Lesson Plan 1

Date: 2015.12.09.
School: EKTF
Teacher: Simon Jnos
Class: 10th grade advanced class
Level: B2
Age: 15-16
Topic: The Semi-Formal Letter (Unit 5 Writing)
Aims: students should learn how to write a semi-formal letter and gain communicative experience using suggestions and
expressions of agreement or disagreement.
Assumed knowledge: the majority of the students have already passed an intermediate language exam B1 level.
Anticipated problems: students might be unfamiliar with some of the words (explanation in English, Hungarian may be
used if they still do not fully understand), or unwilling to participate in the conversation. The teacher may ask additional
questions in the latter case.
Aids: Textbook, workbook, whiteboard, and chalk.

Stage

Warm-up

Presentation

Practice

Production

Activity

Healthy
lifestyle activity

Analysis of a
sample semiformal letter

Suggestions and
agreement
speaking task
in pairs

Writing a semiformal letter

Aim
Primary: reviving and
checking existing
vocabulary
Secondary: the students
get into the topic
Primary: students get
familiar with the
attributes of a semiformal letter
Secondary: improving
reading comprehension
Primary: students learn
to form suggestions and
communicate their
agreement or
disagreement
Secondary: improving
communication skills
Primary: students learn
to write a semi-formal
letter
Secondary: improving
writing skills

Time
5
min.

10
min.

10
min.

20
min.

Interaction

Aids

Procedure

One student
I ask the students to come up with an activity that is
acting in front Whiteboard related to living a healthy life. Then they stand in front
of the class, the and chalk of the class, one at a time, and mimic the chosen
others are
activity, while the other students are guessing. They
guessing
have 30 seconds each.
I read the task and the announcement task aloud for
the students. Then I ask the students to read the
response text and complete Task 2, for which they have
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Textbook, two minutes. We check the answers and move on to
Task 2 & 3
workbook, Task 3, where I ask the students the following
Reading,
whiteboard, questions: When you are writing a semi-formal letter,
analysis and
and chalk what kind of greeting would you use? What tone would
discussion
you use? How would you end the letter? We discuss the
answers, and I write the conclusions on the whiteboard
(as seen in the Appendix).
I ask the students to read the task and the supporting
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notes on making suggestions and stating agreement or
Task 4
disagreement. When they are done with that, I ask them
Discussion in
Textbook
to pair up with their nearest classmates (in order to
pairs
have the textbook at hand) and ask each other the
questions in the exercise (three questions each, the other
student answers, of course). Estimated time needed for
the discussion: 5 minutes.
I read the task aloud for the students and ask them to
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read the text. When they finish, we write down what the
Task 5
Textbook
reply must include together. After that, we take a look
Analysis and
and
at subtask B and the Tip Bag. Finally, I distribute
writing
workbook empty sheets and ask the students to write the 120-150
words long semi-formal letter. They have at least 10

minutes to complete the task. When finished, they have

to hand in their letters.
Cool-down

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Appendix

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