LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Grigoras Elena Nellica

School:coala Gimnaziala nr.1 Ghermanesti
Form: 7th
Level: pre- intermediate
Textbook: Snapshot
Recent work:Past simple, conjunctions so, because, means of transport
Lesson topic unit 2- Over three hours late
Vocabulary: words related to informal letters
Grammar: past- revision
Type of lesson: teaching new items
Skills: speaking, reading, writing
Objectives:
A)Cognitive:-to use past simple properly, according to grammatical rules;
- to use adequate linkers in order to join events;
- to distinguish a formal letter from an informal one;
- to write informal letters
B) Affective- to create a warm, friendly atmosphere in order to offer the background for easy conversation between teacher and
students;
- to make students confident in themselves when speaking a foreign language;
Interaction:- T-Ss, Ss-T; IW; PW; GW
Teaching techniques: conversation, dialogue, exercises, observation
Methods of teaching: communicative approach
Teaching aids: blackboard, coloured chalk, handouts

A) Bibliographical:
Official- The Curriculum for Secondary Education
Methodical: Textbook

Harmer, Jeremy, The Practical of English Language Teaching, Longman, UK, 1991
Vizental, Adriana, Metodica Predrii Limbii Engleze,Polirom, 2007.

B) Human:the students in the class

Time: 50 minutes
Assumptions:- the students know past tense simple;
- the students remember the linkers first of all, then, etc
Lesson
stage

Teachers
activity

Students
activity

In
ter-

Skil
ls

hniques

speaking

Conversation
conversa
tion
conversa Notetion
books

ac
1
2
3.

-Ss answer

tion
T- Ss

Cheking
Attendance
2 min
Warm up
1 min
Checking
homework
4min

-T.checks
attendance

T asks the Ss how -Ss answer

T-Ss
they are, etc
T checks their Ss correct the mistakes if T- Ss
homework and help necessary
Ss- T
them correct the
mistakes

speaking

Checking
previous
knowledge
3 min

Teacher asks Ss to
give examples of
sentences in the
past tense( S1 gives
an ex. of an
affirmative
sentence, S2 asks a

speaking

-Ss do accordingly

T- Ss
PW

Tec

speaking

conversa
tion

Aids

Aims

Evalu
ation

To check
attendance

To check
accomplish
ment
of
given
instructions
To check if Oral
they
are evaluati
familiar
on
with
Past
TS

5.

Announcing
objectives
1 min

Introducing of the
new material
3min

question)
T will tell the Ss
that they will learn
how to write an
informal letter;
short dialogue on
letters( T asks Ss if
they like writing
letters or receiving
letters)
T tells Ss to open
their books ( page
17) and asks Ss to
select the items
specific to formal/
informal letters

Ss listen to the T

T- Ss

speaking

conversa
tion

-Ss write two lists ( formal

letters/ informal letters)

T-Ss
IW

writing

Convers
ation

To make Ss
aware of the
items they
will learn

Textbooks

speaking
Ss- T

5min

T gives Ss handouts Ss do as required;

with informal
letters ; the
sentences are
jumbled ; T
explains Ss to
arrange them
correctly( in the
logical order)

T- Ss
PW

10 min

T gives Ss other
handouts and
explains Ss they

T- Ss
GW

Ss read the letter and fill in

with words related to
informal letters;

notebooks

reading
writing

writing

To make Ss Verbal
aware of the appreci
differences
ation
between
formal/
informal
letters

conversa handtion
outs

to
ckeck
comprehen
sion of an informal
systema
letters
tic
structure
observ
ation

conversa handtion
outs

-to
ckeck
comprehension of an

have to fill in the

blanks with the
appropriate words ;

Acquiring
performance
11 min

T divides the class

into two groups
.
Both have to write
a short informal
letter using the
appropriate
structures and also
linking words( first,
then, before that..).

informal
letters
structure

T- Ss
Situation1-( team A)You
are Romanian students, GW
last year you visited a
school in London.You
made friends there. Write
to them saying how much
you enjoyed it.
Situation 2( team B)
You
are
English
students.Last year, a group
of Romanian students
visited your school,you
made friends then. Write a
reply to their letter.

writing

conversation

dialogue

notebooks

systema
tic
observa
tion

-to ckeck
oral
some of the evaluati
linkers;
on
- to check
the use of
past tense
simple;
- to check
vocabulary
related
to informal
systema
letters;
tic
observ
ation

8.

- Ss give a few examples;

Feed- back
6 min

9.

Transferhomework
4 min

Ts- Ss

speaking

conversa
tion

- to make -verbal
sure all Ss appreci
have
ation
understood
the
new
lesson;

T- Ss
Ss- T

speaking

conversa
tion

-to provide
further
practice

- T asks Ss to give a
few examples of
structures used in
informal letters
-T asks Ss to have a Ss write their task;
look on the internet
in order to find
funny
informal
letters and to select
the best one.

ANEXE- PAGINA URMTOARE

WOORKSHEET 1
Informal letters

Grade 7th

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words in order to complete the letter.
343 Flower Street, London
_______________________
_________ Andi,
Thanks for the presents, I love them!
I think you ________on holiday , too. I hope you had a good ________in Romania.
We _________ there last year, it was fantastic!First, we_________Peles Castle, which impressed me so much!
_____________we went to the seaside but the weather was quite bad, so we had to go to a different place. ________ we chose a nice
village in Transylvania, it was so very different from our villages, we really enjoyed it!
We had traditional food which was very tasty! ___________ we visited Bucharest which was very crowded at that time. But , there
were some nice places, too.We ____________dinner in a nice Italian restaurant, I had a delicious pizza there!
Well, that is all for now.
___________________
___________________, Jenny
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WORKSHEET 2

The sentences in the letter below are all jumbled. Arrange them in the logical order and rewrite the letter.
Write soon, Rebeca
On Friday I ll go shopping. Itll be a short holiday , but Im sure its going to be very nice . The town is great and the people are
very friendly. I know that on Thursday Ill see the best animated film- Pocahontas( I have the tickets). I m having a six day
holiday in London. On Wednesday Ill see some museums. Tomorrow is Monday and Ill see the Changing of Guard at
Buckingham Palace. My holiday will finish on Saturday when Ill kiss my friends good bye and Ill come to Romania. The day
after tomorrow Ill go to the Tower of London.
Dear Jane,
Bye!

Dear Jane,
Im having a six day holiday in London.
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