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LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Roxana – Delia Onit

Grade: 6th
Level: pre-intermediate
Frequency: 2 hours / week
Textbook: Snapshot Elementary, Longman
Lesson: It’s the highest in the world
Type of lesson: acquiring new information (Vocabulary and Grammar) and practising
communicative skills (Speaking)
Skills: reading, writing, speaking, listening1
Purpose: the purpose of this lesson is to introduce degrees of comparison for adjectives
to pupils
Didactic strategies:
 Methods and procedures: observation, reading aloud, translation, match and say,
make sentences, questions and answers, didactic games, conversation practice
 Organization: pairwork, lockstep, individual work
 Materials and equipment: textbook, blackboard, audio files, coloured chalk,
notebooks
Objectives:
1. To create interest in the topic of degrees of comparison for adjectives and to
introduce vocabulary related to travelling to Ss
2. To use the target language in communication
3. To enrich pupils’ vocabulary and general knowledge
4. To practice vocabulary / grammar spoken and written
5. To apply the information received from the teacher in a verbal exchange
6. To verify reading comprehension through a text-related task
7. To promote self-correction gestures and peer correction
8. To identify and select the necessary information in order to carry on with a task
9. To enhance cooperative learning among pupils
10. To allow structured feedback at the end of the lesson
Timing: 50’

PROCEDURE

Recent work: the students have been studying Present Perfect Simple through discovery
activities followed by language practice

Warm-up Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss

Timing: 6’
Speaking

Aims: 2, 7, 9

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1 The listening skill is ensured by pupils listening to audio files, to the teacher and to their colleagues during the
cooperative learning process
 The pupils and the teacher greet each other
 The pupils present their homework orally
 The teacher has the role of an observer and interferes only if necessary
 Peer observations and corrections are encouraged

Lead-in Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss Timing: 10’

Speaking, reading and writing

Aims: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8

 T writes the title on the blackboard and elicits what it is about; Ss translate it
 T indicates exercise 1 on page 70. Ss listen to an audio file.
 Then, Ss are told to role-play the conversation. The new words are read aloud,
translated and written on the blackboard.
 T asks Ss to make up sentences with the new words.
 Then, T tells Ss they are going to speak about degrees of comparison for
adjectives.

Activity 1 Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss; Pairwork Timing: 10’

Listening and speaking

Aims: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9

 T points to exercise 2 on page 70.

 T explains that Ss have to correct the sentences which are false.
 Following the example, Ss must work in pairs and say: Gabriel has been to
Disneyworld. FALSE. Gabriel hasn’t been…
 Ss report back to the class at the end of the activity.

Activity 2 Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss; Timing: 10’

Writing and reading

Aims: 2, 4, 7, 8, 9

 T begins this activity by directing Ss’ attention towards exercise 4 on page 71

 Ss have to write short dialogues as in the example.
 Then, Ss read aloud and translate the new sentences.
 Other Ss are paying attention to correct any possible mistakes.
 T has the role of an observer and a feedback provider.
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Activity 3 Interaction: Ss-Ss; Pairwork Timing: 8’

Speaking, writing and listening

Aims: 2, 4, 7, 8, 9

 Ss are told to look at exercise 7 on page 72.

 T tells the class that they are going to exercise the degrees of comparison for
adjectives.
 Ss have to work in pairs and write down the correct sentences as in: Which is the
most exciting car to drive? The sports car…
 Ss report back to the class in the end.

Follow-up activity Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss; Timing: 6’

Speaking and writing

Aims: 2, 3, 10

 Together with Ss, T quickly revises the new structures taught during this lesson
 T encourages Ss’ feedback at the end of the lesson
 T assigns the homework for the next English class: exercise 9 on page 73. Ss must
compare different items using the adjectives in the list.