LESSON PLAN

Name: Tandalache Romelia

School: Grup Scolar George Valsan Faurei
Grade: 8 th
Date: 15.03.2010
No of students: 23
Textbook: Snapshot
Level: Intermediate
Unit: Guess who
Lesson: Physical appearance
Time: 50 min.

Lesson aims:
- to describe the appearance of famous people
- to practice words related to physical appearance in sentences of their own
- to practice must/ cant for drawing conclusion

Skills: reading, writing, speaking

Materials: textbook, notebooks, workbooks, blackboard
Bibliography: Abbs, Brian, Freebairn, Ingrid: Snapshot Intermediate-Teachers
Book, Longman 2008/ Vizental Adriana-Metodica Predarii limbii engleze,
Polirom, Iasi. 200

Activity 1- Checking homework

Aim: to check understanding of previous lesson
PROCEDURE
T asks Ss to read the homework.
Ss read the homework aloud.
T corrects the possible mistakes and explains the
corrections to the Ss.

INTERACTION TIMING
5 min
T-S

Activity 2- Warm-up
Aims: to get Ss involved into the topic
to activate Ss knowledge of language
PROCEDURE
T asks Ss to look at the photos. T asks: What do
you know about these people and their lives?
Ss discuss the famous people in small groups, then
report back to the whole class.
T asks different group to report on each person. T
asks Ss: Can you add any information about this
person?

INTERACTION TIMING

T-S

5 min

Activity 3- Writing
Aims:
To introduce words describing physical appearance
To describe the appearance of famous people

PROCEDURE
INTERACTION TIMING
T writes the title of the new lesson on the board:
Physical appearance .
T-S
With book closed, T divides the class into four
groups. T writes four headings on the board: Age;
Height and Built; Hair; Face; Special features.
T elicits one or two examples for each category.
Each of the four groups has one of the above
S-S
categories. Ss brainstorm all the vocabulary they
Pair-work
know for that category, then check in the textbook.
15 min
Ss can also use their dictionary to check new
words.
T divides the class into groups of four, one from
Group work
each original group. Ss look at the vocabulary in
the textbook and T explains new vocabulary to each
other. T monitors and checks pronunciation of the
new vocabulary.
Ss work in pairs to describe the people in the
photographs, using the new vocabulary.
T checks the descriptions with the whole class, by
eliciting answers from individual Ss
Activity 4: Practice
to use the vocabulary related to physical appearance
to practice writing skills
PROCEDURE
T asks Ss to write a description of themselves on a
slip of paper, but dont write their name. T collects
the papers and give them out to another S. In small
groups Ss identify the descriptions.

INTERACTION

TIMING

T-S
7 min

T checks with the whole class that the identification

is correct e.g. some Ss read out the description and
say who it is and the author confirms the
identification

Group work
S-S

Activity 5:
to practice must, cant for drawing conclusions
PROCEDURE
SS find one picture in Ex 2( of a star when they
were younger) that they are sure they can identify.
T shows Ss the examples in the Grammar flash and
checks meaning e.g.
That must be Kate Winslet / That cant
be Kate Winslet.
Are you sure? (Yes) How sure (Very./99/%)
Why?
In pairs, Ss solve Ex 2/p 77. They find another
picture of each person when he/she was younger.
T asks some pairs to repeat the conversation for the
whole class.

INTERACTION

Frontal

TIMING

15 min

Homework/ Assigning homework-3 min

-as homework assignment, Ss are asked to do ex. 5/p 77 in the textbook
-T explains the task
-T gives marks for Ss performance