LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Stanciu Irina-Oana

Date: March, 31st
Class: 2nd
Level: beginners
No of students: 16
School: Scoala Gimnaziala nr.1 Viile, Firtanesti
Lesson: The weather teaching vocabulary
Textbook: Fairyland 2b, Express Publishing
Time: 50 min

SPECIFIC COMPETENCES
- to review and improve the Ss vocabulary range;
- to introduce and practice new words to describe weather;
- to activate the pupils knowledge of the world and of the language;
- to encourage the pupils to communicate freely and spontaneously during the activities;
- to develop pupils speaking and writing competences.
AIMS
By the end of the lesson the pupils will be able to:
- identify and name all the seasons
- identify different types of weather conditions;
- adequately use fixed formulae and expressions to describe weather;
- practice vocabulary related to the topic in sentences of their own

TEACHING TECHNIQUES
- Brainstorming, explanation, conversation, exercises, song, dialogue
SKILLS: reading, writing, speaking, listening
INTERACTION: T S; S-T; whole class

MATERIALS: blackboard, flashcards, laptop, video projector, pupils book, digital book,
coloured chalk
ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS:
- some students might need further help and extra indications in solving the tasks and they may
also need some of these indications to be given in Romanian;
-some students might feel nervous and reluctant to participate in the activity, so they may need
more encouragement.
Warm Up
Aim:
-to create a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere
Procedure: -T greets the pupils by saying Hello! and encourages the pupils to greet her back.
T plays the song Hello! The pupils sing, shake hands, dance and mime. T checks homework.
Timing:5 min
Interaction: T-S, frontal

Activity 1: Lead-in
Aim:-
to recycle and practice the vocabulary taught previously (the four seasons)
Procedure: T writes the word year on the board. T asks the pupils to name the four seasons. T
write the seasons on the board with different colours: spring- green, summer red, autumn
yellow, winter white.

YEAR

T plays a song and asks the pupils to recognize the seasons in each picture from the video.
T announces the title and the objectives of the lesson
Timing: 6 min.

Activity 2: Presentation & Practice

Aim:
-to present and activate the vocabulary of the lesson
-to develop and practice the pupils listening, speaking, writing skills
-to give pupils confidence in their ability to use the English language.
Procedure: T pins up the weather condition flashcards on the board. T points to the weather
conditions: Its hot. Its cold. Its sunny. Its raining. Its snowing., one at a time, and presents
them. The pupils repeat after the T. then T points to the weather conditions in random order. The
pupils repeat after the T. T writes the weather conditions on the blackboard and the pupils write
the weather conditions on their notebooks.
T asks the pupils to open their books at page 26. T writes the number on the board and hold up
her book. T says the instruction twice as she mime them. T plays the recording. The pupils listen,
point and repeat.
Timing:10 min
Interaction:T-S, S-T, individual work
Activity 3: Practice
Aim: - to identify different types of weather conditions
- to practice vocabulary related to the topic
Procedure: T says the instruction twice as she mimes them.
T: Whats the weather like today? Can you say?
The pupils repeat after T. Then T points to the first picture and says:
T: Its snowing today!
The pupils repeat after T. T repeats with the rest of the pictures. T explains the activity and plays
the recording. The pupils listen to the song and point the weather conditions mentioned. T plays
the recording again. The pupils listen and sing along, joining in with the actions.
T tells to the pupils to read the sentences. The pupils have to look at the pictures in ex 1. T
explains the activity. The pupils have to match the sentences according to what they see in each
picture. Then T invite individual pupils to say what the weather like as well as the number of the
picture and write them on the board and helps them if necessary.
A3, b1, c2, d4, e5.

Timing:15min
Interaction: T-S, S-T

Activity 4: Production
Aim: - practice vocabulary related to the topic in sentences of their own
- to practice writing skills
Procedure: T asks the pupils to write on their notebook their favourite season and What is the
weather like? In that season. After writing the sentences the pupils have to read them to the rest
of the class.
Eg. My favourite season is spring. Its sunny.
Timing: 10 min
Interaction: T-S, S-T

Activity 5: Evaluation
T praise the pupils and grades most active pupils
Timing: 2 min
Interaction: T-S
Homework assignment: 2 min . The pupils have to draw their favourite
season.