Lesson Plan

Teacher:
Grade:
Level:
No. of hours per week:
Textbook:
Week:
Lesson:
Type of lesson:
Topic:
Functions/
communication:
Skills:
Aims: by the end of the
lesson pupils will have learnt:

Grigoras Andreea
7th grade
4th year of study
2 hours/ week
English Scrapbook
5- 2nd semester
St Patricks Day
Acquisition of new vocabulary
Describing things
Talking about celebrations and culture
Describing things
Integrated (reading, speaking)
to acquire new words connected to the topic
to read a text fluently
to practice vocabulary connected to the topic
to write a short paragraph about the topic

Objectives:
Cognitive: Understand and react to simple statements
Understand, use and produce the forms
Affective: Making the students confident in their ability to use language
Creating interest in the topic of the lesson
Creating a relaxed atmosphere proper for studying
Foster learner independence and cooperative learning
Stimulating students imagination and creativity
Having fun
Teaching aids: textbook, computer, projector, internet, worksheet
Teaching methods/ Communicative approach, task based reading
techniques: Exercises:
Matching text with word
Put the sentences in the correct order
Reading for specific information
Organization and time: Whole class, individual work, group work
Assumptions: I assume that Ss are familiar to most of the vocabulary
Anticipated problems: Ss might find that there are too many words to memorize

Stages of the lesson:

Activity 1
Warmer
Aims:
To review the previously learnt material
Procedure:
T greets Ss, introduces the attending teacher and checks attendance.
T asks Ss to read their homework and has them correct the mistakes they have
T asks a Ss questions from the previous lesson and assesses the answer
Activity 2
Lead in
Aims:
To elicit vocabulary
Procedure: T writes March 17th on the blackboard and elicits from the class which
national holiday is celebrated on this day. T asks the students to tell everything
they know about St. Patrick, what happens on the day and anything they may
know about Ireland.
Activity 3
Reading
Aims:
To present target vocabulary
Procedure:
T asks Ss to read the sentences describing the history of St Patrick. T clears
any unknown words and checks if Ss solved the task correctly.
Activity 4
Practice
Aims:
To give Ss controlled practice
Procedure:
Ss group into pairs. They put the sentences under the correct heading. T
monitors and clears any unknown words.
Ss read the sentences, T corrects mistakes if any.

Interaction:
t-Ss
t-Ss
t- Ss

Timing:
1
3
2

Interaction: Timing:
t-Ss
2

Interaction: Timing:
T-Ss
5

Interaction: Timing:
T-Ss
5
Ss-Ss
3

Activity 5
Practice
Aims:
To practise the vocabulary items they acquired
Procedure:
Interaction: Timing:
Ss watch PowerPoint presentation and unscramble the words.
T- Ss
3
Ss write an acrostic poem based on the word lucky used the words they learned T-Ss
2
Activity 6
Speaking
Aims:
To actively use the vocabulary learnt so far
Procedure:
Ss pick an image from the box and group accordingly. In groups, as they are,
Ss play a game of jeopardy. T is quizmaster; Ss collaborate to give the correct
answers.

Interaction: Timing:
Ss- Ss
10

Activity 6
Homework & Evaluation
Procedure: T asks Ss to state what they learnt about today.
T gives feedback and gives Ss homework: write a 5 line paragraph about them
finding a pot of gold.

Interaction: Timing:
T -Ss
2
2