LESSON PLAN

LEVEL: pre-intermediate TIMING: 50 NO OF STUDENTS: 10-15 TYPE OF LESSON: introductory TITLE OF LESSON: Films and Fantasy

TOPIC: talking about films VOCABULARY: words related to films, types of films; adjectives to describe opinion STRUCTURES: take phrasal verbs and collocations FUNCTIONS: expressing positive and negative opinions

AIMS: during the lesson, the students will: Learn new thematic vocabulary related to types of films Speak about films, expressing their own opinions Distinguish between collocations and phrasal verbs Learn how to get the main idea from a text, but also how to look for details Learn how to write a short film review OBJECTIVES: at the end of the lesson, the students will be able to: Name types of films Ask for opinion and give positive or negative opinion Use take correctly- in phrasal verbs and collocations Read extensively and intensively a text for detailed understanding of the text ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS: I anticipated the following problems: Students may find difficult to identify the types of films and the pictures from the textbook Students might be shy at the first interaction with a new teacher TEACHING TECHNIQUES: brainstorming, personalized questions, crosswords, elicitation, comprehension questions, skimming, scanning, presentation INTERACTION: pair work, individual work, team work, peer-correction SKILLS: speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary MATERIALS: video projector, worksheets,whiteboardboard, textbooks, posters, markers, NOTES: .

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STAGES OF THE LESSON

ACTIVITIES TEACHER & STUDENTS

REASON FOR THE ACTIVITY FOCUS ON

INTERACTION

MATERIAL

TIMING

NOTES

1. WARM-UP

- teacher introduces herself - students write down their favourite film on a tent cards that sit on their desks. Students display the title of their favourite film to the others.

-make students feel comfortable -teacher introduces the topic

TS SS

-tent cards

2. LEAD - IN

-T presents the topic of the lesson. She asks Ss to look at the pictures and say the title of the film, to name the characters and the type of film.

-to get students involved into the topic

T-S S- S-S-S-S

-textbook

3. PRESENTATION

-teacher ask students to name other types of films. After that, students are shown a PowerPoint presentation with types of films. Students have to guess the genre of film looking at the given posters. For each correct answer, a student gains 10 pounds (virtually, of course). At the end of the presentation, several students say what

-to familiarize students with types of films -to have fun

T-S S- S-S-S-S

PowerPoint presentation

they would have done with that sum of money if it had been real. 4. CONTROLLED PRACTICE -students are given a crosswords. They have to find words that express types of films using their definition. -students discover the word CINEMA from A to B. 5. SEMICONTROLLED PRACTICE -brainstorming teacher draws a spider web on the blackboard and students names as many words as possible related to the idea of films 6. FREE PRACTICE -teacher asks students if they like going to the cinema, what was the last film that they saw, what is their favourite film, express opinions on films 7. READING - looking again at the page 91, teacher ask students if they have ever seen Star Wars. Together with their deskmates, they have to read the text and answer the given questions 8. CONTROLLED -encourage students to talk about themselves -get more confident in using English in conversations - skimming and scanning the text. Students have to get the main idea the essence of the text but also to get some details. -individual -worksheet 5 -pair work -textbooks -notebooks 10 S-S-S T-S -tent cards 3 - to reinforce thematic vocabulary T-S S- S-S-S-S -blackboard 3 -to consolidate thematic vocabulary using definitions T-S S- S-S-S-S -poster with crosswords -notebooks 3

-students have to identify in the text a word -to learn phrasal verbs in

PRACTICE

in bold that is used twice. They try to find an explanation in context. Teacher gives students a worksheet with phrasal verbs and collocations using TAKE.

context and illustrating the meaning of it. -to differentiate between collocations and phrasal verbs -to check vocabulary

work

-blackboard

9.

CONTROLLED PRACTICE

- teacher presents a poster with adjectives that express opinions. Students have to put them in a chart, according to what they express positive or negative meaning.

- to familiarize students with a T-S variety of expressions and words that can be used to describe their opinions. -to learn how to write a short film review. S-S -team work

-poster -blackboard -notebooks

10.

FREE PRACTICE

-students are given the model of a film review. They have to complete the film review, working in teams. -homework using the given model of a film review, to write the review of their favourite film.

-worksheet

11.

FEEDBACK

-consolidate vocabulary

-individual work

-worksheet

12.

HAVE FUN!

-students watch a short film with teenagers. -have fun They have to guess the plot, give opinion. -encourage students to express themselves.

-video clip