UNITATEA DE ÎNVĂȚĂMÂNT: LICEUL REFORMAT ”WESSELENYI” ZALĂU

DISCIPLINA : LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

NUME PROFESOR : TUNYOGI ANDREA
DATA: 11.05.2018.

LESSON PLAN
DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASS:

 CLASS/ PROFIL: VIII, L1

 NUMBER OF CLASSES PER WEEK: 2h
 NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 20
 LEVEL: Upper - Intermediate
 TITLE OF THE LESSON: Unit 19: How was it done?

OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson the students will be able to:
1. Form a general idea about the production of the Walkman.
2. Skim a text in order to extract specific information.
3. Produce a short guessing game.

LANGUAGE/SKILLS TAUGHT (during the lesson):

 Speaking, reading

MATERIALS (including textbook, handouts, links, etc.,):

 Student’s book: High Flyer Upper – Intermediate;
 Handout: Gap-filling worksheet

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS:
- with students: some students may not like this specific topic and will not get involved
in the discussion.

- with tasks: if certain students don’t like the topic, the tasks may seem uninteresting to
them.

SOLUTIONS: - catch the student’s attention by including a guessing game.

- encourage the weaker students but at the same time keep the interest of the
stronger ones.
 DEVELOPMENT OF THE LESSON

ACTIVITY 1: PRE-READING ACTIVITY

OBJECTIVE: - to prepare students for today’s topic
- to make a connection between the text and the student’s general knowledge
about the topic
CLASS ORGANISATION: whole class activity

DIDACTIC STRATEGY: communication, eliciting

SKILLS INVOLVED: speaking, writing

ESTIMATED TIME: 10’

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY:
Teacher greets students and writes the title on the board. This is followed by a short discussion about the
title, assuring that everybody understands the main idea. As a pre-reading activity, the teacher asks the
students to think about different inventions and write down in their copybook the process of their making.
As an example, the teacher writes a few ideas about the making of a book on the board. After the activity,
the answers are checked.
Students are now asked to look at the pictures next to the text and answer the questions on page 78, based
on their own knowledge, before reading the text.

ACTIVITY 2: WHILE-READING ACTIVITY

OBJECTIVE: to develop student’s scanning and skimming skills.

CLASS ORGANISATION: individual work , whole class

DIDACTIC STRATEGY: scanning and skimming techniques

SKILLS INVOLVED: reading, writing

ESTIMATED TIME: 20’

MATERIALS: textbook, gap-filling worksheet

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: Teacher revises the two reading sub-skills (scanning and
skimming) with the students and asks them to quickly scan the text and answer to the questions
from the pre-reading activity based on the text.
Teacher then distributes the gap-filling worksheet and asks the students to skim the text and
complete the gaps, extracting specific information. After the activity, the answers are checked.

ACTIVITY 3: POST-READING ACTIVITY

OBJECTIVE: to develop student’s productive skills by involving them into a guessing game.

CLASS ORGANISATION: pair-work

DIDACTIC STRATEGY: production/consolidation

SKILLS INVOLVED: speaking, writing

ESTIMATED TIME: 13’

MATERIALS: copybook, textbook

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: Students work in pairs. They have to think about a
machine and describe it in their copybook, without naming it. After that, one from each pair has
to read the description out loud while the class has to guess that specific machine.

ACTIVITY 4: ROUND-UP
OBJECTIVE: to revise

CLASS ORGANISATION: whole class activity

DIDACTIC STRATEGY: communication, revision

SKILLS INVOLVED: speaking,

ESTIMATED TIME: 2’
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: Students sum up in key words the most important elements of
the class under the guidance of the teacher and give feedback. Teacher gives homework: p. 79/5, p.80/8.
Handout
1. Read the five texts and solve the 2 tasks on the Type of Entertainment Feelings
right. (impressed, delighted, disturbed,
bored, scared)

A. A.

B. B.

C. C.

D. D.

E. E.

2. Use the following expressions to say which type of entertainment you would or wouldn't like to go to:

I'd like…. I wouldn't like….

