Lesson Plan

Teacher: Mesani Viorica

Alexandru Ioan Cuza School, Baia Mare
Date: 27th May, 2015
Grade: 3rd B
Number of students: 25
Level: beginner
Module 4: All the things I like
Lesson: He loves jelly, Unit 9
Textbook: Set Sail 3, Express Publishing
Time: 50 minutes
Previous work: Food items; there is/ there are
Assumed knowledge: vocabulary related to food
Language focus structures: present simple
Skills: speaking, reading, listening, writing
General competences
- to show interest in gaining new information about likes and
dislikes
- to understand essential information from a text
Specific competences
- to read and speak about food, likes and dislikes
- to acquire a new vocabulary and learn the verb "to like" present simple affirmative, negative and interrogative
Learning aims:
- to provide vocabulary and information about food
- to encourage students to read and speak using the present
tense of the verb "to like"
- to have fun
Aids: flashcards, textbook, CD player, DVD,

board, notebooks, activity

book, handouts
Interaction: teacher student; student teacher; student - student
Evaluation - continuous - through observation and analysis of answers.

Steps
lesson

of

the Time

Activities

Interaction

Aids/
materials

1.Warm-up

2'

The teacher greets the students open class

and asks them different
questions such as: "How are
you today?", "What day is
today?"

board

2. Lead in

8'

T holds up a picture so that

Pictures

open class

the students cannot see it,

and

start

building

DVD

up

interest by saying, 'Hey,

this picture is interesting,
isn't it?', 'Can't you see it?'.
Then T.
they

asks students if

want

to

see

the

picture, turning it round for

them to see just for a
couple of seconds. T. then
'accepts' to let them see it
for a bit longer, walking
round the class for each
person to see the picture
for a few seconds. T. asks
them what there is in the
picture. Ss answer.
T. plays the first part of the
unit on the DVD, pausing
from time to time, in order
to revise the vocabulary
and the structures learnt in
3. Pre-teaching 10'
vocabulary

the previous lesson.

T. hands out a copy of the
picture

to

students

minutes

board

in

pairs/small groups. T. tells

them

group work

they

have

two

to

identify

and

flashcard
s
notebook
s

Obs.

remember as many things

as they can see from the
picture,

without

writing

anything down.
Once the time is up, T.
takes

back

the

pictures

and asks students to write

a list of everything they
can remember.
T.

then

copies

pins
of

up

the

around

the

students

to

few

picture

class
go

up

for
and

check their list.

Whole-class

feedback:

students call out the items

and

the

them up.

teacher

writes

The group with

the most items reads out

their list for the others to
check against.
Each group contributes one
item/ the item that forms
the longest word on their
list. They can come up to
the board to write this. The
teacher

and/or

students

pick out any items that

they

found

difficult

remember/pronounce
try
4. Listening

15

to

improve

to
and
their

knowledge of these items.

T. plays the DVD again.

open class

Textbook

Students watch the second

role-play

DVD

part of the unit on DVD.

Students do the interactive

CD

exercise on DVD. Then, T.

asks Ss to open their books
and plays the CD. Ss listen
and answer yes or no. T.
checks comprehension by
asking

questions.

The

exercise in the textbook is

similar to the one done
previously on the DVD.
Ss listen to the text again
and read. Ss take roles and
5. Practice

10

read the text aloud.

T. gives Ss a handout ex.
1/ page 36 Activity book.
Ss look at the pictures and
write

answers

for

pair work

handouts

individual
work

CD

individual

textbooks

the

questions:

What

does

Chuckles

like?/

What

doesnt he like? T. takes

feedback

writing

the

sentences on the board, as

the Ss read them.
Time

permitting,

Ss

are

given another handout

activity

book,

6/page39.

T. reads the

instructions

and

ex.
the

example and explains the

task. SS read and fill in.
Then, they write a poem,
following the example. T.
checks their answers.

Ss

read the poems aloud. T.

praises all Ss and marks
6. Homework

some of them
T. assigns ex 8/ page 73
textbook. T. explains the

task.

work

Optional

homework:

(for

hardworking Ss) Ask 3 or

more

members

of

your

family questions and write

about

their

likes

and

dislikes. E.g. My mother

likes but she doesnt
like .

notebooks