vocabulary and the structures
previously taught.

B.Affective objectives:
a) making students confident in their ability to use the language;
b) creating interest in the topic of the lesson;
c) creating a relaxed atmosphere, proper for studying;
d) foster learner independence and cooperative learning;
e) stimulating students’ imagination and creativity;
f) having fun.

TEACHING AIDS: textbooks, workbooks, worksheets, handouts, pictures,

flipchart, pins, strips, cards.
TEACHING TECHNIQUES: conversation, dialogue, exercise, game, explanation
brainstorming, observation, role play.
METHODS: Communicative approach
RESOURCES: textbook – World Class, Activity book, different internet resources
TIME: 50 minutes
LOCATION: the classroom
STAGE OF THE TEACHER’S THE STUDENT’S INTER SKILLS TEACHING AIDS PURPOSE
LESSON ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIO TECHNIQU AIM
N ES
- T greets class and checks - Ss greet the T T-S Speaking Conversation None - to prepare
CHECKING attendance - the S on duty answers S-T the Ss for the
ATTENDANCE lesson
1’

WARM UP - T proposes the Ss to play - S comes and mime T-S Speaking Dialogue Verb cards - to make up a
5’ a mime game and to guess the activities S-Ss Game pleasant and
/predict what activity is - the other Ss try and Ss-T Conversation warm
going to happen make guesses and atmosphere
- T asks a S to come in predict the activity - to stir Ss
front of the class and to Ex. I think she/he will interest in the
mime some activities from …. topic of the
the cards on T’s desk Play football lesson
(T spreads some cards on Travel by plane
the T’s desk) Learn/write on the
blackboard
Act in a play
Sing
Run
Drive a car
Paint/Draw something
Read a book
CHECKING - the T asks Ss to act out - two of the Ss act out T-S Speaking Dialogue Notebooks - check the
HOMEWORK the task they had to the task given as Ss-Ss Reading Worksheet understanding
5’ prepare homework (worksheets s of the items
“Fortune telling with already taught
Madame Pulchin”)
STAGE 1 - T asks Ss to look the - Ss look at the poster T-S Speaking Conversation - to have a
PRE- posters sticked on the and answer T’s Ss-T Oral more relaxed
COMMUNICATION
wall/flipchart question exposition Posters introduction
ACTIVITY
- looking at the posters Notebooks of the theme
7’
and the words, the teacher of the lesson
elicits the target language - to encourage
by asking Ss what their Ss to speak
job will be and where they fluently about
will live in future Writing the topic
- T writes the title on the - Ss write in their Blackboar
blackboard and the model notebooks and look the d
sentence to present the map-mind T pins on the Notebooks
grammar structure used to flipchart
talk about predictions for
future
STAGE 2 - T asks Ss to write their - Ss write their T-Ss Writing Oral Notebooks - to check the
CONTROLLED choices for future in their predictions and then Speaking exposition Ss’ ability to
PRACTICE notebook and gives all compare them with the Ss-Ss Dialogue Cards form
7’ them some mystical cards ones on the cards Conversation Prompts sentences
in which their future is received using given
predicted - Ss make comparisons Handouts tips
-T asks Ss to make and present the results - to check the
comparisons and say - some of the students S’s ability to f
what’s different and is possible to receive an Writing, Guided answer
what’s the same empty mystical card, Speaking questions and questions.
they will ask the others dialogue
to make predictions for
them
STAGE 3 - T asks Ss to look the - Ss look at the poster T-S Speaking Questions and Poster - to check Ss’
SEMI- posters sticked on the (a zodiac sign Ss-T Writing answers Cards ability to
CONTROLLED wall/flipchart indicator) and answer Conversation Handouts understand
PRACTICE - looking at the posters T’s question Exercise oral
7’ and the words, the teacher Role-play information
elicits the target language - to check
by asking Ss what month comprehensio
their birthday is and what n of the item
zodiac sign they are taught
- T gives Ss a handout -Ss write their T-Ss
(Horoscopes worksheets) predictions and then Ss-Ss
and asks them to write answer their classmates IW
down their predictions for questions about what is
 each zodiac sign possible to happen in
-T asks Ss to ask each their future
other about predictions for
his/her zodiac sign
STAGE 4 - T asks Ss to imagine - Ss solve the exercise T-S Speaking Exercise Handouts - to check
PRODUCTION AND they are an astrologer and individually and then Ss-T Guided comprehensio
COMMUNICATION
they are to make some check with the whole IW questions n of the item
7’
predictions for the next class Conversation taught
year (“Predictions” - to check Ss’
worksheet) ability to
-T asks Ss to make understand
predictions on the written
handouts they received information

- T asks Ss to look on the - the Ss work in pairs T-Ss Speaking Exercise Handouts - to encourage
PRODUCTION AND handouts they’ve received and solve the task Ss-Ss Guided Prompts Ss to have
COMMUNICATION
(“The Fortune Teller” - some pairs of Ss act PW questions small
7’
worksheet) and, working out the interview Conversation conversations
in pairs, to make Role-play
predictions about
their deskmate’s future
ASSIGNING - T assigns homework -Ss listen and write TT Listening None
HOMEWORK (worksheet: “Life in the down indications IW
2’ future - better or worse?”
and “Sally’s future”))
FEED BACK
2’ - T praise the Ss and asks
them if they enjoyed the
lesson or if they have
questions about the item
taught

RESOURCES

1. Verb/Picture cards
2. Worksheet 1 (homework) – “Fortune telling with Madame Pulchin”
3. Posters: Jobs and homes
4. Map-mind: Future for predictions
5. Set of Mystical cards
6. Poster: Zodiac sign indicator. Worksheet: Horoscopes
7. Worksheet: Predictions
8. Worksheet: The fortune Teller
9. Worksheet: Life in the future - better or worse? And Sally’s future
 MAP-MIND
FUTURE FOR PREDICTIONS
WILL / WON’T + VERB

WILL = ’LL
WILL NOT = WON’T

Example: You will have a big house and a car.

You won’t be rich but you’ll be happy.

WHEN? Near future: next week/month/year/summer/weekend/Sunday

Far away future: from now in ten/twenty/fifty/one hundred years
in 2030/2050/2100, etc.

UNCERTAIN FUTURE AND PREDICTIONS:

I think …
It’s possible.
Maybe.