GENERAL PLANNING

Class profile 8th grade Pre-intermediate group

Unit Unit 2: Countries, cultures and
customs
Length lesson 45 min
Main lesson aim By the end of the lesson, the
students will be better able to:

Talk about festivals around the

world
Form accurate a short written
text using the vocabulary
taught and connecting with
their own experiences.
Teaching point Vocabulary related to festivals
(language items/skills) Reading, Speaking and Writing.
Target language items Food: Peach, cheese Rolling, tuna fish
Countries: Niagara, UK and Canada
Adjectives: beautiful, local, famous,
delicious, dangerous, weird,
wonderful.
Materials used Video related to festivals + laptop,
projector and speakers.
Handouts + Reading comprehension
text}

evidence Students will complete a worksheet

Students will write a short paragraph
related to the topic
Personal goals I tend to teach topics and not relating
to our context. Therefore, Id like to
relate the topic with the students
own experiences.
Assumptions Students know countries and
nationalities.
Students know most of the adjectives
for the class.
Context Three stories related to food festivals
around the world

Stage Procedure Task Interacti Aims Time

(What the teacher What the on
will do) students will
do)
 1 Ask: What is a Answer T & Sts Learners will 10
Warm up festival? How many teachers activate their min
kinds of festivals do questions prior
you know? Are and pay knowledge
there any festivals attention to
in your country the video Learners will
or hometown? understand
what a festival
Show a video called consist of.
11 festivals from
around the world
2 Give students an Read the T&Sts Learners will 8 min
Reading article related to article using understand
festivals. skimming vocabulary
Ask students to and scanning related to
skim the text to get techniques festivals
the general idea
and then to scan
the text (looking for
countries, cities
and dates).
3 -Give students a Complete Pairs Learners will 12
Comprehensio worksheet the activities comprehend a min
n activities -Explain the text and
activities and complete a
monitor students worksheet
work.
4 -Ask students to In pairs, Pairs Learners will 15
Writing invent a new write a short practice min
festival and write paragraph vocabulary
about it (following about a related to
the format of the festival festivals
article) (invent one).
5 -Ask each pair to - Read what Pairs Students will 15
Presenting come to the board they have be able to min
and read about written. present their
their festivals. festival orally.
-Give general
feedback
PROCEDURE PLANNING