Lesson Plan

NAME: Staica Adelina

SCHOOL: Gimnaziala Saravale
CLASS: 5th
TIMING: 50 min
TEXTBOOK: Snapshot starter
UNIT: What is Daniel doing? PRESENT CONTINUOUS vs PRESENT SIMPLE
TYPE OF LESSON: Mixed type (checking previous material & introducing new material)
SKILLS: reading, speaking, listening, and writing
AIDS: blackboard, chalk, hand-outs, over head projector, book, notebooks
Teaching techniques: dialogue, explanation, individual work, pair work, team work,
exercise.
Bibliography: Abbs, Brian, Freebairn,Ingrid : Snapshot Starter- Teachers book,
Longman,2001, Vizental, Adriana Metodica predarii limbii engleze, Polirom, Iasi, 2007,
Turai, Maria Ioana, Gramatica limbii engleze, Corint, Bucureti, 2008
AIMS:
To raise SS attention upon the both tenses
To practice Present Tense Continuous
To practice vocabulary related to the topic
to practice Present Tense Simple & Continuous
to practice their speaking/writing/listening & writing skills
to practice vocabulary related to parts of the house
OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson, the Ss will be able to:

to use correctly the forms of Present Tense Simple & Continuous

to employ in sentences the new words related to house
to use correctly the language referring to actions taking place at the moment of
speaking & repeatedly

Stages of the
lesson

Teachers
activity

Students Interaction Skill

activity

The teacher
asks Ss who
the absents
are.

The Ss
answer.

T-Ss

Speaking 2

To see if
anybody is
absent.

The teacher
asks Ss how
the previous
day was,
Mothers
day.

The Ss
answer

T-Ss

Speaking 2

To create a
free and
relaxed
atmosphere
for the
English class.

2.HOMEWORK
CHECKING

The teacher
checks ex 4,
page
75:hand out
no 1.

The Ss
read the
exercise.

I.W

Reading 4
Speaking

To check their
knowledge
about the
learnt
adverbials.

3.FEED BACK

The teacher
offers feed
back.

The Ss
listen

T-Ss

Listening 2

To let Ss know
how well they
performed.

4.CHECKING
PREVIOUS
MATERIAL

The teacher
asks Ss
about
abilities:
-can you
swim?
-can you
speak
English?
-can you
sing like
Bethoveen?
Etc.

The Ss
answer
with yes,
I can or
no, I
cant.

T-S

Speaking 5

5.FEED BACK

The teacher
offers feed
back.

The Ss
listen.

Lockstep

Listening 2

1.WARM-UP

Time Purpose

To check the
speaking skills
and the verb
can
expressing
ability.

To let Ss know
how well they
performed.

To introduce
them to the
2

6.INTRODUCING a)The
NEW MATERIAL teacher
a) pre-reading
initiates a
conversation
on the topic:
Present
continuous
and asks
one S to say
the forms of
the verb to
be

The Ss
listen and
one S
answerS

T-Ss

Listening 5
Speaking

I.W

To activate
their thinking.

b)The
teacher asks
Ss to watch
and to read
a power
point
presentation
which
presents the
differences
between
present
simple&
continuous

The Ss
read it.

c)The
teacher asks
Ss to read
the text.

The Ss
read.

I.W

I.W

Reading

Reading

b)while-reading
The teacher
corrects
possible
mistakes in
their
pronunciation and
writes down
on the
blackboard
the
unknown
words.

new topic.

The Ss
pronounce
again if
necessary.

T-S

Speaking 2

To allow Ss to
discover the
forms of
present
continuous in
context
To check the
pronunciation.

To check the
3

c)post-reading

The teacher
asks Ss to do The Ss
ex 2, page
write the
77, in pairs. answers
Ask and talk
aboutthe
pictures
using the
verbs: to talk
on the
phone, to
play tennis,
to watch TV,
to have a
shower, to
read a book,
to use the
computer,
etc
The techer
checks the
answers and
asks Ss to
write on the
blackboard.

7.FEED BACK

8.HOMEWORK

The teacher
offers feed
back.
The teacher
asks Ss to
write 5 true
sentences
with actions
that repeat
(present
simple) and
to transform
them using
present
contiunuous
tense.

The Ss
read

The Ss
listen

The Ss
write
down the
task

P.W

I-W

Lockstep

T-Ss

Writing

Reading
Writing

understanding
of the images.

To see if the
answers are
correct

Listening 2'

Writing

To let the Ss
know how
well they
performed.
To evaluate
the
understanding
of the
material
taught.

HAND OUT NO 1
HOMEWORK-V
EXERCISE 4, PAGE 75
Place the correct adverb or adverbial
phrase in the correct place in the
sentence:
Ex: I clean my teeth after breakfast.
(usually)
I usually clean my teeth after
breakfast.
1.
Spike is late for school. (always)
2.
Daniel plays hockey. (twice a
week)
3.
She helps her parents in the
house. (never)
4.
They play basketball after school.
(often)
5.
Emilys mother does exercises.
(every day)
6.
My father is tired on Friday
evening (often)
7.
We go to a disco on Saturday
night. (sometimes)

HAND OUT NO 2
GRADE: V
Complete this dialogue using present simple
continuous:
am, is, are+V+ing

Julie: Keith ..a lot of noise! What..he....?

Adam:

dont

know. He.in

his

room.

You

know

he.......... electrical engineering, and I think he to

build a robot, or something.
Julie: He .always these days.
Adam: Thats because hehis final exams next week.
Kim: Yes, and then he.home.
Julie: What......you.for dinner tonight, Kim?
Kim: I.again tonight! Im sure its Keiths turn to cook.
Julie: I hope he..us a robot that he can cook dinner. I hope
so because Keith is a terrible cook!