I fancy…. I wouldn't fancy….
I'd rather…. I'd rather not…

e.g. I'd like to go to the circus and see the acrobats, they're so fascinating.
Going to the circus is boring, I prefer going to a concert.
Handout
Look at the expressions for SUGGESTIONS
Making suggestions Example
Let's….
Shall we…? A: What are we going to do tonight? Shall we go to a
Why don't we….? nightclub? They've got guest DJs at the Sphinx
What/ How about…..? tonight.
We could…..
Would you like to…? B: Oh no, not a nightclub. I've got to be up early
tomorrow. We could go to a concert. Sir Brian St
Responding to suggestions positively John is playing at the Sindication Centre tonight. He
That sounds great… gives a thrilling performance.
That's a good idea…
I like the idea…. A: I can't stand classical music. It's so boring. How
I'd love to… about a film? They're showing Rob Roy at the Odeon
I find….. fascinating at 7.30
I'm really keen on…
Responding to suggestions negatively B: That sounds great. I'm convinced. Let's go there
I don't think that's a good idea then.
I'm not in the mood for…
I'm not really interested in….
I just hate….
I find…. Boring
I can't stand….
I'm not really in the mood for…

Make a similar dialogue to the one above following the prompts below:
A: Making a suggestion: Cinema/ Rob Roy
B: Refusing and making a second suggestion: Historical Drama// nightclub, entertaining DJ
A: Refusing the second suggestion and making a new suggestion: rock music, not impressed
with the DJ// concert at the Sindication Centre
B: Accepting: thrilled with classical music
A: Making a suggestion: concert at the Sindication Centre
B: Refusing and making a second suggestion: classical music // nightclub, interesting,
entertaining DJ
A: Refusing the second suggestion and making a new suggestion: night clubs, not impressed,
atmosphere// Cinema/ Rob Roy
B: Accepting: amazing historical drama with Liam Neeson
A: Making a suggestion: nightclub, interesting, amazing new DJ
B: Refusing and making a second suggestion: nightclubs are boring // Theatre Royale/ new
exciting play
A: Refusing the second suggestion and making a new suggestion: bored in theatres// Cinema/
Rob Roy
B: Accepting: amazing historical drama with Liam Neeson
A: Making a suggestion: Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs/amusing performance/ Theatre
Royale
B: Refusing and making a second suggestion: not very entertaining // nightclub, interesting,
entertaining DJ
A: Refusing the second suggestion and making a new suggestion: night clubs, not impressed,
atmosphere// Concert at the Sindication Centre
B: Accepting: zSir Brian St John gives thrilling concerts.
Listen to the conversation on sightseeing and travel again by pressing the Play Audio button
and read along with the conversation. Review the Key Vocabulary and the sample sentences.

Man: So, what do you want to do tomorrow?

Woman: Well, ________________________ at this city guide here. [Okay] Uh, here's
something interesting. [Oh!]_______________________________ visit the art museum in the
morning?

Man: Okay_____________________ idea. And where do you want to eat lunch?

Woman: ___________________________ to an Indian restaurant? [Humm] The

guide recommends one downtown a few blocks from the museum.

Man: Now ___________________________. After that, what do you think about visiting the
zoo? [Oh . . umm . . well . . . ] Well, it says here that there are some very unique animals not
found anywhere else.

Woman: Well, to tell you the truth, I'm not really _______________________ going there.
[Really?]. Yeah. ____________________ go shopping instead? There are supposed to be
some really nice places to pick up souvenirs.

Man: Nah, I ___________________________ that's a good idea. We only have few travelers
checks left, and I only have fifty dollars left in cash.

Woman: No problem. We can use YOUR credit card to pay for MY new clothes.

Man: Oh, no. I remember the last time you used MY credit card for YOUR purchases.

Woman: Oh well. _______________________ the subway down to the seashore and walk
along the beach.

Man: Now ______________________ a wonderful plan