LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL: Public School

DATE: 17.05.2012
TEACHER:------LEVEL OF THE CLASS: Pre- Intermediate.
LESSON:. Pick of the Week
UNIT: UNIT 9, Going Out
TEXTBOOK USED: Upstream, class VIII
TIME: 50 minutes.
AIMS: -to get students interested in matters concerning means of entertainment;
-to foster fluency;
-to develop students reading skills;
-to identify specific information and details in film reviews;
By the end of the class, the students: -will be able to use language related to likes and dislikes when talking about indoor
and outdoor activities;
- will have enriched their vocabulary related to entertainment;
STRATEGY:
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT: Individual work, group work
METHODS: Conversation, exercises, role play
SKILLS: Reading, speaking
TEACHING AIDS: Textbook, notebooks, blackboard, dictionary, handouts, pictures;
LESSON
STAGES
Warm-up

PROCEDURE
TEACHER
-greets the Ss and checks the
absentees;

OBJECTIVES

TIME

- to get
students
attention
- to get Ss to
use language
related to
entertainment

3
min

- to introduce
the new
language
related to
entertainment
- to practice
the new
language

10
min

STUDENTS

Lead-in

-announces the title and the aims of the

new lesson and writes the title on the
blackboard;
-draws a spider web on the blackboard
and discusses with Ss about
indoor/outdoor activities;
- shows to Ss some pictures
representing different indoor/outdoor
activities, for example: swim, brakedance, mountain- trip, movie poster,
circus, opera, etc.

- Ss have to recognize and to write on the

blackboard indoor and outdoor activities;
-Ss have to write the new words in their
notebooks;
I like watching TV in Weekends!
I like going to cinema
I dont like staying at home, its boring.

Teaching
the new
lesson

-asks Ss to read the texts from the

book,page102-103;
-asks What is the meaning of the title?
Where could you read the text? What
type of entertainment is mentioned?
-asks the Ss to complete the new words
in their notebooks.
- writes on the blackboard new
vocabulary;
-explains the meaning of the new words
and expressions related to
indoor/outdoor activities;

-read the text and inquire about the new

words;
(exiting, boring, interesting, awful, etc)
-answer the questions and they write the new
vocabulary in their notebooks;
-talk about their favorite/least favorite
hobbies:
There is nothing I like more than dancing
because it gives me the chance to relax and
to express myself freely and without
constraint.
Im not overenthusiastic about sailing, as I
1

7
min

Group
work

Feed back

-divides the class into six groups, then

asks Ss to find the picture that
corresponds to the number of their
team;
-teacher allows 4 min to brainstorm
within their groups and came up with as
much vocabulary as they can to
describe each picture;
-T. writes the vocabulary on the board;
-encourage Ss from another group to
ask questions or to add details;
-then asks Ss around the class to report
back their answers. The best answers
are rewarded with a blue dot .The team
who collects the most blue dots is the
team who wins the competition.
-gives handouts in which they have to
complete the type of event, location,
price and additional information.

find it rather boring and perhaps dangerous;

as opposed to white water rafting which is
really exciting and lifts the spirits and the level
of adrenaline.
-they have to look at the pictures and
subheadings and elicit the different types of
entertainment being advertised;
Suggested answers: Theatre(murder play,
musical comedy),music and dance, cinema,
art exhibition, comedy show;
A. A combination of dinner and theatre play,
where the audience is expected to
become involved in helping to work out
who has committed the murder.
B. A dance performance with a variety of
styles of music from different cultures;
C. A film show on a large screen in a
cinema equipped with the latest
technology;
D. An art exhibition showing paintings,
drawings and photographs of a well
known modern artist;
E. A place where you eat dinner while
listening to people performing in a
comedy show.

Exercises

20
min

- to practice
the new
language

Homework Write five or six lines about a weekend

activity you like or dislike

8
min

2
min