LESSON PLAN N2

Subject: English
Form: VII a B
Date: 03.02.2015
Teacher: Mocanu Alina
Methodist: Arsenii Andriana
Mentor teacher: Coliceva Olga
Topic: Countries and cities
Lesson type: mixed lesson
Time: 45 min

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Specific competences:
Communicative competences: Receiving oral messages (Listening)
Pragmatic competences: producing oral messages (Spoken interraction)
Communicative competences: Receiving written messages (Reading)
Communicative competences: Producing written messages (Writing)
Methodological competences: Identifying similarities and differences by means of comparing things (Comparison Area)
Social/ pluricultural competences: ( Cultural Area)

Communicative Area: (Linguistic competences)

Sub competences:
S 2. Participating in simple oral communication ( with the teacher or collegues) on familiar topics.
S 3.3. Deducing the meaning of unfamiliar words from the context.
S 3.1. Selecting from a text the information necessary to solve different tasks.
S 1.4. Following the speakers intructions appropriately;
S 1.2. Eliciting specific information from a short oral message.

Operational objects:
1

to know how to pronounce the names of the biggest cities ;

to find interesting curiosities about countries and cities ;
to make differences of general truth in the usual actions;
to find the meaning of the words in the text;
to find synonyms and antonyms in the text.

Knowledge: students will be able pronounce correctly the names of the biggest cities ;
Skill: students will be able to compare the general truth and usual actions ;
Attitude: Students will form positive attitudes towards the sea port cities ;
Education: Students will learn to appreciate the highest levels in differents areas of different sea port cities .

Stages of the lesson

(Learning Activities)

Resources

Strategies
(methods,
2

Subcompetences

Time

Notes

techniques, forms
of acti- vities)
I.

Evocation

Register,
pen

2 min

1. Organization:
T: The teacher greets the pupils and creates the atmosphere.
Good morning 7th class. How are you? How do you feel today?
P: The pupils greet him back.
Good morning teacher. We are fine. You?
2. Warm up and preparation:
T: For the next activity I want you to be very careful. On

Teaching
material

Conversation
Explination
Brainstorming
Crossword
Whole class work

blackboard we have a crossword and I prepared for you

some questions based on our text . Your task will be to
answer correctly at the questions and in that way you
will solve the crossword.
1) What city became a British colony on august 2,
1824?
2) Name the largest and most populated Sea Port City
from USA?
3) What nationalities live in Singapore?
4) How is New York in history called?
5) Where was inaugurated the Statue of Liberty?
6) What type of clime has Singapore?
7) Who was the founder of Los Angeles?
8) Where is the port of Los Angeles located?
9) Which is the basis of modern economy in
Singapore?
10) Name one of Singapores largest industries?
3

S 2.
S 3.1.

10 min

P. The students listen the condition of the activity and orally

answered:
1. Singapore;
2. New York;
3. Malays, Asians, Chinese, Indians, Caucasians;
4. Gateway;
5. Ellis island;
6. Tropical climate;
7. Felipe de Neve;
8. San Pedro Bay;
9. Industry;
10. Tourism.
The teacher anounces the competences and the subcompetences
of the lesson. They are stuck on the blackboard in the order of
their achievement
3. Checking homework
T: Teacher asks students what was their homework.
Now please someone to tell me what was your homework for
today.
P: Students listen to teachers question and answer that their
homework was:
To retell and to translate the text from page 59 in their
copybook .
II.
REALISATION OF MEANING
New Material presentation
T: Teacher propose to her pupils to lock at the pictures that are
on the backboard,( names of nationalities and languages derived
from names of countries) to be careful with their reading and
writing in transcription and to read in voice.

Textbook,
Copybook

8 min

Pictures,
Blackboard

P: The students looked at the board and learn to

4

Conversation
Explination

S 3.1.

Conversation
Explication
Brainstorming
Frontal
Questioning

S 3.3
S 1.2.

3 min

Pictures,
Blackboard

pronounce the words.

