Lesson plan

Teacher: Sanda Nicoleta-Adelina

School: School C. Radulescu-Codin, Priboieni
Date: 9th May, 2014
Grade: 8th
Number of students: 14
Level: Intermediate (L2) ,4th year of study
Unit 16: Struggle for survival
Topic: The passive: all tenses with modals, gerunds and infinitives;
Type of lesson: acquisition of new knowledge
Skills: speaking, writing, reading, listening
Methods: conversation, explanation, dialogue, exercise
Classroom interaction: individual work, pair - work
Teaching aids: blackboard, chalk, handouts, books, CD player, CDs
Students book: Snapshot Intermediate, Longman
Time: 50 minutes
Aims: to get the students involved in the topic;

to give Ss practice in using the passive;

to develop students listening skills;

to develop students writing skills;

to develop students communication skills.

Evaluation: - continue - through activities, observation, error correction

- final - through feed-back
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Stage of lesson/

Teachers activity

Students activity

Interaction

Skills and

Materials
used

T Ss

methods
- speaking

Timing
1.

Teacher enters the class greets The students greet the teacher and

Organizational

the students, and then T asks if tell the absentees if there are any. A

moment / 2 min.

there are any absentees. Then T student writes the date on the

Aims
-to

assure

the

- blackboard introductive part

of the lesson.

asks one of the Ss to write the blackboard and the others open their

- questioning

date on the blackboard.

notebooks and write the date.

- chalk

2. Warm up /

The T tells the Ss that today

The Ss are reading their homework

4 min

they are going to discuss about a and correct it where is needed.

T Ss

new topic but first she has to

Ss Ss

- speaking

- to assure the
- blackboard transition

- reading

between the

check their homework.

Organizational
The Ss pay attention to the teacher.
T Ss

- speaking

- chalk

Moment and the

Introduction of

3.

The T gives each student a song

Lead-in / 5 min

worksheet with one of the best

The Ss listen to the song and fill in

songs ever written by The

the gaps.

Beatles All you need is love

CD player
- discussion
T Ss
- writing

and tells them that they are

going to listen to the song and,
in pairs, fill in the blanks with

the New Topic

- to assure the

- listening

S-S

transition
between the

worksheets

Organizational
Moment and the
Introduction of
the New Topic

the missing words.

-to inform Ss
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4. Presentation/

The T tells students that all the

about the topic

15 min

verbs they had to fill in are

The Ss say that they learned about it

they are going to

passive voice verbs and asks

on the Romanian language classes.

learn.

them if they heard about

The Ss write the title of the lesson

- to teach the Ss

Passive Voice, if they know

in their notebooks.

the form and how

how it is formed or to give an

to use the

example. T announces the new

Passive Voice

lesson and its aims. She writes

so they can solve

the title of the new lesson on the

the future tasks.

blackboard (The passive).

T gives short examples of how
to change an active sentence
into passive and when it is
5. Practice.

supposed to use the passive.

In pairs, students are supposed

10min

to convert some sentences from

interact with each

active to passive voice. Then

other.

S S

one student from each pair reads

- writing

- reading

one sentence and if it is correct,

he/she writes it on the
blackboard.

To

help

Ss

- to make Ss
express their

T Ss

opinion.
- discussion

6. Production

T gives every student a

Ss complete on the received

T Ss

Feed back and

worksheet with a text. They

handouts.

discussion /

have to read the text and

acquired

10min

underline the passive verbs in it.

knowledge.

The students work individually

- the

- to consolidate

handouts

and use the new

- speaking

and then read the passive

-to check

sentences that they have

- writing

comprehension

underlined.
T asks the Ss some questions:

The Ss express their own opinions.

Ss alone

What tense do you think that is

- discussion

used there?
Why did you make this choice
and are you sure this isnt a
7.

continuous tense?
The Ss are asked to complete a

Ss write the homework in their

Homework /

text with the verbs in the

notebooks and ask for further

2 min

passive and active voice

information.

(exercise 5 a and b, page 103).

T Ss

- listening
- writing

Ss alone
T Ss

-speaking

- the

-to consolidate

students

and use the new

books and

acquired

notebooks

knowledge

8. Evaluation /

T appreciates Ss` activity both The Ss also say Good-bye to the

-to increase Ss`

2 min

verbally -praising the activity of teacher.

self-confidence

the Ss- and also by giving

and

encourage

marks.

them

in

Then the teacher says

study of English.

their