LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Bogdan Oana

School:
Date: 17. 06. 2014
Title of the lesson: The past continuous
Textbook: Snapshot (Longman)
Grade: 8
th


AIM(S) of LESSON
The main aim(s) of this lesson will be:
- To explain the informal letter layout
- To write an informal letter
- To use specific expressions for starting and closing a letter
METHODS: conversation, game, multiple choice, individual work, pair work.

AIDS/ MATERIALS: students book, teachers book, blackboard.

STUDENTS' PROBLEMS
I anticipate that the following may cause problems: students might feel nervous and find
difficulty in expressing their point of view. They may have forgotten the difference between
formal and informal.

ACTIVITY DESIGN: 5 stages design => 5 activities.







Lesson stages Activities - students and
teacher
Reasons for
activities
Materials Timing
1. THE WARM-UP










After the greetings and
checking of the
attendance, T asks the
students how they feel
-to create a suitable
atmosphere and
warm students up







5 min.
2. LEAD-IN












T (teacher) asks one
student to get out of the
class and sit by the door.
The teacher gives the
word friendship which
they have to mime when
their colleague enters.
The student enters the
class and tries to guess
from the class reaction
the word given by the
teacher. Then she asks
another student to get
out, and gives the class
the word happy. After
the 2
nd
student returns
and guesses the word,
T asks the Ss what kind of
letter they write to their
friends.
Ss answer.
T announces the topic of
the lesson and writes it on
the blackboard. Ss write
it too in their notebooks.
-to get the Ss into
the new topic











Blackboard
Students
notebooks
10 min.
3. PRESENTATION
OF THE NEW
TOPIC







T asks the Ss to choose
the correct item from
each category and match
it with the correct place
on the letter layout. Ss do
the task. T asks the Ss to
list the expressions on
exercise 2/page 13, by
working in pairs. Ss
complete the task.
-to remember the
difference between
formal and informal
-to write an
informal letter






Blackboard
Students
notebooks
10
min.
4. PRACTICE AND
PRODUCTION


When the Ss finish the
list, T asks them to write
an informal letter using
the cues from the
paragraph plan given by
the textbook. Ss read the
paragraph plan and give
examples for a few cues.
Then, they write the
informal letter and send
it to one of their
colleagues. The addressed
colleague reads the letter
out loud. (2-3 letters)




Blackboard
Students
notebooks
20 min.
5. EVALUATION T grades some Ss and
accounts for them.
T encourages other
students close to getting a
good grade and she also
assigns their homework:
to answer the letters they
have received at the
English class.
-to evaluate Ss
work
-to assign Ss
homework
5 min.









SELF - EVALUATION

Reflection represents an important stage in a teachers professional development. It
provides meaningful feedback that in its turn contributes to the delivery of a more successful
lesson. Reflection should be a central point in all teaching and learning activities both for the
teachers and for the students. Complete the following blanks as soon as you can after you
have finished teaching the lesson. Be as open, honest and constructive as you can.

My feelings immediately after the lesson are / were:
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Write down any evidence that your activity was successful:
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The things I was not happy with were:
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Make suggestions about how you would change the lesson plan to be used in the future
to improve the lesson. Note down some particular areas in the lesson you need to pay
more attention at in the future:
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