Lesson plan, 45 minutes Place: Uitelj Tasa Elementary School Date: April 23, 2008 Lesson: Easter Method:

Eclectic (Desuggestopedia, The Direct Method, CLT) Mentor: Dragana Simi Teacher: Dragana Nei 2659 (Jelena Stevanovska 2658) (Ivana Rani 2644) (Smiljka Jovanovi)
OBJECTIVES: The students will get familiarized with some new vocabulary items connected to Easter. The main focus is on vocabulary and on enhancing students creativity. I will also work on my students reading and speaking skills. AIM: By the end of the lesson, the students will acquire new vocabulary items and they will be able to use them in new sentences and in everyday communication. ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS: Noise, and mispronunciation of some vocabulary items POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: I will try to make the activities shorter (to keep the Ss attention), and involve as many Ss as I can. And considering pronunciation, I will repeat the new word as much as I can, check Ss pronunciation and correct them if needed. MATERIALS: Blackboard Posters (new vocabulary items) Picture of an egg Handout (text and exercise) Plastic eggs, Easter bunny basket, daffodils, chocolate bunny ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Brainstorming (3 min) Hangman (5 min) Associations (7 min)

WARM-UP: I will write 3 words on the blackboard (fruit, clothes, animals) and divide the students into 3 groups. The representative of each group will write as many items of fruit, animals or clothes as possible. Only the correctly spelled items are taken into account. The group which has more items written is the winner. AIM: to create a working atmosphere, enhance competitive spirit, and practice Ss vocabulary.

INTERACTION: T-S, S-S TIME: 5-7min LINGUISTIC INTRODUCTION: They are to guess what is in the picture which is covered with the post-it notes; each paper has a number and they ask me questions about the mysterious object. When my answer is yes, I remove one post-it note. The mysterious picture is an Easter egg. Then I will ask them questions about Easter (Do they like Easter? What do they do with the eggs on that day? Do they go to the church?) AIM: to introduce the topic and practice Ss speaking skills INTERACTION: T-S TIME: 6-8 min PRESENTATION: I first distribute the text (the dialogue about Easter). Then I show them posters with new vocabulary items and explain each word. I read the text once aloud, and then they take parts and read the text twice. Poster 1: daffodils, hot-cross buns, chocolate egg, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter egg hunt, dye the eggs Poster 2: yolk, white, eggshell, fried eggs, boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, sunny-side up, poached eggs. (passive vocabulary) AIM: to familiarize the Ss with the new vocabulary items and practice their reading skills INTERACTION: T-S TIME: 10-12 min PRACTICE: boiled eggs daffodils eggshells chocolate bunnies Easter Sunday hot-cross buns scrambled eggs fried eggs 1. We eat ____________ on Easter Day. 2. My favorite flowers are ____________. 3. We decorate ____________ for Easter. 4. Mary and Tom like to eat _______________. 5. Anns family goes to church on _____________. 6. People eat ___________________ on Good Friday. 7. Mary likes to eat ________________. 8. Tom doesnt like _____________. AIM: to practice Ss usage of new vocabulary items in new sentences INTERACTION: T-S TIME: 6-7 min HOMEWORK: The students will have to write a short paragraph about what they do on Easter Sunday. AIM: to practice their writing skills TIME: 1-2 min PRODUCTION:

We will have a role play. The Ss will read the dialogue about Easter in front of the whole class first in a sad way, and then they will sing the dialogue, and then read it an angry way. AIM: to practice students pronunciation, enhance their creativity, and see how they can use new vocabulary items in everyday communication. INTERACTION: T-S, S-S TIME: 8-9 min