Lesson plan

Date: the 30th of April 2015

Teacher: Stepan Cristina
School: Scoala gimnaziala nr. 3 Arpasel
Grade: 2nd
Textbook: Snapshot starter
Unit: Whats Daniel doing?
Type of lesson: lesson of acquisition
Concept/ Topic to teach: parts of the house; present tense continuous vs present tense simple
Specific objectives: By the end of the lesson students will be able to:

Be engaged in using the English language;

Talk about activities that they are doing at the moment of speaking;
Develop communicative and receptive competences;
Practice vocabulary related to the parts of the house;

Teaching materials: pictures; postcards; handouts; blackboard

Skills: listening; speaking; reading; writing
Classs management: Pair work;
Group work;
Lock step
Teaching techniques:
Brainstorming;
Elicitation;
Explanation;

Interaction: Teacher Whole class; Teacher Student; Student Teacher; Student - Student
Number of students: 11
Anticipated problems: there will be explanation in Romanian ( if needed)

Stages of the new lesson

ACTIVITY 1 WARMER ( THE CHAIN)
Aims: - to warm Ss up;
-

to raise their interest

to have fun

Procedure: The T. says My name is and I drink coffee every morning and she nominates a
student to continue S1: Her name is and she drinks coffee. My name is and I dont like
chips. and the student nominates another student to continue the chain.
Interaction: Ss Ss; Ss - T
Timing: 5 minutes
Skills: Listening; speaking

ACTIVITY 2 REINFORCING AND CHECKING THE

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE

Aim: - to practice asking for and answering questions using present simple
Time: 10 min.
Procedure: T. asks students to gather in 2 groups and gives the students handouts with words
written on them. The handouts contain words they have to re-arrange in order to make up
sentences. After finishing, sentences are read aloud. The team who makes the 3 sentences
correctly wins.
Interaction: Ss Ss; Ss - T

ACTIVITY 3 PRE-LISTENNG ( LOCKSTEP)

Aims: -to create interest and introduce Ss into the topic
Time: 10 min.
Procedure: The teacher asks the students to look at the picture in the textbook ( p. 76), but cover
the text. She then asks the following warmer question What is Daniel doing? and writes the
question on the Bb. She elicits the answer Daniel is. watching TV. The teacher highlights
the verb is and the ing ending. She elicits the next question about Emily asking students Tell
me about Emily . What is Emily doing? She is reading/talking to Daniel. The teacher
writes the sentences on the blackboard and drills them chorally and individually and establish a
definition with the students (the time is now/at the moment).
Interaction: Ss Ss; Ss T

ACTIVITY IV WHILE LISTENING ( PAIRWORK)

Aims: - to practice listening for specific information
Time: 10 min.
Procedure: T. gives the students handout nr. 2 containing a gapped version of the dialogue to
help them focus on the verbs and ask them how much they can remember of the dialogue.
Students , in pairs, try to fill in the gaps. They can check the dialogue in their textbooks.
Emily: Wheres Daniel?
Luke: He upstairs, in the bedroom.
Emily: Oh, what .. he doing? Is he ..?
Luke: No, he . He writing a letter.
Emily: Whos he to?
Luke: I dont know. His sister, Loise I think.

Interaction: Ss Ss; Ss - T

ACTIVITY V Post-listening (speaking) (Pair-work)

Aim: - to use the information acquired in creating sentences of their own;
Time: 10 min.
Procedure: Teacher writes the following lines on the blackboard:
Emily: Oh, whats he doing? Is he reading?
Luke: No, he isnt. Hes writing a letter.
AM/ IS/ARE + VERB+ ING
Teacher checks if students know that the time is now/ at the moment.
Ss are asked to look at the pictures in exercise 2/p77 and make up questions and answers using
the prompts given. After finishing the exercise they practice the same questions about them and
their colleagues.
Ex. S1: What is Mircea doing?
S2: He is laughing.
Interaction: Ss Ss; Ss - T

ACTIVITY VI - Evaluation and homework assignment

Aim: - to evaluate the Ss. work
- to assign Ss. their homework
Time: 5 min
Procedure: The teacher grades some Ss.
As homework the T. gives Ss exercise 5 p 78. They have to complete Daniels
letter with the verbs given.(alternative HW to act out the dialogue in the textbook)
Interaction: T Ss

Handout 1

SHE

THEY

DOES

PLAY

DO

NOT

FOOTBALL IN

YOU

LIKE

THE

PARK

SPEAK

COFFEE.

EVERY SUNDAY.

ITALIAN?

Or
WE

DO

HE

DOES

NOT

SPEAKS

SHE

GO

TO

SCHOOL ON

SUNDAY.

GERMAN

VERY

WELL.

PLAY

THE

PIANO?

Handout 2
EMILY: Wheres Daniel?
LUKE: He. Upstairs in the bedroom.
EMILY: Oh. What .. he doing? Is he read..?

LUKE: No, he . He writing a letter.

EMILY: Whos he to?
LUKE: I dont know. His sister, Louise, I think.