LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Calmatui Alexandru

Date: The 16th of November 2010
Grade: VIII
Subject: English
Time: 45 minutes
Lesson: ,,Body image”
Types of interaction: Teacher –Pupil, Pupil – Teacher, Pupil – Pupil
Materials: course book, tape, blackboard, images, worksheets
Strategies: discussions, explanation, exercises solving, listening to the tape
Skills: speaking, reading, listening
Lesson objectives: -to introduce and practice new vocabulary related to different types of vacation;
-to arouse the pupil’s interest in the topic, Body image
”;
-to practice the negative form of the past simple with the help of the examples related to the topic;
-to enable pupils to make their own ideas statements about the past;
- improving communication skills.
Class organization: lockstep, pair-work
Anticipated problems: If there are any problems the teacher will clarify them.

1
 LESSON STAGES

Nr. LESSON TIME TEACHER’S ACTIVITY PUPIL’S ACTIVITY AIMS COMMENTS

Crt. STAGES
1. Worm-up 2’ Greetings. Informal Greetings. The pupils Type of
conversation (the teacher answer the teacher’s interaction
tells the pupils his name and questions and prepare for Teacher-
the fact that he is their the lesson. Pupil,
teacher only for a day; he Pupil-
asks them how they are Teacher
feeling, he checks if there
are any absents and
prepares for the lesson.
2. Homework 5’ The teacher asks the pupils: Pupils answer the To check the Type of
check-up ,,What was your homework questions. The pupils mistakes. interaction
for today?”, ,,Was it named by the teacher read Teacher-
difficult?”, ,,Have you done the homework in turns. Pupil,
your homework?” (Their homework was an Pupil-
,,Who wants to read?”. exercise with verbs at past Teacher
The teacher names some tense).
pupils to read the
homework.

2
3. Transition 7’ The teacher asks the pupils The pupils answer to the To develop the More than
to the new what do they understand by teacher’s questions, they tell sense of recent three pupils
lesson to be” Body image” him if they know or if they history are involved.
And what kind of vacation don’t know something If they don’t
do we have? about Body image. remember
the simple
They tell the teacher what To practice the past, the
are, in their opinion, the simple past teacher asks
pictures related to Body tense that they the general
image topic. learnt in the pattern,
previous explains to
lesson. them once
(They must use again, and
I have brought you some verbs at enables
pictures that represent well affirmative, them to
known people, objects and negative and make some
places.” ,,Who go to rest at interrogative examples.
the different places and form.)
other interesting activity.” Type of
The teacher shows them the interaction
pictures. For each picture he Teacher-
asks the pupils if they think Pupil
it is related . The teacher Pupil-
asks the pupils to use verbs Teacher
at simple past when
speaking about these
pictures.

3
4. New lesson 3’ The teacher gives each The pupils listen to the tape To develop Many pupils
proper pupil some hands-out and perform the task. listening and are involved.
(pictures that represent They answer to the comprehensive
objects related to Body teacher’s questions. skills. Type of
image and to the present). To practice the interaction
The teacher tells them: ,,We simple past of Teacher-
are going to listen to the the verbs. Pupil
tape, and while you are To improve
listening you must put a tick vocabulary.
Listening for the objects that Nick’s To improve
activity father had or did in the Body communication
image, and a cross for Pupils, in turns, ask one of skills.
things he didn’t have or their classmates: ,,Did
didn’t do.” Nick’s father have a record
Pair-work 4’ player? What about a Type of
activity The teacher makes pairs cassette recorder? Did he interaction
and enables pupils to make have a radio? What about a Pupil- Pupil
a dialogue in order to check Walkman? Did he play with
the answers. skateboards or ride BMX
The pupils have one minute bikes? Did he have the hula-
to solve the task. hoop/computer games/pin-
ball machines? Did he jog?
The pupils named by the
The teacher tells the teacher try to translate the
pupils: ,,Let’s try to translate words.
the words written under the
pictures. Who wants to try? The pupils open their books
The pictures will help you.” and those named by the
The teacher names some teacher read the text in
pupils. turns.
The teacher tells the pupils
to open the books at page
35 and to read the text. The pupils listen to the
explanations given by the
teacher and try to solve the
task.
4
 The Teacher gives the pupils Five or six
3’ a new task. They must solve pupils are
exercise nr. 1 from the page involved in
35. They must answer to the this activity.
questions. They have two Each of
minutes to perform the task. them must
The teacher checks the try to
exercise. translate two
Some pupils answer to the To practice words.
Reading 3’ questions. reading Three pupils
activity The teacher gives the pupils read the text
some hands-out. On the first in turns.
page there is the theory of The pupils perform the task. The teacher
the simple past, while on the The pupils (named by the asks the
second page there is an teacher) answer. pupils:
Practice 5’ exercise with the simple To practice the ,,Have you
activity past. The exercise is about negative form understood
putting the verbs in the right of the simple what you
form. past. have to do?”
If there are
The teacher checks the pupils that
Speaking sentences. He asks pupils The pupils pay attention to To practice the haven’t
Activity to go to the blackboard and the explanations and they negative form understood,
to write down the right form solve the exercise. of the simple the teacher
of the verbs. past. explains
To improve once again.
communication. More than
three pupils
Pupils have to make The pupils named by the are involved.
Practice sentences with new words teacher read the verbs and To make sure
activity To practice using new go to the blackboard to write that the pupils
vocabulary words. down the right form. have
They translate the words understood the
that they have learnt. meaning of the At least
new words. three pupils
are involved.
5
 5’

Many pupils
answer and
go to the
blackboard.

5. Homework 2’ The teacher tells the pupils The pupils note the To give practice
to continue the exercise at homework in their
home. notebooks.
The teacher makes sure
that all the pupils
understood the homework.