LESSON PLAN

DATE:
SCHOOL:
FORM: 8th
LEVEL: Intermediate
NO. OF STUDENTS:
TEXTBOOK: Snapshot
UNIT: Guess who?
MAIN TOPIC: Adjective Word Order
TYPE OF LESSON: communication of new knowledge
TEACHER:
TIME: 50 minutes
COMMUNICATION:

Ask and talk about personality and mood adjectives

SKILLS:
writing, reading, speaking
AIMS OF LESSON
By the end of the lesson the students will be able to:
use adjectives in the right order;
use the adjectives in the right context;
develop and practice productive and receptive skills (writing, speaking).
TEACHING AIDS:

textbooks
worksheets
handouts
pictures
flipchart
poster

conversation
brainstorming
chart
dialogue
exercise
explanation
observation

TEACHING TECHNIQUES:

METHODS: Communicative approach

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1. ABBS, Brian; FREEBAIRN, Ingrid; BARKER, Chris: Snapshot. Intermediate Students Book, Longman, UK, 2001.
2. HARMER, Jeremy: The Practical of English Language Teaching, Longman, UK, 1991
3. WOODWARD, W. Suzanne: Fun with Grammar. Communicative Activities, Prentince Hall Regents, USA, 1997.
4. http://busyteacher.org/17926-adjectives-order.html

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STAGE OF LESSON

THE TEACHERS ACTIVITY

WARM- UP
1
LEAD-IN
7

The teacher greets the students,

checks attendance and homework
The teacher brings an object and a
picture into the class and starts
asking questions about how they
are and describes them with the
students. Each adjective that they
use is put in a chart. After, she
asks the students what she has
done.

3.

COMMUNICATION
OF KNOWLEDGE
3

4.

FIXATION OF
KNOWLEDGE
(practice and
production)
25

The teacher announces the title

and the aims of the new lesson.
(Annex 1)
Based on the examples, the
teacher presents the correct order
of the adjectives. Then, she asks
them to give examples.

THE STUDENTS
ACTIVITY
- Ss greet the T
- the S on duty answers
The students listen to the
teachers descriptions and
answer to her question.

T-S
S-T
T-Ss
SS-T

SKILLS

AIDS

Speaking

TEACHING
TECHNIQUES
Conversation

Listening

Conversation

Chart
Cards

PURPOSE
AIM
-to prepare the
Ss for the less
- to make up a
pleasant and
warm
atmosphere

- to stir Ss
interest in the
topic of the
lesson
The students pay attention
to the teachers
explanations. They give
examples and answer
orally.

The teacher gives the students

worksheets on adjective word
order.
Each exercise on the students
worksheets will be written on the
flipchart and the students will
come and write on the flipchart
the correct answers.
A1: Frontal activity 8
The teacher gives to the students
some adjectives to put them in the
correct column. (Annex 2)

INTERACTION

T-Ss
S-T

Reading

Explanation

Chart
Flipchart

Explanation

T-S
S-T
Reading
Exercise
The students fill in the
chart.

S-T
S-S

Flipchart
Worksheet

Writing
A2: Pair activity 10
The teacher gives the students a
worksheet in which they have to
use correct adjective word order.
(Annex 2)

Exercise

The students solve the

exercise individually.

-to check the S

ability to put t
adjectives in th
correct order

Ss-Ss
Ss-T
Reading

5.

ASSESSMENT
10

6.

HOMEWORK
1

A3: Group activity 7

The teacher gives the students
some descriptions and asks them
to extract the adjectives. The
students have to write the
adjectives they discover in the
chart. (Annex 3)
The teacher makes groups of five
students. Each group works in
different places such as a
restaurant / a cinema/ a shop/ a
school and try to make an
advertisement in which they have
to promote between one and three
products.

The teacher announces the

homework and gives the
students the explanations
on how to solve it.

Flipchart
Worksheet

Worksheet
Text

The students read the

description and extract the
adjectives.
The students listen to the
teachers instructions and
try to promote some
products.

T-Ss
Ss-Ss

The students write in T-Ss

their notebooks.

Writing
Speaking

- to check the
Ss ability
extract the ma
information
-to check
students
understanding
of the lesson

Poster

Explanation

Textbook

Annex 1
ADJECTIVE WORD ORDER
OPINION

SIZE

AGE

STYLE

COLOUR

ORIGIN

MATERIAL

PURPOSE

NOUN

Examples:

BEAUTIFUL

OLD

TALL

BROWN

YOUNG

WOODEN

ENGLISH

JEWELRY

GIRL

BOX

Annex 2

French

old

shopping

sports

plastic

beautiful

paper

writing

square

red

German

small

young

leather

English

curly

large

white

marble

delicious

cheap

horrible
short

tiny
silk

grey
middle-aged

handsome
long

round

huge

Italian
ugly

horrible

Annex 3
1. Which is the correct order?
A
a
b
c
d

a steel new carving knife

a new carving steel knife
a new steel carving knife
a carving steel new knife

B
a
b
c
d

a small thin Japanese lady

a small Japanese thin lady
a Japanese small thin lady
a thin small Japanese lady

C
a a new French exciting band
b an exciting French new band
c a French new exciting band
d an exciting new French band
D
a
b
c
d

1.

a blue long attractive coat

an attractive blue long coat
an attractive long blue coat
a long attractive blue coat
2. Put the adjectives in the correct position.
a detective/ new / brilliant / French / film

2.

a(n) German / brown / enormous / beef / sausage

3.

a red and white / lovely / marble / Turkish / chess set

4.

a(n) motorcycling / old / black / dirty / big / jacket

5.

a(n) Greek/ ancient / fascinating / monument

3. Rewrite the sentences putting the adjectives in the correct order.

Example: He wore a shirt. (blue, denim, stylish)
He wore a stylish, blue, denim shirt.
1. The shop assistant put the gift into a bag. (brown, small, paper)
_________________________________________________________________________
2. They're showing a movie at the cinema tonight. Do you want to go? (action, new)
_________________________________________________________________________
3. Im going to a party tonight. I bought a dress to wear. (sexy, white, short)
_________________________________________________________________________
4. The man ran down a street to the police station. (long, narrow)
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5. Paul sang a song to his girlfriend. (slow, love)
_________________________________________________________________________

Annex 4
Extract the adjective with their nouns and complete the chart
Dear Ann,
It's a shame you couldn't make it to the wedding, but thank you for the lovely crystal bowls
which you sent us. The wedding was unforgettable and everyone looked beautiful, especially the
bridesmaids in their long cream silk dresses. At the reception we had delicious home-made threecourse meal and the best man gave a nice short amusing speech. In the evening more guests
arrived and the hotel provided excellent Irish music. Before we left, we cut the white wedding
cake.
Hope to see you soon!
Love,
Jane and Peter.