LESSON PLAN

NAME: MONICA PETRUTA AROTARITEI

CLASS: 10 A
OBJECT: ENGLISH
LEVEL: UPPER INTERMEDIATE
DATE: October 17TH 2012
TIME: 50 minutes
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 32
LESSON TOPIC: Informal and semi- formal letters

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Speaking- productive skill
Reading- receptive skill
Writing- productive skill

GENERAL AIMS:
to arouse the pupils interest in the subject of the new lesson
to improve their knowledge
to help students improve their speaking
to develop communication during class
to check comprehension
to make students use their previous knowledge

SPECIFIC AIMS:
- by the end of the lesson:
students will be able to express their opinions about the topics presented during the lesson
students should perceive the oral and written message given by the teacher
students will be able to use a variety of different grammatical structures and to produce them
correctly
students will be able to organise ideas and produce a contribution of a suitable length

TEACHING TECHNIQUES:

Explanation
Questions and answers
Discussion

ORGANIZATION OF THE CLASS: lockstep, pair- work, individual work

AIDS: textbook (UPSTREAM, UPPER INTERMEDATE STUDENTS BOOK, EXPRESS PUBLISHING ),

dictionaries and blackboard
1..Activity One- Conversation
Warm-up ( 3 minutes)
- the teacher greets the pupils
- the pupils greet the teacher (lockstep)
- organization of the class (the attendance of the pupils)

2. Activity Two- ( 8 minutes) Writing , Speaking, (lockstep)

- the teacher asks the students several questions related to letters and then presents different types
of letters written in different styles
- the students answer the teachers questions and name letter styles and types

3. Activity Three ( 6 minutes)- Speaking, Reading

- UNDERSTANDING THE RUBRIC
- the students are asked to underline the key information and to answer the questions
- the teacher asks the students to open their textbooks and to do ex nr 2a/ page 38 (lockstep)

4. Activity Four- ( 8 minutes)- Reading, Speaking, Writing

- INFORMAL LETTERS
- the teacher asks the students to read some of the characteristics of the informal letters and to
analyse an informal letter
- the students work in pairs and choose the appropriate letter motivating their answers
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5. Activity Five- ( 8 minutes) Writing, Speaking, Reading
- GIVING ADVICE
- the teacher goes through the language for giving advice
- the students are asked to highlight the advice phrases in model B and to replace some phrases
with other appropriate ones (ex 3 a, 3b page 19, 20)

6. Activity Six- (8 minutes) - Writing, Speaking

- OPENING/ CLOSING REMARKS
- the teachers reminds the students the way a letter begins and ends naming various ways for
beginning (opening remarks) and ending (closing remarks) informal letter
- students are asked to do exercise 4a, page 20

7. Activity Seven- (7 minutes) - Writing, Speaking

-SEMI- FORMAL STYLE
-the teachers presents the characteristics of the semi- formal letters
-students compare two extracts from different letters and choose the appropriate one

8. Activity Eight- (2 minute) - Conversation

- the teacher congratulates the students using encouraging words and says Good bye!