LESSON PLAN

Name:
Date: March, 21st
Form: VIII B
Level: Intermediate
Text book: SNAPSHOT INTERMEDIATE
Unit: 14 – They Emigrated to the USA
Type of lesson: Introducing new material – new vocabulary related to the topic of The
Clearances.
Skills to be developed: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking.
Methods and techniques:
Methods:
 The communicative approach.
 The audio-visual approach
 Elements of the direct method.
Techniques:
 Brainstorming;  Skimming the text;
 Spidergram;  Group work;
 Conversation;  Cause - effect diagram.
 Elicitation;  Grouping the ideas;
 Listening for specific information;  Power Point presentation.
 Reading for specific information /
details;
Materials:
 Handouts;
 Cd;
 Textbook;
 Longman English Dictionary;
 Computer and video-projector.
The aim of the lesson:
The students will be able to:
Reading: Listening:
 To read for specific information;  To listen for specific information;
 To skim a text; Speaking:
 To scan a text;  To express their own ideas and
 To look up words in a dictionary. knowledge;
Vocabulary:
 To elicit the meaning of certain Writing:
words;  To fill in the missing information
 To use words related to the field of from a diagram.
emigration, The Clearances,
Scotland.

1
Objectives:
Cognitive:
By the end of the lesson the students will be able to:
 To read for specific information, to skim and scan a text;
 To fill in a cause-effect diagram;
 To listen for specific information;
 To use words related to emigration, The Clearances, Scotland.
Affective:
 Stimulating students’ imagination and creativity;
 Creating interest in the topic of the emigration and The Clearances.

Bibliography:
 Linley, Fran; Abbs, Bran; Freebairn, Ingrid; Baker, Christopher, Snapshot Intermediate,
England, Pearson Education Limited, 2001;
 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, England, Pearson Education Limited,
2004;

Webography:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04854XqcfCY;
 https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-nationality-of-Freddie-Mercury.

2
 Stage Teacher’s activity Students’ Interaction Time Skill Aim
activity
1.Warm-up Teacher checks the attendance. Students listen T-Ss. 5 min Listening To check if all students are
Teacher plays a part of the song We Are and answer. T-Ss and present.
The Champions of the famous British band S-Ss(individual speaking. To create a pleasant
work)
Queen. Ss-T
Listening atmosphere.
Teacher asks students questions: and speaking
 What is the name of the song?
(Answer: We Are The Champions)
 What is the name of the band?
(Answer: Queen)
 Who is the lead vocalist of the band?
(Answer: Freddie Mercury)
 What was his nationality? (Answer:
Indian and British)
 Why has he become a British
citizen? (Answer: Because his
family moved/emigrated to the UK)
2.Checking Teacher checks students’ homework. Students T-Ss. 4 min Listening, To check the homework.
homework answer. S-Ss(individual speaking and
work) reading.
Ss-T.
3. Feedback Teacher offers feedback. Students listen. T-Ss. 1 min Listening. To let students know how
they performed.
4.Checking Teacher uses the brainstorming technique Students listen T-Ss 5 min Listening & To remind students the topic
previous and a spidergram in order to revise the and answer. S-Ss speaking. of the previous lesson and to
material vocabulary taught before and to introduce Ss(individual reinforce their knowledge.
work).
the new material.
 Name ;
 Time/place you
1. Introduction met/saw him /her;
 Nationality ;
 What he/she does
(job).

3
 2. Main
body
3.Conclu
sion
Describing

 Age;
 Physical  Comments
appearance; and / or
 Personality feelings about
characteristics; the person
 Hobbies / interests you describe.
5.Introducing  Teacher asks students some guiding 5 min
new material questions and elicits the meaning of Students listen. T-Ss. Listening,  To introduce the new
a.Pre-reading some words in order to introduce the S-Ss speaking, topic.
Ss(individual
new material to be taught. work).
reading &  To activate students’
 What was Freddie Mercury nationality Students listen, writing. background knowledge.
when he was born / after his family answer, read  To give students a
moved / emigrated to the UK? and write. clue about what they are
 What does the word to emigrate mean? going to learn.
/ What are the nouns formed from this  To elicit the meaning
verb? of certain words.
 Teacher listens to students answers and
asks another one to read the definition
from the dictionary and asks students
to write it down.
To emigrate = to leave your own country in
order to live in another country.
Nouns: emigrant, emigration.
 What does the word to immigrate
mean? / What is the noun formed from
this verb?

