LESSON PLAN

Information about the class and the lesson

Instructor: Birgül Çetintaş
Date: 18/12/2018
Time: 10:00-10:50
Class/Level: Track1
Aims of the lesson:
By the end of the lesson, students will
 gain confidence and have a positive attitude towards viewing a film in English with or without subtitles on TV or on the
internet in their daily life.
 learn new vocabulary by guessing meaning from context
 be able to practice their listening skills to understand specific information
Subsidary aim:
 have confidence in speaking through controlled practice
My personal aim in this lesson is to develop my ability to create a fun activity for the students.
Materials and aids:
PATHWAYS FOUNDATIONS Unit 6 Viewing ‘The Golden Age’
PPT
Worksheet I
Worksheet II
Class profile: A2 class, consisting of 26 students (15 female 11 male). They are most of the time very well behaved.
Anticipated problems and solutions:
 The students might be frustrated as I will use this technique for the first time. (I will turn off the picture so that they
hear the dialogue but are unable to see the action.) I will explain that they will be seeing the pictures in the 2nd
viewing to check their answers.
 The students usually use monolingual dictionary (sesli sözlük) to find the meanings of the key words in activity A. I
will provide sentences for the studens on ppt to enable sts to guess their meanings by recognizing the clues in the
sentences. Then the students complete the sentences with the key words in the activity.
 Only a few students have a tendency to talk Turkish in the classroom. I will constantly remind them to speak English

Approach and Rationale behind teaching

I will have a learner-centred approach and organize the lesson plan in the frame work for both receptive; before, while, and after
activities and for productive skills; controlled speaking activitiy using the scene from the short film)
Links to the previous learning
Students have already been exposed to the movie 1001 inventions and the Library of Secrets, actor Sir Ben Kingsley in the
exploring the theme page and have already read about Al-Jazarri as the engineer and inventor of the Elephant Clock. They are
also familiar with the Elephant Clock process.
Links to sebsequent lessons
After this lesson I will elicits the recently learnt vocabulary through a word association game and form a word web on the bb.
I will write a word on bb and get sts to come up with a word that they would associate with it until a good number of words are
on the bb (10-12) and will ask them to make meaningful noun phrases in line with the unit’s theme. This activity will help to make
connections among the recently learnt words.
Assumed knowledge
I assume that sts have an idea that the period of Islamic Golden Age is between 7th and 16th century as it was mentioned in one
of the captions on page 115. I belive that they are familiar with the discoveries mentioned in the film.
 LESSON PLAN
Stage Aims/Time Procedure/Activities Materials Interaction
Teacher -
Students

BEFORE VIEWING T informs the student that they will watch part of a film called ‘1001 Inventions PPT T-S
Brainstorming and the Library of Secrets’ and explains that the film is about a period in history PWF pg 119 S-S
To discuss what they already know which is known as ‘Dark Ages’ to describe Europe from about AD 500 to AD 1200. T-S
about the topic  T asks sts Why do you think this period is called Dark Ages? and to
(3 mins) discuss their ideas in pairs.
 T gets some pairs to share their ideas with the class.

Pre-teach the vocabulary
To practice vocabulary guessing
techniques by using clues from the
context
(5-7 mins)
T uses vocabulary guessing techniques to find the meanings of the key vocabulary
without looking up a dictionary.
 T gets sts to identify the key words in the context and guess their
meaning in the sentences provided by T. PPT T-S
 T then gets sts to complete the definitions in the book. S-T

WHILE VIEWING  1st viewing: T asks sts to order the events in the work sheet by PWF pg 119 S-S
Detailed Task understanding the sequence of events by listening to sound only with worksheet I
to get sts understand specific the picture turned off. They hear sounds and dialogues but cannot see
details to order events by listening the actions (6 min)
and viewing skills  T asks sts to check their answers in pairs (2 min)
(15 min)  2nd viewing/silent viewing: T asks sts to check their order by making
use of the visuals only with the sound turned off. (6 min)
 T elicits the correct order of the events from a few pairs (1 min)

AFTER VIEWING  T asks sts to watch a short part of the video with the subtitles carefuly PWF pg 119- T-S
to practise their speaking skills by to help them memorize the conversation.
using expressions and key words to  T pauses the video and writes some of the vocabulary and expressions bb
create and act the dialogue. on the board.
(20 mins)  I guess so.
 If you dare!
 T puts sts into groups of 4 and asks sts to recreate the dialogue of the
worksheet II S-S
viewed part of the film by using their memory
 T walks around the groups to help them with the vocabulary.
WORKSHEET I --Please order the events while listening to the video

One of the students wants to take a picture in the library.

Abbas Ibn Firnas believed that a man could fly.

Three school children visit a dusty library to research the story of 'The Dark
Ages'.

Ibn al-Haytham explains how he laid the foundations for modern cameras.

The students are amazed by Al-Jazarri’s Elephant Clock.

The librarian calls the period The Golden Ages.

The librarian learns that the students need to learn what impact the Dark Ages
had on the modern world and takes them to a room upstairs.
WORKSHEET II --Please complete the dialogues after listening to the video

Three school children enters to the dusty library.

