LESSON PLAN

School: Colegiul Tehnic Ion Holban Iasi

Teacher: Grosu Mirela -Anca
Date: the 3rd of March 2016
Class: VIII A (special needs)
Textbook: Spark 2+ additional materials
No. of students: 8
Time of lesson: 8:00-8:50.
Unit: Our wonderful world
Topic: A postcard from a holiday destination
Type of lesson: Communication of knowledge
Skills: Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking
Vocabulary: Weather, Holiday activities (sightseeing on a tour bus, shopping for souvenirs, swimming,
sunbathing, eating local dishes, hiking); Nouns ( guide, route, coach, mountain, volcano, tour, sights, flea market,
crafts), Adjective (snow-capped); Phrases (cant wait, its a pity)
Grammar: Present Continuous
Lesson aim: to write a postcard from an imaginary place using an informal style

Lesson objectives:
-to read for specific information
-to name some holiday activities
- to practise collocations
- to fill in a postcard by choosing words from the picture dictionary
-to read the postcards correctly
-to follow the format of a postcard
-to express their preference for a certain type of holiday
- to practise the new vocabulary
Teaching aids, materials, equipment: postcards, postcard templates, worksheets, tablet, audio CD, speakers
Organization: whole class, pairs, groups
Anticipated language problems: some students may get confused about the task
Possible solutions: further clarification, use of their native language

Time
2

Lesson
stage
Warm-up

Check
assignment

Teachers activity

Students activity

Focus

T greets the students .

Ss prepare their
T checks if the students
notebooks and
are ready to start the
coursebooks.
lesson.
-T asks Ss to name some Ss
are going to
holiday activities

mention what they can

do on holiday (take
photographs,

send

postcards, swim in the

sea, go for a walk, stay
in

sightseeing,
museum,

tent,
visit

go
a

go to the

beach, eat local dishes,

relax, buy souvenirs,
stay in a hotel, go on a
boat trip, play in the
snow, etc)

Interactio
n
T-Ss

T-Ss
Ss-T

Aims
To create a
pleasant
atmosphere
To develop
speaking microskills

10

Lead-in

Presentation

Taking the assignment as

a starting point, the
teacher shows Ss a
postcard and writes the
title of the lesson on the
blackboard.

The teacher conducts a

discussion about
postcards: when and
who do we usually write
postcards to (when were
on holiday and theyre
usually addressed to
family and friends), what
should we write about
( the place were visiting,
the weather, our favourite
moment of trip so far, a
weird food we have tried),
whether or not we
should include the date
( optional, in the upper

T-Ss
Ss-T

To introduce the
topic of the
lesson

T-Ss
Ss-T

To trigger
response

Ss write the title of the

new lesson in their
notebooks: Postcards
from a holiday
destination

.
To develop
speaking microskills

right of the note area),

ways of addressing the
person were sending
the postcard (Dear John,
Hi Lucy!, Hey Dave),
ways of signing a
postcard (Jimmy, your
wandering daughter, etc)
10

Practice

The first activity consists

in crossing out the
adjectives which cannot
complete some sentences

Ss cross out the adj

that cannot collocate
with certain words and
motivate their choice

The teacher tells the

students that for the next
activity they are going to
work in pairs. Each
student is given a
worksheet with a fill-in
The students complete
exercise (writing
the task and read the
postcards). The students text they have come up
are further instructed to
with.
choose from among the
several suggested answers
so that in the end each
pair comes up with a
different text.

T-Ss
Ss-Ss
(group
activity)

To practise
collocations
to practise
postcard writing

Ss-ss
(pair work)
W
R

15
Reading

For the next activity, the

teacher distributes
handouts that contain 3
samples of postcards;
-The teacher asks Ss to
read the first sentences of
each postcard.
- The teacher elicits/
explains the meaning of
any unknown words ( eg.
guide= a person who
shows tourists around a
place; coach= a large
comfortable bus;
snow-capped= covered
with snow on the top;
cant wait=looking
forward to; sights= places
of interest; its a pity= its
a shame; flea market= an
outdoor market that sells
used goods; crafts=
handmade goods, etc)
- T elicits answers to the

Ss receive handouts
R
To practise
reading
To read for
specific
information

Ss inquire about the

words that they dont
know

Ss listen to the
recording, then read the
postcards again and
complete the task.

To listen for
detail
L
To improve
Sspronunciatio
n

Listening

Feedback
and
Homework

question in the rubric

- T plays the recording

T assigns homework and

grades certain Ss

Ss receive worksheets

To assess
students activity

Writing postcards
Dear ...N,
Well, here we are in ...T.. . W.,
and we are having a/an ...A time.
I am sitting ...Pr ..Pl.. writing
postcards, drinking ...D. and looking at
...L . N.. is V, and ..PN
are ...V.. ...Pr.

...Pl.. .

Tomorrow we are going to T . I am sure

it will be A .
Wish you were here,
Love, N..
POSTCARD DICTIONARY
N (name)
T (town, village,
John
city)

W (weather)
The sun is shinning

A (adjective)
wonderful

PN (plural
noun)

Mary
Alexandra
Mother
Grandpa
Father
Emily

Pr (preposition)
in
on
at
under
by
near
opposite

Rome
Manchester
Honolulu
Paris
Barcelona
New York
Brasov
The town center
Pl (place)
my room
their room
the bar
the beach
a caf
a tree
a mountain

It is raining
It is snowing
The wind is blowing
hard
It is foggy
It is cloudy

D (drink)
coffee
tea
beer
wine
juice
water
coke
champagne

beautiful
lovely
exciting
terrible
awful
catastrophic
boring
L (things to look
at)
the sea
the mountains
the tourists
the rain
the sheep
the clouds
the statues
the pigeons

my friends
Liz and Mark
the children
the girls
Mom and Dad
the guests
the parents
V (verb)
shopping
sightseeing
sleeping
drinking beer
dancing
playing cards
telling jokes
having a bath