LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL: Independenta Secondary School Calafat

TEACHER: Ana- Maria Toader
FORM: 10 th
LEVEL: Upper-intermediate
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 30
TIME: 50 minutes
LESSON: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
SKILLS: Writing, Speaking, Listening, Reading

Teaching aims To introduce a new interesting novel by Charles

Dickens

Learning aims To discuss a literature topic: children in post industrial

revolution era in England

Assumptions Ss are already used to class debates

Anticipated problems Some students may not feel comfortable working in

groups and accepting different opinions

Classroom interaction Teacher-Student

Student-Student
Student-Teacher

Classroom management Classroom equipped with movable desks according to

the lesson activities which provide the necessary
physical environment for working in groups. Light and
pictures displayed on the walls create the comfortable
atmosphere which is a very important thing.

Attending strategies Teacher’s role: conductor that is to establish contexts,

give instructions and monitor.
Teacher’s attitude: moves round the class, keeps
eye-contact, but she also encourages Ss to speak and
listen to each other using gestures and facial expression.
If a student is speaking too quietly, T walks further
away forcing, in this way, the quiet speaker to speak
louder and makes positive remarks. T does not interrupt
a student while speaking to correct mistakes

Evaluation Initial: warm-up

Continual evaluation
Final: oral, homework
 STAGES

Warm-up
Curriculum competence: 2.1
Procedure: discussion
Class management: whole-class activity
Teaching aids: none
Timing: 5 minutes
Description of the activity: T asks Ss to discuss the life of children today, how comfortable it
is in their opinion.

Activity one
Curriculum competence: 1.2
Procedure: reading
Class management: whole-class
Teaching aids: hand-outs
Timing: 20 minutes
Description of the activity: 1) T gives Ss hand outs with the life and work of Ch. Dickens and
also an extract form the novel

Activity two
Curriculum competence: 1.3
Procedure: watching phrases
Class management: group-work
Teaching aids: hands-out
Timing: 20 minutes
Description of the activity: T divides Ss into groups and then asks them to carefully read text
about David Copperfield and express opinions

Homework
Curriculum competence: 3.3
Timing:5 minutes
Task: T asks ss to watch the film David Copperfield and make a parallel between the book
and the film