LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Alecsandrescu Monica Ionela School: Scoala Gimnaziala Nr. 2 Boboci, Picior de Munte Date: February 21st 2013 Class: 8th grade - Optional No. of students: Textbook: Snapshot Intermediate Unit 8: Ready for lift-off Lesson: The First Conditional Type of lesson: Grammar lesson (Lesson of communication of new knowledge) Time: 50 minutes Aims: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: -use the first conditional correctly in exercises; -make up sentences using the first conditional; -recognize the first conditional in different contexts;

Methods: conversation, observation, pairwork, explanation, learning by doing, Aids: flipchart, power point presentation, worksheets, blackboard, handouts, computer, videoprojector Type of interaction: teacher-students, student-teacher, student-student Skills: listening, speaking, writing, reading Types of exercises: fill in the blanks exercise, matching exercise, making sentences, conversation exercise Class organization: lockstep, pairwork, groupwork, whole class Anticipated problems: if there are any problems the teacher will clarify them
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Stages of the lesson

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Lesson stages Organizing the class

Time Teachers activity 2 The teacher greets the students; she asks them questions like: How are you today?, Who is missing? etc. The teacher checks if there are any absents and prepares for the lesson. The teacher asks the students What was your homework for today?, , Who wants to come to the blackboard? The teacher checks the homework. The teacher says: Last time we revised the tenses Present Simple and Future Simple. The teacher asks questions related to the structure of the tenses. The teacher tells the students to look at some sentences on the video projector. And asks them to read and identify the tenses. The teacher asks: What else can you tell me about the sentences?

Students activity The students greet the teacher. They answer the teachers questions. The student on duty announces the absents (if there are any).

Aims

Methods

Materials

-to create a -conversation -roll proper atmosphere for teaching the new lesson.

Class organization -whole class

Interacti on Teacher Student, Student Teacher

2.

Homework check-up

The students come to the blackboard and write the exercise from their homework worksheet 1.

-to check the mistakes.

-conversation -notebooks -writing -blackboard

-whole class

Teacher Student, Student Teacher

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Checking previous knowledge

The students answer the questions. They give examples.

-to check previous knowledge

-conversation

-whole class

Teacher Student, Student Teacher

4.

Warm-up

The students read and answer the teachers questions. Possible answers: Present simple: study, dive, tells; Future simple: will pass, will be able, will 3

-to familiarize students with the new topic -to introduce and

-listening -handout -conversation -video projector

-whole class -pairwork

Teacher Student, Student Teacher

5.

Lead-in

Look at the first word. The teacher tells the students that the topic of the lesson is the First Conditional. The teacher writes the title of the lesson on the blackboard and she tells the students the aims of the lesson. The teacher asks the students to look at the sentences again and say which tense is used in the main clause and which tense is used in the secondary/subordinate clause. The teacher tells the students to look at the power-point presentation, explains the structure and asks them to write it down. Then they have to make sentences of their own.

forgive; The students write the title of the lesson in their notebooks.

practice grammar

Students read the sentences again. Answer: Main clause future simple, if clause present simple.

-to arouse students interest in the topic.

-whole class -conversation -blackboard Teacher Student, Student Teacher StudentStudent

Students listen to the teachers explanation, write it down and make their own sentences.

Elicitation

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The teacher checks the mistakes. She shows them an exercise on the powerpoint presentation. She asks the students to match the beginning of some sentences with their endings. The students will find 4 conditional

In pairs, students match the beginning of the sentences with their endings. The sentences are: - If we do not leave now, we will miss the train. -If you want, I will 4

-to introduce grammar

-conversation powerpoint presentation -flipchart

-pairwork

Teacherstudent Studentstudent

sentences. The teacher asks them: What do the following sentences express?

help you with your homework. -If you do that again, I will call the police. -If you touch that wire, you will get an electric shock.

-to introduce the rules related to the first conditional.

The teacher asks the students to write the rules in their notebooks.

The sentences express: a prediction, an offer, a threat, a warning. The students write the rules in their notebooks. In pairs, students solve the exercise. They write the verbs on a flipchart sheet/blackboard. -to practise -writing -powerpoint -conversation presentation -flipchart -groupwork Teacher Student, StudentStudent

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Activity 1: Gap-filling

The teacher shows them an exercise with the first conditional. She asks the students to fill the gaps with the correct form of the verbs (pair work). The teacher checks the exercise, then asks the students to come to the blackboard and write the answers

the second
conditional

Follow up Activity 1:

- The teacher gives the students worksheet 2 and tells them that they will listen to a song on the first conditional. They have to listen carefully and solve the exercises related to it from the worksheet. The teacher plays the whole song once then she stops after every important sequence.

- to The students listen to the song and in pairs solve the exercises. They go to the blackboard and write their answers.

recognize the first

conditional

-reading -writing

-worksheet

-groupwork

-teacherstudent -studentstudent

forms

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Homework

At the end she asks the students: What have we studied today? Can you tell me which tense is used in the main clause/secondary clause? The students must solve the exercises on worksheet 3. The teacher explains the students what they have to do. She gives an example and writes it on the blackboard. The teacher makes sure that all the students understand the homework.

-to check -speaking understand ing

-whole class.

Teacherstudent, Studentteacher

The students write the homework and the examples in the notebooks.

-to practice the first conditional

-conversation -worksheet

-whole class

Teacher students

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Dismissing students

Students get marks. Greetings

Greetings