Lesson Plan

NAME:
AMZA ANA-MARIA
CLASS:
11 I
OBJECT:
ENGLISH
LEVEL:
ADVANCED
DATE:
19TH January, 2016
TIME:
50 minutes
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 15
LESSON TOPIC:
ADDICTION TO THE INTERNET IS AN ILLNESS
GENERAL AIM:
By the end of the lesson the learners will have practised vocabulary related to addition
and internet.
SPECIFIC AIMS:
- by the end of the lesson:
students will be able to use a certain vocabulary related to the topic
students will be able to recognise positive, negative and neutral comments
students will be able to compare different events
students should perceive the oral and written message given by the teacher
MATERIALS: Pictures, worksheets, laptop, board
TEACHING TECHNIQUES:
Conversation
Questionnaire
Questions and answers
Discussion
ORGANIZATION OF THE CLASS: group-work, pair-work, individual work
ASSUMPTIONS
Learners will know some of the vocabulary and they will be interested in enriching their
vocabulary.
Anticipated difficulties with tasks
Solutions
Learners will not use the new vocabulary in their I will monitor the groups to make sure they
description.
use the new vocabulary in their description.

Stage
Warm-up
Lead in

Language Focus

Group discussions

Stage aim
To greet the students

Procedure
T organizes the class and asks for the Ss
attendance
To create interest in the The teacher asks the students to come up with
topic of NET-addiction
personal definitions and explanations of the
word addiction. The word-family is also
elicited from the students, with examples in
personal sentences. ( addict, addicted,
addiction, addictive)
To practise vocabulary
a). Students are given handouts containing a
related to the topic of
text, a vocabulary exercise and a comprehension
Internet
check. In pairs, they are asked to match each
word and phrase from the box with the right
corresponding definition. Answers are checked
with the whole class.
b). Next, students individually - read the
text and do tasks in exercises 2 and 3 on the
same handout. Answers are checked, again, with
the whole class.
To express personal
The class is divided into 4-5 groups. Each group
opinions about the topic receives a different task related to the topic of
of NET-addiction
NET-addiction. They are given 5 minutes to
discuss about it and to solve it, and then, they
choose a representative to present the
conclusions, opinions, ideas to the whole class.
While they are working on their tasks, they
can make use of the Useful Vocabulary
displayed on the wall for them to help them
express their ideas.
The 5 separate tasks are: Compare addictions

Interaction
T-S

Time
3 mins

T-S

5 mins

S-S

10 mins

S-S

15 mins

Further practice

Feedback

(net, alcohol, smoking, drug-taking), Positive

aspects of the Internet, Negative aspects of the
Internet, Advice for an addict, Methods of
preventing illegal downloading and hackering.
To find information by
The T tells the Ss to surf on the internet, the web T-S
themselves
page ( www.netaddiction.com ) which focuses
on informing people about this addiction, offers
tests, solutions and advice for addicts. The
students are stimulated to express their opinion
about the efficiency of such a web page.
To
check
learners The T checks the answers with the learners in T-S
understanding of the open class and write down the answers on the
topic
board.

10mins

7 mins

USEFUL VOCABULARY
to be a gadget freak
to be a technophobe
to be mad about something
Id be lost without
To be dependent on
I couldnt get by without
Text messaging
Social networking
Wireless access
Blue tooth
Personal organizer
Smart phone
Camcorder / digital camera
Internet access
SUMMING UP EXPRESSIONS
So, weighing up the pros and cons, do you think ?
We are generally in agreement that .?
All in al , we feel
Essentially we all agree that .
So, to sum up .
So, in general .
It seems weve reached the conclusion that