LESSON PLANNING

Presented by:
NELMARIE SOTO GARCA

Tutor Andrea Muoz

Group 11

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia UNAD

School of Education
English as a Foreign Language Degree
Teacher Development Course 551023

May 14, 2016

Topic: Planning our next vacation

Focus: Speaking
Date
Course
level
Time
Main aims

Background
Information

Stages of the
lesson

Materials
Time
frame
5 minutes

May 20th
11th
2 hours
Students will be able to describe their next vacation by writing a 3-day trip planner using a
website for travelers (www.triphobo.com)
Students will learn common words and expressions about planning a travel by using a
web site aimed at show tourists the best places to visit, restaurants, customer reviews,
advices, etc. for an organized and a good travel experience.
To provide students a space for active interaction, meaning negotiation and ideas
exchange in order to develop communicative skills.
Students will be able to explain accurately future plans.

Procedures

Stage aims

Warm up: The teacher asks

students to stand up and walk
around the classroom. She plays a
song while the students are
walking. When the song stops the
students are to talk to the near
partner about where they have
traveled in life (whether inside or
outside Colombia) and how did they
feel.
Then the teacher plays the music

Active schemata
and interest in the
lesson

Aids and
materials
Computer and
audio

Interaction
pattern
Socializing:
Students
socialize their
experiences to
break the ice.
Whole group
interaction.

again and students find other

partners, and so on.
20
minutes

40
minutes

40

Presentation activity: The teacher

asks students how they felt talking
about traveling and what do they
think is the importance of English to
travel abroad.
Teacher gives students a word
search activity to identify new
vocabulary related to vacation
planning. After that, the teacher
and students discuss this
vocabulary.
The teacher presents and explains
in detail the website and its
sections where they are going to
plan their vacation. She gives an
example on how to plan a travel
there.
Practice: Students work in pairs
and agree on the city they would
like to visit.
Then they go to the web site and
start planning their 3-day vacation
completing the planning worksheet.
The teacher is to walk around
monitoring students and offering
guidance when needed.
Production: Students present their

Discuss new
vocabulary they
need to know in
order to interact
properly on the
website.

Word search
paper,
computer and
audio

Discussing:
Students ask
questions for
clarification.
Teacher-whole
class interaction.

Learn vocabulary
related to
traveling and
online booking.
Practice speaking
when discussing
the place and
procedures to
plan the vacation.
Practice speaking

Computer for
each pair,
website

Socializing:
Students discuss
their vacation
actively,
expressing
themselves
fluently. Studentstudent
interaction.
Presenting:

3 day trip

minutes

15
minutes

3-day trip planner to the class (5

minutes per pair/group).
They cant read the planner, but
explain briefly, in their own words,
what will they do in the chosen city
each day.
The audience may ask questions, so
they have to be prepared.
Evaluation:
Criteria
The student interacts actively
with the partner showing
involvement in the task.
The student completes the
planning worksheet following
the instructions given.
The student presents the
planner to the class and
explains it accurately.
In order to review what students
have learnt in the lesson, the
teacher asks them to do a circle.
She gives them a ball which
students are to pass around like a
hot potato while she plays a song.
When the music stops, the teacher
asks to the student holding the ball
questions about the vocabulary
discussed in the lesson related to

in front of an
audience who are
going to ask
questions on their
work.

planner sheet

Evaluate and
consolidate
learning

Hot potato

Students
organize the
presentation and
what they are
going to say to
the class.
Student-whole
class interaction.
Socializing and
assessing
through a game.
Whole class
interaction.

planning trips online. The teacher

uses the word search as a guide.

Word search
Attractions
Departure
Destination
Distance covered
Planning
Price
Ticket
Travel by
Travel tips
Eat outs
Rating

Website