LESSON PLAN

DATE: 26th of January 2012

GRADE: 3rd B
TIME: 50 minutes
TEACHER: Ancuta Podina
TITLE OF LESSON: IT IS BIG! THAY ARE LITTLE
TYPE OF LESSON: acquiring new information
AIMS: 1) to introduce vocabulary related to the topic
2) to practice adjectives such as big and little
3) to enable pupils to use Present Simple of to be
4) to play a game in order to express their feelings
TEACHING AIDS: - the book
-coloured chalk
-pictures
- blackboard
SKILLS: - speaking
- reading
- writing

STRUCTURES: statements: - interrogative

- affirmative
- negative
TYPES OF INTERACTIONS: - teacher- whole class
- teacher- student
- student- teacher
- student- student
CLASS MANAGEMENT: - whole class
- role-play

- pair work
- individually
ORGANIZING MOMENT:
T- prepares the teaching aids for the lesson

WARM-UP: TIME: 5 MINUTES

INTERACTION: WHOLE CLASS
T- asks pupils to state five animals and five numbers
S-do this
T-asks pupils questions about colours showing animals and numbers
S-answer

ACTIVITY 1: TIME: 10 minutes

INTERACTION: whole class
T-shows pupils a picture of a black cat and asks them what colour is it
S-answer the question
T-shows different pictures to elicit the new colours
T-asks pupils to open their books on page 26 and reads the words of the first
exercise
S-repeat the words
T-asks pupils to read the colours
S-read the colours
T-asks pupils to find things in the class which are black, grey, white or
brown
S- do this
T-asks pupils to write the new words in their notebooks

ACTIVITY 2: TIME: 10 minutes

INTERACTION: individual work
T-reads the dialogue from exercise 1
-asks pupils to read in pairs
S-read the dialogue
T-makes up sentences using big and little while performing (using
gestures): A big elephant / A little mouse
- asks pupils to play looking at different pictures shown by the teacher: A
big cat / A small insect
S-pupils play
T-asks pupils to open their notebooks and write down the words big and
little

ACTIVITY 3: TIME: 15 minutes

INTERACTION: individual work
pair work
T- reads the first exercise on page 27
-asks the pupils to read the exercise
S- do this
T-asks pupils to translate the sentences and helps if necessary
-asks pupils to write down the verb to be in their notebooks explaining the
contracted forms
-asks pupils to make up sentences (orally) using the adjectives big and
little
-asks pupils to write down a few sentences (in pairs)
ACTIVITY 4: TIME: 10 minutes
INTERACTION: pair work
T-shows children two pictures with a happy and a sad clown
-asks pupils to look at her while playing and explaining the game on page
27
-calls a pupil and plays the game with him/ her
-puts pupils into pairs in order to play the game
-asks the whole class to play the game

S-do this
ASSESSMENT: appreciates the active pupils and gives advice to the less
active ones.
HOMEWORK: asks pupils to make up sentences using to be and happy
or sad