NAME: Elena Fecioru
DATE: 19th May 2010
SCHOOL: Scoala cu clasele I-VIII, Nr.1, Piatra Soimului
FORM: the 6th
LEVEL: pre-intermediate
NO. OF STUDENTS: 29
TEXTBOOK: World Class
STAGE OF COURSE:
Module 6: ROBOTS
Unit 46: The Polanski twins
TIME: 50 minutes
MAIN TOPIC: “Going to” Future for plans and intentions
TYPE OF LESSON: acquiring new information – teaching “going to” for plans
VOCABULARY: no limit
GRAMMAR: Present Perfectfor activities already performed, “going to”+verb for intentions, plans
and predictions
FUNCTIONS (according to curriculum):
- to describe according to the information in the text/picture
- to initiate discussion
- to make guesses
- to talk about predictions/plans in future
COMMUNICATION ELEMENTS:
- making predictions
- expressing future plans and intentions
SKILLS: writing, reading, listening, speaking
AIMS OF LESSON: by the end of the lesson students will be able to:
-use will in order to express predictions
-develop and practice the productive skills (writing, speaking) and the receptive skills (listening, reading)
-reinforce vocabulary, to promote discussion and to practice language in a particular context
-use “going to” to talk about future plans
-form questions/negative statements using present perfect and “going to” future
Objectives:
A.Cognitive objectives:
a)to check and improve vocabulary,
b)to encourage students to talk freely,
c)to help students talk about recent events and future plans,
d)to give students more practice on pronunciation, vocabulary and the structures taught.
B.Affective objectives:
a)to create a warm atmosphere,
b)to help students enjoy speaking English.
TEACHING AIDS: textbooks, workbooks, worksheets, handouts, crayons, pictures,
flipchart, pins, cassette recorder, strips, cards.
TEACHING TECHNIQUES: conversation, dialogue, exercise, game, explanation
brainstorming, observation, role play.
METHODS: Communicative approach
RESOURCES: textbook – World Class, Activity book, different internet resources
TIME: 50 minutes
LOCATION: the classroom
STAGE OF LESSON / THE TEACHER’S ACTIVITY / THE STUDENT’S ACTIVITY / INTERACTION / SKILLS / TEACHING TECHNIQUES / AIDS / PURPOSEAIM
CHECKING ATTENDANCE
1’ / - T greets class and checks attendance / - Ss greet the T
- the S on duty answers / T-S
S-T / Speaking / Conversation / None / - to prepare the Ss for the lesson
WARM UP
3’ / - T propose the Ss to play a mime game and guess/predict what activity is going to happen
- T ask a S to come in front of the class and to mime some activities from the cards on T’s desk / - S comes and mime the activities
- the other Ss try and make guesses and predict the activity
Ex. I think she/he is going to ….
Play the guitar
Play tennis
Learn/write
Listen to music
Sing
Dance
Drink something / T-S
S-Ss
Ss-T / Speaking / Dialogue
Game / Verb cards / - to make up a pleasant and warm atmosphere
CHECKING HOMEWORK
5’
LEAD IN
5’
PRACTICE
5’
PRE-LISTENING
3’
WHILE-LISTENING
6’
Listening for specific information
6’
POST-LISTENING
6’
PRODUCTION
8’
ASSIGNING HOMEWORK
1’
FEED BACK
1’ / - the T asks Ss to act out the dialogues they had to prepare
- T asks Ss to look the posters sticked on the wall
- looking at the posters and the words, the teacher elicits the target language by asking about the activities they plan to do and the places they plan to go.
- T writes the title on the blackboard and the model sentence to present the grammar structure used to talk about future plans
-T asks the Ss to solve exercise A, page 55 in the Activity books; a group of Ss solve the activities that have already been done and the other group the activities are planned to be done
- T gives Ss a handout and asks them to write down their answers about the plans they have
- T asks questions about the characters they see in the picture in the activity book – the Ss are familiarized with the recorded text by answering the questions related to it:
Who do you see in the picture? What do you think they are going to do? What is the interview going to be about?
