Lesson Project

Teacher: Dorina Cocari

Date: week 12 / 6th December 2007

Grade: elementary level pupils (2nd grade students)

Class: VII A

Lesson: We’ll have a beautiful Christmas

- Verb – Future Tense Simple, using will;

- Space Prepositions: on, in, under;

Type of lesson: Lesson of fixation of knowledge and of developing skills and abilities

Skills: Speaking, Listening, Vocabulary

Lesson Aims: 1. to create interest in the topic;

2. to identify Christmas symbols and their meanings;

3. to consolidate the names of the Christmas decorations and

space prepositions on, in, under ;

4. to practice the correct forms of the verbs (Future Tense

Simple);

5. to sing along, practicing the new words

Didactic Strategies:

a. methods and procedures: conversation, explanation, dialogues, describing things;

b. materials: textbook, pictures, Christmas tree baubles, toys, drawing sheet, handouts, CD player.

Organizing types: class work, group work, individual work;

Bibliography:

1.Eva Semlyen, ‘An English teaching Methodology’, Ed. Didactica si Pedagogica, Bucuresti, 1967.

2. Codruta Mirela Stanisoara, ‘Interactive English Language Training Course For students And Not Only’, Ed. Aramis, Bucuresti, 2003.

PROCEDURE

Activity 1 Interaction: T - S; S -T; Timing: 5‘

Warm up activity How do you feel today?

  • T. shows a few cards to the students, with different types of feelings (sad, happy, tired);
  • The pupils come one by one and choose a card expressing the way they feel ”I feel sad / happy today”

Activity 2 Interaction: T - S; S -T; Timing: 10‘

Previous work

Aim 1: to create interest in the topic;

  • T. reminds the pupils information on animals on the farm. They listen to the Christmas song Jingle bells
  • T. asks a child at a time to clap their hand and try to sing along if they know the lyrics
  • after listening and singing the lyrics of the song, T. asks children questions about the winter season and the soon to come event, Christmas

Activity 3 Interaction: T - S; S - T Timing: 15’

Aim 2: to identify Christmas symbols and their meanings

Aim 3: to consolidate the names of the Christmas decorations and space prepositions on, in, under

  • T. shows pupils pictures of: a snow-flake, a bell, a candle, an angel, a star, a bauble, candies, stockings
  • Pupils recognize the images and write down the names, using different coloured pencils
  • T. asks pupils to position each decoration in different positions around the classroom: Place the angel on the window sill. Place the candle in the cupboard. Put the bauble under your desks. Place the candies in your pocket. Put the bell on the floor. Hold the snow-flake in your hand. Put the star under my desk.
  • T. explains to the pupils that all those decorations are misplaced and they should think and look for a better place for them.
  • T. asks pupils to close their eyes while T. uncovers a Christmas tree, without any decorations.

Activity 4 Interaction: T - S; S - T; Timing: 10’

Aim 4: to practice the correct forms of the verbs (Future Tense Simple);

  • T. explains the pupils that if they would like to decorate the Christmas tree, they have to solve the exercises on the back of each Christmas tree decorations. The exercises on the back of the decorations are as follows:

 Complete the following forms of the verbs:

I will sing. I will learn.

You……… You………

He/She……… He/She………

We ………We ………

You……… You………

They………They………

 Find the hidden word:

NMBFHSTARMNKL NBTSANGELNHF

 Arrange the words to make up the sentence:

carols, sing, Christmas, will, I, some

tree, Christmas, decorate, will, we

 Look for the stockings around the classroom! (surprise request written on the back of the simple bauble; pupils to find the candies inside Father Christmas stockings)

  • After each correct answer, pupils have to go to the picture of the Christmas tree and attach the decoration on it

Being a SEN class, one of the pupils have to have a different, easier to fulfil task: she will cut some “presents” off a handout/working sheet and stick them on Father Christmas stockings.

Activity 5 Interaction: T - S; S - T; S - S; Timing: 5’

Aim 5: to sing along, practicing the new words

  • T. hands out to the Ss. the lyrics of the song Christmas time is here
  • Pupils are asked to find the new words and underline them. They sing along, practicing the new words

Assessment: T. appreciates the active pupils and gives advice to the less active ones. As an extra bonus for their behaviour, T. gives each child a candy from Father Christmas/St. Nicholas stockings. T also explains to the pupils that the Romanian also have St. Nicholas (whose day we celebrate today) as a gift bearer and really loved by children and grownups.