Lesson plan

School: Sc. Gimnaziala "Mihai Eminescu" Radauti

Teacher: Hij Florentina Elena
Date: the 13th of May
Level: V th grade- pre- intermediate
Book: Project, Oxford
Lesson: Tonys Week
Type of lesson: mixed
Time allowed: 50 minutes

Lesson objectives:
to develop Ss' abilities to understand written information
to introduce irregular verbs to describe actions and events in the Simple Past
Tense
to extend pupils' vocabulary related to accidents and diseases
to allow Ss to express themselves freely & to encourage pair work
to improve the Ss writing skills

Skills: reading, listening, speaking, writing.

Materials: textbook, handouts, blackboard, coloured chalk,
Classroom interactions: Whole class, Individual work, Pair work

Stages of the lesson

Activity 1: Checking homework

Aims: - to revise the Past Tense of regular verbs
-to break the ice & introduce the new topic
Procedure: the T asks the Ss to read their homework and corrects potential
mistakes
Interaction: T-Ss Ss-T
Skills: speaking, reading
Timing: 5
Activity 2: Reading comprehension
Aims:

- to check the comprehension of a written text

- to improve reading skills and pronunciation

Procedure:
the T invites the ss to read Tonys diary, taking turns
the T elicits the translation of the unknown words, writing them on the blb
ss are invited to work in pairs in order to match the conversations in ex. 1/
p.78 (which represent messages delivered in Direct speech and are
expressed with the Present Continuous/ Simple ) to their correspondents
from Tonys diary (which are formulated in the Past Tense)
the T checks their answers and gives them feedback
Interaction: T-Ss S-S, S-T
Skills: speaking, reading, writing
Timing: 10
Activity 3: Grammar focus
Aims: -to introduce the irregular verbs and their role in the formation of the
Simple Past
- to encourage the ss to use them in everyday speech
Procedure:

 the T explains the Ss the rules for the use irregular verbs in the Past Tense,
she gives them some examples on the blackboard, which they copy in their
notebooks and highlight the key words
the T also gives the ss a list of irregular verbs for reference and asks them
to find the past tense forms of the verbs in ex. 2/ 79
for further practice, she gives them a handout with 2 exercises; in the first
one they are supposed to complete the sentences using a verb from a given
list and in the second one they have to transform some contexts- which are
in the Present Tense- into Past sentences
the ss write down their answers on the blb and the T corrects potential
mistakes
Interaction: T-Ss, T-S, S-T
Skills: speaking, writing
Timing: 15
Activity 4: Vocabulary focus
Aims: to develop the ss vocabulary related to accidents and diseases
Procedure: the T invites the ss to read the situations in ex. 10/ p.79 and to give
examples of accidents which can happen in various places (on the road, at work,
at home, in sport) and asks them to make spidergrams on the blackboard
providing as many examples as they can think of
Interaction: T-Ss, S-T
Skills: writing; speaking
Timing: 10
Activity 5: Speaking practice
Aims: -to practise the newly- acquired terminology and the Past Tense forms of
the verbs
-to develop fluency through conversation in English
Procedure: the T invites them to play the parts of the doctor and of the patient,
respectively, revealing the causes of their accidents and giving details in each case
Interaction: T-Ss, S-S

Skills: speaking, listening

Timing: 5
Activity 6: Evaluation and homework
Aims: to improve writing skills
to revise the information learned during the lesson
Procedure: the T asks Ss to write a paragraph about an incident they had and to
relate what happened in the end
Interaction: T-Ss,
Skills: speaking, writing
Timing: 5