LESSON PLAN

School: Primary school from Suiug

Teacher: Plisco Paula Mihaela
Date: 24th of March, 2015
Grade/Level: 3rd grade/1st year of study
Estimated time: 50 minutes
No. of students: 9
Unit/Lesson: 13 She has a little pink mouth
Topic: Describing people
Workbook: Way Ahead 1
Type of lesson: acquiring new information/Teaching new vocabulary
Aim: To use correctly adjectives and nouns used to describe people
Lesson competences: at the end of the lesson the students will be able to:
-form affirmative questions using the verb TO HAVE ;
-use correctly the new vocabulary: hair, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, big and little;
-respond appropriately to short, simple questions in a clear and concise way.
Objectives:
A. Cognitive objectives:
1

To improve vocabulary;
To use the newly acquired vocabulary in order to make a physical portrait of themselves;
To practice names of body parts and colors;
To draw a portrait of their desk mate and describe it orally;
To draw physical features on blank faces, following the instructions given by the teacher
To provide students more practice on pronunciation and vocabulary.
B. Affective objectives:
To encourage students to talk freely;
To create a warm atmosphere;
To help students enjoy speaking English;
To use ones imagination.
Skills involved:
Listening
Speaking
Writing
Reading
Teaching materials:
Posters
2

Workbooks
Worksheets
Anticipated language problems: Pupils may become agitated and unresponsive.
In some cases, pupils may not understand the task given by the teacher.
Possible solutions: The teacher must be clear and simple in speech and repeat the task in order to be clear for everybody.
Methods:
Conversation
Explanation
Dialogue
Practice
Total Physical Response
Q/A

STAGES

TIME

TEACHERS ACTIVITY

1.STARTING
THE LESSON

3 MIN

2.CHEKING
PREVIOUS
KNOWLEDGE

6 MIN

Teacher greets the students and checks

attendance.
Good morning!
How are you?
Who is absent today?
The teacher checks the homework and makes
error correction if necessary.
Exercise 1/page 64.

3.LEAD-IN

6 MIN

4.PRESENTATIO
N AND
PERFORMANCE

7
M
I
N

17
M
I
N

The teacher asks a student to come in

front of the class and asks the rest of the
Ss to tell his/her age and the color of
his/her hair and eyes.
How old is X?
What is the color of Xs hair?

The teacher writes the title of the new lesson on

the blackboard and tells the SS that due to the
fact we are all different, they will learn to
describe peoples appearance.
4

MODES OF
PARTCIPATI
ON
T-Ss

LEARNERS ACTIVITY

OBJECTIVES

Students greet the teacher.

The pupil on duty says the names
of the persons who are absent if
there are any.

To prepare the
students for the
lesson.

T-Ss
Ss-T

Randomly some students read the

homework.

T-Ss
Ss
individually

The students pay attention.

The Ss set and answer questions.

To be aware of
the importance
of doing the
homework.
To check
previous
knowledge.
To make a
pleasant and
warm
atmosphere.
To make an
easy path
towards the
new lesson.

T-Ss
Independent
work
Ss-Ss

The Ss pay attention.

They fill in and color the face from
their handout.
The Ss write in their notebooks the

X is nine years old, she has

brown hair and green eyes.

To introduce
new language.
To make
students aware

The teacher pins on the blackboard a poster of a

blank face, then she shows cards with the face
elements the eyes, nose, mouth, ears and the
hair. Then she drills the new vocabulary.

Ss-T

new vocabulary.

The students answer the questions.

T asks Ss to follow her instructions: color the
eyes blue, the mouth pink, the hair-black.
T asks Ss to translate the following sentences
from Romanian into English and then draw
some faces as indicated in the statements:
a. He has blue short hair and green eyes.
b. She has purple long hair and a little red
mouth.
c. I have little ears and a red nose.
The teacher gives the students a worksheet
( funny faces) where they have to draw different
parts of the face.

of the
pronunciation.
To practice
pronunciation.
To provide
situations
where the new
structures can
be placed.

To check
comprehension
The students translate the sentences .
and draw the suitable portraits.
To enforce the
students
vocabulary.
Three Ss come to the blackboard to
translate the sentences and the
other Ss correct themselves if
necessary.

The students draw a portrait of

their desk mate and describe it.
5.ASSESSMENT

5 MIN
The teacher asks the students to draw
a portrait of their desk mate and
describe it.
5

T-Ss
Whole class
Pair work

The students solve the given task .

To check
acquiring of
the new
language.

6.FEEDBACK

3 MIN

7.ENDING THE
LESSON

3 MIN

Cristi has blonde hair, green eyes and

a pink mouth.
The teacher asks the students if they have any
questions or misunderstandings.
The students are praised by the teacher.
The teacher asks the students to solve exercise 1
and 3/page 67 workbook.
The teacher greets the Ss.

Worksheets:
1. The poster

T-Ss
Ss-T

The students ask questions if

necessary.

T-Ss

The Ss write in their notebooks the

given homework.
The students greet the teacher.

To give Ss
feedback and
emphasize the
topic.

2. FUNNY FACES WORKSHEET