Prof.

Murgu Laura
Colegiul Tehnic “D. Ghika”

Lesson Plan

Teacher’s name: MURGU LAURA

School: Colegiul Tehnic “Dimitrie Ghika”
Date: December
Class: XII
Level: advanced
Class size: 30 students
Title of the lesson: Wisdom
Materials needed: papers, handouts, CD player, video projector
Approach: communicative
Time allocated: 50 minutes

Objectives:
O1: to answer questions and express their opinion about wisdom;
O2: to watch and listen to a video clip in order to get feedback;
O3: to read and understand a transcript;
O4: to discuss quotes about wisdom;

Skills: speaking, listening, reading, writing

Methods: conversation, observation, analysis and exercise

Stages and techniques

1. Warm-up (3-4 min)
Routine conversation for a pleasant atmosphere.
2. Lead-in (4 min)
Teacher writes the following nouns on the board: optimism, decency, wisdom,
intelligence, sociability, kindness, generosity. T asks Ss to write the adjectives for each
noun. Answer: optimistic, decent, wise, intelligent, sociable, kind, generous. T asks Ss to
form sentences related to wisdom.
3. Pre-listening (8-10 min)
T asks Ss to discuss the following questions:
- Which characteristics should people have to have a happy life? Get feedback from the
class.
- What is wisdom?
- Can you give examples of people that you consider wise?
4. While-listening( 8-15 min)
 T tells Ss that they are going to watch a short video with well-known people who give
their definition on wisdom. Ss should write words and expressions that describe wisdom.
Wisdom Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7DofEVlIdY by Andrew
Zuckerman
Get feedback.
5. After-listening
T gives Ss the quotes from the video and asks Ss to discuss them. Get feedback.(10min)
6. Homework (1-2 min)
Ss have to choose three quotes they like the most and write (for each) a paragraph
explaining why they like them and what they mean.

Quotes:

“Wisdom is about experience which hopefully would include risk taking and being somewhat
adventurous.”
Robert Redford

It is more blessed to give than to receive because in giving, although it doesn't seem so, you
receive.”
Desmond Tutu

“You don't stop doing things because you get old. You get old because you stop doing things.”
Rosamunde Picher

“It's not about brains. It's not about the accumulation of knowledge. It's about being decent.”
Byrce Courtenay

“One of the reasons I haven’t slipped into some sort of retirement, is I always feel like I’m
learning something new, all the time”.
Clint Eastwood

“I don't know if political change... can affect that much. The change has to be in the heart.”
Kris Kristofferson

“Love something. I think we've got to learn to love something deeply.”

Andrew Wyeth