Lesson plan

School: ”Dimitrie Sturdza” Secondary School, Tecuci

Teacher: Ionela Mirela Chirvăsuță

Date: 14th of October, 2019

Class: VIII C

Level of students: A2

Number of students: 24

Time: 50’

Coursebook: Highflyer- UpperIntermediate Student’s Book, autori: Ana Acevedo, Marisol

Gower, editura Longman, București, 1999

Topic of the lesson: The enemy within

Grammar focus: passives with two objects

Vocabulary focus: illnesses

Timetable fit: The lesson is part of Unit C Get better soon and it focuses on practising passives
with two objects and illnesses vocabulary.

Objectives: By the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

-use correctly passives with two objects;

Aims:

-to practice reading skills.

-to introduce new vocabulary into context.

Aids: coursebook.
No. Stage activities Time Teacher’s activity
1. Personalisation 8’ The teacher greets the
students and tries to create a
motivational atmosphere
through conversation in
order to create a proper
mood. The teacher checks
the attendance and the
homework.
2. Guide to meaning 5’ The teacher writes on the
board the name of the
article. Then the teacher
asks the students to skim the
article and to say what it is
about and what the
introduction is about.
3. Highlight the meaning 10’ The teacher asks the
students to read the
introductory paragraphs.
The teacher explains the
unknown words. Then, the
teacher asks the students to
answer the questions from
exercise 10, page XVI.
4. Initial Practice 8’ The teacher asks the
students to read the entire
article. The teacher explains
the unknown words. Then,
the teacher asks the students
Student’s activity Interaction Skills
The students bring their own T-Ss
contribution to the teacher’s Ss-T
initiative. The students check
if they have done their
homework correctly.
The students skim the article T-Ss Reading
and say what they thinks it is Ss-T Speaking
about and what the
introduction is about.
The students read the T-Ss Reading
introductory paragraphs and Ss-T Writing
write the unknown words in
their notebooks. Then, the
students answer the
questions. After they have
answered all the questions,
the students check their
answers with their
classmates.
The students read the entire T-Ss Reading
article. Then, they write the Ss-T Speaking
unknown words in their
notebooks and say if their
predictions were true.
 if their predictions about the
article were true.
5. Secondary Practice 10’ The teacher asks the The students choose suitable T-Ss Reading
students to solve exercise subtitles for each part of the Ss-T Writing
11, page XVI: Choose the article. Then, they check
most suitable subtitle for their answers with their
each part of the article. The classmates.
first one has been done as
an example.
6. Guided Creativity 8’ The teacher asks the The students read the T-Ss Reading
students to remember the grammar box and pay Ss-T
passive voice. Then, the attention to the teacher’s
teacher asks the students to explanations.
read the grammar box from
page XVII. The teacher
gives explanations to
students.
7. Assignment 1’ The teacher asks the The students pay attention to T-Ss
students to solve exercise the teacher’s instructions. Ss-T
12, page XVI: Study the
Grammar box opposite.
Now write two passive
versions of each of the
following sentences.