LESSON PLAN

NAME: MONICA PETRUTA AROTARITEI CLASS: 10 A OBJECT: ENGLISH LEVEL: UPPER INTERMEDIATE DATE: October 17TH 2012 TIME: 50 minutes NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 32 LESSON TOPIC: Informal and semi- formal letters

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Speaking- productive skill Reading- receptive skill Writing- productive skill GENERAL AIMS: to arouse the pupils interest in the subject of the new lesson to improve their knowledge to help students improve their speaking to develop communication during class to check comprehension to make students use their previous knowledge SPECIFIC AIMS: - by the end of the lesson: students will be able to express their opinions about the topics presented during the lesson students should perceive the oral and written message given by the teacher students will be able to use a variety of different grammatical structures and to produce them correctly students will be able to organise ideas and produce a contribution of a suitable length TEACHING TECHNIQUES: Explanation Questions and answers Discussion lockstep, pair- work, individual work

ORGANIZATION OF THE CLASS:

AIDS: textbook (UPSTREAM, UPPER INTERMEDATE STUDENTS BOOK, EXPRESS PUBLISHING ), dictionaries and blackboard

1..Activity One- Conversation Warm-up ( 3 minutes) - the teacher greets the pupils - the pupils greet the teacher (lockstep) - organization of the class (the attendance of the pupils) 2. Activity Two- ( 8 minutes) Writing , Speaking, (lockstep) - the teacher asks the students several questions related to letters and then presents different types of letters written in different styles - the students answer the teachers questions and name letter styles and types 3. Activity Three ( 6 minutes)- Speaking, Reading - UNDERSTANDING THE RUBRIC - the students are asked to underline the key information and to answer the questions - the teacher asks the students to open their textbooks and to do ex nr 2a/ page 38 (lockstep) 4. Activity Four- ( 8 minutes)- Reading, Speaking, Writing - INFORMAL LETTERS - the teacher asks the students to read some of the characteristics of the informal letters and to analyse an informal letter - the students work in pairs and choose the appropriate letter motivating their answers 5. Activity Five- ( 8 minutes) Writing, Speaking, Reading - GIVING ADVICE - the teacher goes through the language for giving advice - the students are asked to highlight the advice phrases in model B and to replace some phrases with other appropriate ones (ex 3 a, 3b page 19, 20) 6. Activity Six- (8 minutes) - Writing, Speaking - OPENING/ CLOSING REMARKS - the teachers reminds the students the way a letter begins and ends naming various ways for beginning (opening remarks) and ending (closing remarks) informal letter - students are asked to do exercise 4a, page 20 7. Activity Seven- (7 minutes) - Writing, Speaking -SEMI- FORMAL STYLE -the teachers presents the characteristics of the semi- formal letters -students compare two extracts from different letters and choose the appropriate one 8. Activity Eight- (2 minute) - Conversation - the teacher congratulates the students using encouraging words and says Good bye!