4
  Teacher listens to students answers and
asks another one to read the definition
from the dictionary and asks students
to write it down.
To immigrate = to come into a country in
order to live there permanently.
Nouns: immigrant, immigration.
I.
 Teacher writes the title of the lesson on I. I.
b.While- the blackboard – They Emigrated to Students listen, T-Ss 3 min Listening,  To let students know
Ss(individual
reading the USA – and students write it down read and write. work)
reading & what the title of the
in their notebooks. writing. lesson is.
 Teacher asks students to work in pairs,  To read for specific
to listen to and read a short text (ex.1 Students listen, T-Ss information.
on pg.82) and do ex. 2 on pg. 82. read for specific S-Ss  To let students know
information and Ss(pair work) how they solved the
 Teacher checks the answers. write. exercise.
Students
II. answer.
 Teacher asks students to form 6 groups II.
and each group has to look up a word II. II. Listening,
in the dictionary – using the Students listen, 3 min reading,  To make students work
application Longman English read for specific T-Ss speaking & in groups.
dictionary they have installed on their information S-Ss writing.  To make students look
mobile phones - from the text they (look up a word Ss(group work) up words in a
have listened to and read in the dictionary and to use
1. Ancestors; dictionary) and the mobile phones for
2. Bagpipes; write. education purpose.
3. Weird ;
4. Wailing;
5. Plaid ;
6. Tartan.
 Teacher checks the answers and asks Listening,  To check students’

5
 students to write down the definitions. Students listen, T-Ss 3 min reading, answers.
read and write. S-Ss speaking &
Ss(individual writing.
work)
III. III.
 Teacher asks students to keep the same III. III.  To make students look
groups and to solve exercise 7 a, b Students listen T-Ss Listening, up words in a
– b – using the application Longman and read for S-Ss reading, dictionary and to use
English dictionary they have installed specific Ss(group work) 4 min speaking & the mobile phones for
on their mobile phones. information writing. education purpose.
Group 1 (look up a word
1. To clear off; in the
2. Highlander; dictionary) and
3. Gaelic. choose the
Group 2 correct answer.
1. Cattle;
2. Croft;
Group 3
1. To rear;
2. Clearance – the appropriate definition
according to the context.
Group 4
1. Move off ;
2. Tenant.
Group 5
1. Nova Scotia;
2. Appalling;
Group 6
1. Riot;
2. Strike;
3. To make a stand;  To check students’
 Teacher checks the answers and asks Listening, answers.
students to write down the reading,
T-Ss
definitions. Students listen, S-Ss speaking &

6
 IV. read and write. Ss(individual writing. IV.
 Teacher asks students to keep the same work)
groups. IV. Listening, To make students read for
IV.
 Teacher projects onto the screen a Students listen 10 min reading, specific information and fill
cause - effect diagram and gives and read. T-Ss speaking & in a cause-effect diagram.
students handouts with the diagram S-Ss writing.
from the screen. Ss(group work)
 Teacher assigns each group a certain
task – to read the text carefully and to
answer the question / cause(s) they Students listen,
I
were assigned to (WHY, WHERE, read for specific
V
HOW, WHO, WHEN, WHY). information and
write.
Teacher asks each leader of the group to Students read, T-Ss. 5 min Listening To check how students
read the questions and the answer listen and write. S-Ss and reading. performed the task.
correspondent to their question word and Ss(group
work).
c) Post-reading asks the other students to fill in their
diagram.
Teacher listens and write the answers on the
screen.
6.Feedback and Teacher offers feedback and evaluation. Students listen. T-Ss 2 min Listening. To let students know how
evaluation. they performed.
7.Homework Teacher asks students to do ex.8 on pg.85 as Students listen T-Ss 1min Listening To let students know what
homework. and write. and writing. their homework is.

7
8