Isabella: (looks at the librarian) ....................................................................librarian?

Danny: I ...................... so.

Danny: (tries to take the librarian attention) Erm......................., .

Sorry to bother you !

Librarian: (looks at the children and asks) .......................................?

Danny: We need to find out what ............................the Dark Ages had on

modern world.

Luke : (wants to touch the dragon)

Librarian: (gets angry with Luke and warns him) Don’t .............................. It’s

priceless. (Librarian calls the students and walks towards stairs)

.......................... me. I ‘ve got just the book for you.

Isabella: (asks Danny) ....................................................................?

Danny: ............................know

Luke: ..................................him!

Danny: (asks librarian) excuse me . . . ................................................?

Librarian: From darkness into light, my young friend.

Librarian: (Finds the book and puts it on the table ) Now, take a look . . .

if .............dare!

Danny: What’s .............................on?

Librarian: Welcome to The Golden Ages.

Isabella: (asks Al Jazarri) .......................................you?

Al-Jazarri: ...................Al-Jazarri, .....................and ......................inventor.

ISABELLA

Isabella: (looks at the librarian) Is that the librarian?

Danny: I guess so.

Danny: (tries to take the librarian attention) Erm excuse me.

Sorry to bother you!

Librarian: (looks at the children and asks) What do you want?

Danny: We need to find out what impact the Dark Ages had on modern world.

Luke: (wants to touch the dragon)

Librarian: (gets angry with Luke and warns him) Don’t touch! It’s priceless. (Librarian

calls the students and walks towards stairs) follow me. I ‘ve got just the book for you.

Isabella: (asks Danny) Where are we going?

Danny: I don’t know

Luke: Ask him!

Danny: (asks librarian) excuse me . . . Where are we going?

Librarian: From darkness into light, my young friend.

Librarian: (Finds the book and puts it on the table ) Now, take a look . . . if you dare!

Danny: What’s going on ?

Librarian : Welcome to The Golden Ages.

Isabella : (asks Al Jazarri) Who are you ?

Al-Jazarri: I’m Al-Jazarri, engineer and ingenious inventor.

LUKE

Isabella: (looks at the librarian) Is that the librarian?

Danny: I guess so.

Danny: (tries to take the librarian attention) Erm excuse me.

Sorry to bother you!

Librarian: (looks at the children and asks) What do you want?

Danny: We need to find out what impact the Dark Ages had on modern world.

Luke: (wants to touch the dragon)

Librarian: (gets angry with Luke and warns him) Don’t touch! It’s priceless. (Librarian

calls the students and walks towards stairs) follow me. I ‘ve got just the book for you.

Isabella: (asks Danny) Where are we going?

Danny: I don’t know

Luke: Ask him!

Danny: (asks librarian) excuse me . . . Where are we going?

Librarian: From darkness into light, my young friend.

Librarian: (Finds the book and puts it on the table ) Now, take a look . . . if you dare!

Danny: What’s going on ?

Librarian : Welcome to The Golden Ages.

Isabella : (asks Al Jazarri) Who are you ?

Al-Jazarri: I’m Al-Jazarri, engineer and ingenious inventor.

DANNY

Isabella: (looks at the librarian) Is that the librarian?

Danny: I guess so.

Danny: (tries to take the librarian attention) Erm excuse me.

Sorry to bother you!

Librarian: (looks at the children and asks) What do you want?

Danny: We need to find out what impact the Dark Ages had on modern world.

Luke: (wants to touch the dragon)

Librarian: (gets angry with Luke and warns him) Don’t touch! It’s priceless. (Librarian

calls the students and walks towards stairs) follow me. I ‘ve got just the book for you.

Isabella: (asks Danny) Where are we going?

Danny: I don’t know

Luke: Ask him!

Danny: (asks librarian) excuse me . . . Where are we going?

Librarian: From darkness into light, my young friend.

Librarian: (Finds the book and puts it on the table ) Now, take a look . . . if you dare!

Danny: What’s going on ?

Librarian : Welcome to The Golden Ages.

Isabella : (asks Al Jazarri) Who are you ?

Al-Jazarri: I’m Al-Jazarri, engineer and ingenious inventor.

LIBRARIAN

Isabella: (looks at the librarian) Is that the librarian?

Danny: I guess so.

Danny: (tries to take the librarian attention) Erm excuse me.

Sorry to bother you!

Librarian: (looks at the children and asks) What do you want?

Danny: We need to find out what impact the Dark Ages had on modern world.

Luke: (wants to touch the dragon)

Librarian: (gets angry with Luke and warns him) Don’t touch! It’s priceless. (Librarian

calls the students and walks towards stairs) follow me. I ‘ve got just the book for you.

Isabella: (asks Danny) Where are we going?

Danny: I don’t know

Luke: Ask him!

Danny: (asks librarian) excuse me . . . Where are we going?

Librarian: From darkness into light, my young friend.

Librarian: (Finds the book and puts it on the table ) Now, take a look . . . if you dare!

Danny: What’s going on ?

Librarian : Welcome to The Golden Ages.

Isabella : (asks Al Jazarri) Who are you ?

Al-Jazarri: I’m Al-Jazarri, engineer and ingenious inventor.