LESSON PLAN

School Unit
Subject
Grade/Semester
Topic
Genre
Skill
Time Allocation

: SMPN 1 Banjarmasin
: English
: VIII / I
: The Expressions Congratulation
: Interpersonal
: Listening Skill
: 1 x 40 minutes (1 meeting)

A.

Standard Competence.
1.
Memahami makna dalam percakapan transaksional dan interpersonal sederhana
untuk berinteraksi dengan lingkungan terdekat

B.

Basic Competence.
1.2 Merespon makna yang terdapat dalam percakapan transaksional (to get things done) dan
interpersonal (bersosialisasi) sederhana secara akurat, lancar, dan berterima untuk
berinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar yang melibatkan tindak tutur: mengundang,
menerima dan menolak ajakan, menyetujui/tidak menyetujui, memuji, dan memberi
selamat

C.

Objectives of the Lesson

At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to be able to respond and understand the
use of expressions of congratulations appropriately by doing 8 listening comprehension with
80% accuracy.

D.

Characteristics:
Thrustworthiness
Respect
E.
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Instructional Material
Pictures
Caption
Some examples of expressions of congratulation
Dialogs (exercise and evaluation)
Recording

F.

Methods of Teaching
Three-Phase techniques (pre-, while, post)
Pictures and Pictures

G.

Teaching and Learning Activities

1) Pre Activity (15 minutes)
- The teacher greets the students.

Teacher asks the students to pray together.

The teacher checks the present list.
Apperception:
The teacher shows some pictures that show some situations such as a birthday
party, a graduation event, etc.
The teacher asks some questions leading to the material
Ex:
What do you see in this picture?
What are they doing?
If you come to your friends birthday party,what will you say to him/her?
If your brother graduates from his college, what will you say to him?
Motivation:
The teacher tells the importance of the lesson, the competencies and the
objective of the lessons that should be reached by the students.

2) While Activity (45 minutes)

Exploration:
- The teacher explains the use of expressions of congratulations and gives the
examples.
Expressions
Function
- Congrats!
Congratulating someone / people
- Congratulations!
- Congratulations on your success.
- Id like to congratulate you on
- Happy birthday!
- Happy anniversary!
- Well done.
- Thats fantastic!
- You did it.
- Thank you.
Responding to congratulations
- Thank you for saying so.
- Thanks.
- How nice of you to say so
-

The teacher drills the expressions.

Elaboration:
- The teacher asks the students to do the exercise in pairs
Exercise
Listen to dialogs carefully and fill in the blank with the correct expressions based on the
recording!
Dialog 1
Ron: Guess what! I got the first winner prize for the debate competition!
Gina: Really? (1)Congratulation!
Ron: Thank you.

Dialog 2
Susan : Hey, you know what? My short story will be published in Hello magazine next mont
Danny: Wow, Congrats! (2)Thats fantastic.
Susan : (3)Thank you for saying so. I really worked hard for the story.
Danny : I know you did.
Dialog 3
Joe: Hi,(4)happy sweet seventeen, Liza.
Liza: Thank you, Joe!
Joe: Look, I have a gift for you.
Liza: Wow, (5)thank you so much.
Joe: Youre welcome.

Confirmation:
The teacher and the students discuss the answers.

3) Post Activity (20 minutes)

- The teacher summarizes the lesson.
- The students are asked to do the evaluation individually in ten minutes.
- Praise the students for their active participation.
- Closure and leave-taking.
H.

Sources
Books:
- Scaffolding English for Junior High School Students Grade VIII
- English in Focus for Grade VIII Junior High School (SMP/MTs)
- Contextual Teaching and Learning Bahasa Inggris Sekolah Menengah Pertama Kelas VIII
Internet:
- http://uk.ask.com/beauty/Expressions-of-Congratulations
I. Evaluation
Technique: Gap-filling items and multiple choice
Instrument: Listening comprehension
EVALUATION
Listen to dialogs carefully and fill in the blank with the correct expressions based on the
recording!
Dialog 1
Linda: (1)Congratulation on your birthday, Gina!
Gina: Thank you for saying so.
Linda: (2)Youre welcome. Hey look, Freddy is coming
Freddy: Hi, Gina. (3)Happy birthday.
Gina: Thank you. By the way, I heard that you won the basketball competition.
(4)Congratulation!
Linda: Wow, (5)great! Anyway, (6)congrats, Guy!

Freddy: Yeah, youre welcome.

Dialog 2
Bella: Hey, you look so happy today, Nina.
Nina: Yeah, youre right, Bella. Thats because I and my husband wanna celebrate our first
wedding anniversary today.
Bella: Gee! (7)Happy anniversary, Nina. Im happy for you.
Dialog 3
Andy: Hi Linda!
Linda: Oh, Hi Andy. So happy to meet you here.
Andy: Me too. By the way, congratulation on (8)the birth of your baby.
Linda: Oh, youre welcome.
a.
Scoring System
No
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Answer Keys

Score

Part I
1
2
3
4
5
6

Happy birthday.
Thats fantastic!
You did it.
Great!
congrats,
Happy anniversary

12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
Part II

1
2

I want to congratulate you

You must be happy
Total Score

12.5
12.5
100
Banjarmasin,

Approved by,
Supervisor,

Student,

Ilyan Noor, S.Pd

NIP. 19580108.197903.1.009

Muthia Farida
NIM. A1B209036

Pictures

November 2012