- T plays the cassette and asks Ss to listen to it carefully following the script of the dialogue on page 63
- T tells the students that they are going to listen to the cassette again and this time they will have to answer a few questions they have in their Activity books.
- T asks Ss to listen to the tape once again and to check their answers and see if the information they have is correct or not
- T asks the Ss to read their solved task
- T asks Ss to look on the handouts they’ve received and, working in pairs, to make the interview about
their deskmate’s
- T assigns homework (exercise D, page 55 in the Activity book)
- T praise the Ss and asks them if they enjoyed the lesson or if they have questions about the item taught / - two groups of Ss act out the dialogues given as homework
- Ss look the pictures and make guesses about the places those persons plan to visit and the activities they plan to do there
- Ss write in their notebooks and look the map-mind T pins on the flipchart
- Ss solve the exercise and read their statements
- Ss solve the task and, in turn, read their answers
- the Ss answer T’s questions
- the Ss listen in order to find out what the interview is about and what are the woman’s plans
- the Ss listen to the cassette again and answer questions in the Activity book
- the Ss listen to the cassette again and check their answers
- the Ss solve the exercise individually and then check with the whole class
- the Ss work in pairs and solve the task
- some pairs of Ss act out the interview
- the Ss take notes
- the Ss listen and ask questions if any / T-S
Ss-Ss
T-S
Ss-T
T-S
Ss-T
GW
T-Ss
IW
T-S
Ss-T
T-Ss
Ss-T
T-Ss
Ss-T
T-Ss
Ss-T
T-Ss
Ss-T
T-Ss
PW
T-Ss
T-Ss
Ss-T / Speaking acting out
Speaking
Writing
Writing
Speaking
Writing,
Speaking
Speaking
Listening
Listening
Listening
Speaking
Writing
Speaking
Writing
Speaking / Dialogue
Conversation
Oral exposition
Exercise
Exercise
Guided questions
Conversation
Controlled activity
Controlled activity
Controlled activity
Controlled activity
Conversation
Exercise
Role play
Conversation
Less controlled activity
Controlled activity
Class activity
Less controlled activity / Notebooks
Posters
Crayons
Notebooks
Blackboard Notebooks
Activity books
Handouts
Activity books
Cassette
Cassette
Cassette
Activity books
Handouts
Activity books
Notebooks
None / - check the understanding of the items already taught
- to have a more relaxed introduction of the theme of the lesson
- to encourage Ss speak fluently about the topic
- to check the Ss’ ability to form sentences using given tips
- to check comprehension of the item taught
- to familiarize Ss with the recorded text
- to check the S’s ability to f answer questions.
- to check Ss’ ability to understand oral information
- to check Ss’ ability to listen for specific information
- to encourage Ss to have small conversations
APPENDIX
Materials and resources
- Mime-game: verb cards with different activities on them.
- Posters (4) showing different locations and persons doing different activities.
- Activity book (Unit 48 – The Polanski twins (page 55).
- Map mind of the “Going to” Future structure.
- Cassette and cassette recorder.
- Script on page 63 in Activity book.
- Handout “What are you going to do?”
BB map
“Going to” Future for future plans
- T takes the chalk and asks Ps:
What am I going to do?
- T tells Ps to open their books.
What are you going to do? → We are going toopen our books.
- T tells a pupil to open the door.
What is he/she going to do? → He/She is going toopen the door.
What going to do? ▬►future plans.
POSTERS
Jenny’s plans: Where is she going to go?
She’s going to go to France.
What is she going to see/visit?
She’s going to see EiffelTower.
Bianca’s plans: Where is she going to go?
She’s going to go to America.
What is she going to see?
She’s going to see The Statue of Liberty.
Jim’s plans: Where is he going to go?
He’s going to go to the gym/stadium/park.
What is he going to do?
He’s going to go roller-skating/play football/volleyball.
Tom’s plans: Where is he going to go?
He’s going to go to the cinema.
What is he going to do?
He’s going to see a film/movie/”Fracture” with Anthony Hopkins.