Scoala Gheorghe Banea Macin

October 22, 2010

School : Gheorghe Name: Class: Date:

Banea school

prof. Liliana Gheorghe 5th B

22nd October 2010 21 Snapshot Starter

No of Ss:

TextbooK: Unit 3:

Im French-Canadian mixed (knowledge fixation)

Type of lesson: Lesson aims:

to study relevant words and to understand their meaning to study countries and nationalities to be able to use the new vocabulary in a context of their own to develop and practise the productive skills (writing, speaking) and the receptive skills (listening/ reading) to practise the verb to be to reinforce vocabulary, to promote discussion and to practise language in a particular context to practise pair/group work

Time: 50 min Materials : textbook, flashcards, worksheets, Bibliography: Abbs, Brian, Freebairn,Ingrid : Snapshot Starter- Teachers book,
Longman,2001 / Vizental, Adriana Metodica predarii limbii engleze, Polirom, Iasi, 2007

1 teacher: Liliana Gheorghe

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October 22, 2010 ACTIVITY 1: WARM-UP/CHECK -UP

Teacher creates the specific atmosphere, asking about absents and how the weather is like. Chatting in English at the beginning of the lesson, T creates an English language atmosphere, establishing contact between her and Ss, and helps Ss to feel relax. (2min)
AIMS: To get SS involved into the previous topic to practice vocabulary related to rooms and parts of the house To practice vocabulary related to the topic INTERACTION TIMING

PROCEDURE

T asks several questions about weather and Ss mood .Ss are asked to close their books .T asks for some individual details. Chatting in English at the beginning of the lesson, T creates an English language atmosphere, establishing contact between her and Ss, and helps Ss to feel relaxed.
Ss elicit the answers reading their homework. T checks the answer with the whole class. Pair work T elicit the words country and nationalities from the lesson and explains to the Ss that they are going to introduce themselves imaging that they are from anywhere else (T gave Ss some flashcards with some details regarding name, town/city, country in order to use in communication Annex 1); to solve a worksheet about the previous vocabulary: countries and nationalities Annex 2/3. Ss work in pairs and they have to solve different task (from easy to difficult) T gives Ss time to check this in small groups and then T elicits the answers. T checks the answers and drill necessary for pronunciation. Ss have to write down also the vocabulary related to places.( compass points and places) Reading Writing T-Ss

5 min

10 min

ACTIVITY 2: Working with tasks 2 teacher: Liliana Gheorghe

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October 22, 2010 AIMS: to practice TO BE (Present Tense Simple) to practice their speaking and writing skills to develop their creativity to use the plural of the nouns, the indefinite article, the demonstrative adjectives/pronoun INTERACTION T-Ss TIMING 5 min

PROCEDURE

Lead in: T reminds the rule of PLURAL in English and how they

should use the definite/indefinite article, the demonstrative adjective/pronoun. Ask students some examples for comprehension. Ss-Ss Ask Ss for some examples too. This can be done by a conversation with Speaking the whole class.
T asks the students to say other sentences using the plural, TO BE.

Its a book. /They are books. I am a girl./We are girls.

Speaking

T asks Ss to write on the blackboard some of the most correct sentences. T often guides their speaking/writing. Annex 4. Ss are asked to read a paragraph and after that to choose TRUE/FALSE to answer the questions, put questions for some answers given, answer to some questions about themselves, to fill in the gaps with TO BE and to write plurals for several words. T evaluates Ss work and appreciates them. Ss read their tasks solved and T checks the answers and drill necessary for pronunciation.

Practice
Ss-Ss/ Small groups Writing /PW Speaking T-Ss 15 min

ACTIVITY 3: FEED-BACK 3 teacher: Liliana Gheorghe

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October 22, 2010 AIMS: to practice with to be and plural rules. to practice their comprehension skill and fill in the gaps INTERACTION Individually Speaking/Writing TIMING 10 min

PROCEDURE Ss have to write a short paragraph about themselves using the information and the topic of the lesson.

HOMEWORK

/ Assigning homework: 5 min

The students are asked to finish their worksheets at home if they did not during the class and to solve an exercise that contains the same item. Of course they can improve their writing skill, by reviewing the worksheets and adding more details.

4 teacher: Liliana Gheorghe