UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLGICA DE PEREIRA

Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa

Autonomous Teaching Practicum
GENERAL PLANNING INFORMATION

LESSON PLAN
Date of the class:
Class Number:
15th April
14
AIM:
At the end of the lesson, learners of eight grade will be able to describe what is happening in the
school in an oral request.
Estndares Bsicos de Competencias (MEN):
Estndares Especficos:
Listening: Identifico la informacin clave sobre lo que las personas estn haciendo para
completar la secuencia de un audio.
Reading: Reconozco las acciones que se estn realizando a partir de una imagen.
Writing: Produzco oraciones a partir de lo que veo en una imagen.
Speaking: Me arriesgo a participar en diferentes actividades propuestas por mi profesor.

Indicadores de logro:
Listening Identifica la informacin clave sobre lo que las personas estn haciendo para
completar la secuencia de un audio.
Reading: Reconoce las acciones que se estn realizando a partir de una imagen.
Writing: Produce oraciones a partir de lo que ve en una imagen.
Speaking: Se arriesga a participar en diferentes actividades propuestas por el profesor.

Assumed Knowledge: pronouns, verbs and Wh questions, verb to be,

Materials:
Flashcards, worksheets, board and markers, TV, speakers, and laptop.
ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS
AND PLANNED
SOLUTIONS

COMMENTS

At the beginning of the class, teachers

check if students read the text and
Checking the answered
the
questions,
teachers
homework.
socialize them in order to check student
s comprehension and commitment with
the assignment.

Anticipated problem:
Some students did not
read the text. Therefore,
they do not participated.

the majority of the Ss

did
not
do
the
homework.
Consequently,
they
received a bad grade.

From 8:27 to
8:35

Anticipated problem:
Ss do not participate
since they do not know
the verbs presented in
the image.

At the beginning of
the class the Ss were
over-excited
and
teachers
had
to
reduce it by telling
story and letting the
students to know the
importance of speak
English.

the other says it in the

target Lge. E.g. she is

the
stage,
the students were not
able to say what

DAY/STAGE/
ACTIVITY/TIME

From 8:20 to
8:27

Reading/
writing

PROCEDURE
TEACHER AND LEARNER ACTIVITY

Solution: give those Ss

negative points and ask
them to work with a
partner.

Then, teachers present an image in

which four people are doing different
things. Students task consist on
describing the actions that they are Solution: one teacher During
performs the action and presentation
performing.

chatting.
From 8:35 to
8:50
Speaking

Students are organized in groups of

six, and they receive a board game.
Learners have to play it by using a dice
and six pieces; the objective of the game
is to advance all the pieces to the end.
They have to express what people are
doing based on the image in which the
piece is placed.

From 8:50 to
9:00
Listening and
Reading

Teachers explain the vocabulary of the

listening activity. In pairs, students have
to complete the scripts gaps while they
are listening to the audio. It describes
the actions that people are doing in the
street. Learners are encouraged to
socialize their answers.

Anticipated problem:
Ss play the board game,
but they do not express
what is happening in the
image in which the
pieces is placed.
Solution: teachers walk
around the classroom
monitoring if Ss are
describing
what
is
happening
in
the
images, if not teachers
encourage Ss to use the
dictionary.
Anticipated problem:
Ss do not complete all
the scripts gaps.
Solution:
Ss
are
encouraged to work with
other pair and complete
the listening exercise.

From 9:00 to
9:14

Anticipated problem:
Ss produce indiscipline.

Speaking

Solution: before going

to observe what is
happening
outside,
teachers warn Ss that
they
have
observe
carefully because after
the activity they have to
do a task.

Learners are organized in groups and

guided by the teachers, they go to
observe the school environment in order
to identify what is happening at the
moment. Teachers point on person and
ask students questions about what
she/he is doing. Students have to
describe the actions that people are
executing. Learners come back and
From 9:14 to teachers ask them to write what they
9:15
observed on a piece of paper. It is
recollected by the teachers.
Homework

Teachers give Ss the instructions to do

the homework. Then, learners are asked
about what they have to do in order to
check if they understood.

If
they
produce
indiscipline they will
have a bad grade.

people were doing in

the image. Therefore,
the teachers had to
perform the action
and say what was
happening.
The
board
game
activity
was
not
meaningful since the
Ss play the game, but
they did not follow the
instructions. They did
not express what was
happening
in
the
image
where
the
piece is placed.
Although, they were
encouraged to use
the dictionary, they
did not do it.
Even though this
activity
was
cancelled, it spent too
much time and there
was no time to
develop the listening
task.
Teachers decided to
do it in the next class.
The activity outside
the classroom was
not successfully since
the majority of the
students
got
distracted. Also, the
students
produced
indiscipline and they
did not take note
about what they were
observing.
The teachers had to
threaten the Ss to
give them a bad
grade if they did not
do the activity.

Students have to go to a place they want. Their task is to observe what people are
doing there, and describe it by doing a recording of 1 minute.
Homework:

REFLECTION SESSION:
What went well?

Unfortunately, this class was not meaningful since there was too much indiscipline
and it effected radically the teaching process.
How do you know that?
It was impossible to scaffold the learning due to the students behavior and the
general aim was not achieved.
What didnt go that well?
Pitifully, this class was not meaningful. The students did not want to pay attention
and during the class they produced too much indiscipline. It was really difficult for
teachers to control the students because they were over-excited. At the beginning of
the class, the teachers calmed the learners down during some minutes, but they
continued with the same behavior.
During the board game the students did not follow the instructions and they did not
express what was happening in the image where the piece was placed. Due to that
teachers decided to cancel the activity and move on to the next task.
What would you do different next time?
1. It is important to identify if the learners are over-excited in order to implement
strategies to keep discipline.
2. The exams or quizzes should be handed out at the end of the class not at the
beginning because it interrupts the pace of the Lesson.
3. If the students are over-excited, the teachers should not develop activities
outside the classroom.