Country
Singapore
Malaysia
Japan
Spain
Holland
Finland
Greece

Nationality
(the) Singaporians
(the) Malays
(the) Japanese
(the) Spanish
(the) Dutch
(the) Finss
(the) Greeks

Whole class
work,

Language
Singaporean
Malaysian
Japanese
Spanish
Dutch
Finnish
Greek

T: The teacher refers the pupils to ex.2 page 60, asks the
pupils to read the task and to find in the text the word that
mean:
1. A piece of land copletely surrounded by water - island
2. The imaginary line around middle at the earth- equator
3. A place that a group of people have built- city area
4. Tropical forest- rainforest
5. A short stop in a journey- stopover
6. A complicated system of roads, air lines etc.- network
7. Entering a country to live there permanently- imigrating
8. The buying or selling of goods- trade
9. The central part of an area- downtown
10. The extreme end of smth.- tip

Dictionary work,
The Audiolingual
methode

Chorus
repetition,

Textbook

Scanning,
searching
Whole class work

The pupils read the sentences and find in the text the word that
correspond for each point.

S 3.3
S 3.1.

5 min

a) Grammar presentation
T: The teacher proposes to look at the Remember heading.
Using the general truth, facts and usual action she asks pupils to
make up senteces.

Teaching
material
Textbook

4 min
Brainstorming
Individual work
Agumentation

P: Students listen teachers requirement and by means of

some general truths that they remember, pupils make up
sentences:
General truth:
-

John said, The sun rises in the East.

Marry said, Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
The teacher of georaphy said,Antarctica is covered
with ice.
Victor said, Plants grow in soil.

Usual actions:
-

Mother said, We will plant tomatoes today.

Dan said, I was at my grandparents yesterday.

Teacher said, In vacantion we will go in a trip.

S 3.1
S 1.4.

III.
REFLECTION
T: Based on the words proposed at the exercise 4 page 60 find
in the text antonyms for the following words:
South, the last, past, the poorest, low, native, to separate,
common, ordinary, to destroy, exactly, similar, unknown, to
continue.
P: We think that the antonyms are:
a) South-north
b) The last- the first
c) Past- today
d) The poorest- the richest
e) Low-high
f) Native- foreign
g) To separate- to concept
h) Common- difficult
i) Ordinary-different
j) To destroy- create
k) Similar- different
l) Unknown- known
m) To continue- stopover

Conversation
Explication
Exercise
Argumentation

S 3.1.
S 1.2

4 min

Textbook,
Copybook,
Pen

3 min

Textbook
Individual Work
7

b) Grammar practice
T: The teacher refers the pupils to look at the Remember
heading and to put in sentences the correct form of
verbs.
1) John said, The oceans ..... deep and cold. (is/are)
2) The teacher said, Rains .... water to life. (gives, will
give, gave)
3) My cousin said, I ...... a lot of picturesque places in the
USA last summer.( will visit/ visited/ visit)
4) The teacher of geography said, Island.... a piece of land
completely surrounded by water.( are/ will be, is )
5) Anna said, Los Angeles ... the second largest Sea Port
City in the United States. (was/ is/ will be)
6) My brother sais, I ... go in Dubai to visit my relatives
next week. (-/ will go/ was )
P: Pupils listen the task and solve the exercise.

Explanation
Argumentation
Gap-felling

The pupils are required to provide arguments and establish

the form applied.

IV.
EXTENTION
T: Teacher proposes to look at ex. 3 page 60 and to find in the
text synonyms for the following words:
a) Well known
b) Giggest
c) To join/ to link
d) Territory
e) Inhabitants
f) To buy
g) Present
h) To situate

Textbook

S 3.1.
Brainwriting
Scanning
Searching
Whole class work

4 min

i) Nearly
j) Centre
k) Various
P: The students listen the condition of the activity and orally
answered:
a) Well known- known
b) Giggest-largest
c) To join/ to link- a se alatura
d) Territory- area
e) Inhabitants- civic
f) To buy- to purchase
g) Present-today
h) To situate- to locate
i) Nearly- approximately
j) Centre- tip
k) Various- diverse, different
V.
FEEDBACK
a. Assesment
The teacher asks her pupils to reproduce in a few sentences
what they learned about sea port cities.
The teacher refers the pupils to the competences and
subcompetences of the lesson. The pupils decide what
competences have been achieved and what have not, they make
conclusion. The teacher gives marks to pupils.
b. Homework
The teacher writes the homework on the blackboard:
- Ex. 6 page 60 ,to bring some information about other
sea port cities;
- Ex. 1 page 61 from Writing

2 min
Register,
pen

Generalization,
Systematization

Blackboard,
chalk