LESSON PLAN

Student Teacher Rya Sinem PKALI

School & Class Dream College 11th Class
Instructor Muazzez Yavuz KIRIK
Date / Hour 05.12.2016
Estimated Time of Lesson 45
Number of Students 20
Language Level of Class B2 (Vantage) (The capacity to achieve most goals and express oneself on a range of topics.
Example: CAN show visitors around and give a detailed description of a place.)
Overall Objectives At the end of the term, Ss will be able to reconstruct a story in
of Lesson grammatically and textually coherent way.

Behavioral By the end of the class Ss will be able to write a story about a topic using
Objectives of Lesson suitable word phrases eg. Once upon a time, after everything had happened
etc. and practice that quality is more important than quantity when it
comes to writing.
Teaching Point The subject matter of the lesson is A Christmas Carol.

Time Table Fit In previous lesson, Ss watched the film a Christmas Carol and discussed
it. In the following lesson, Ss will develop a new story using the same
characters.
Assumption The task is not challenging because task difficulty is suitable to ss current
level. Ss will find the content interesting as they like stories. Some of the
ss may not be confident.
Problem Ss may be afraid of making mistakes while writing.
Some ss may finish quickly.

Solution I will walk around the class so that they will feel obliged to write. I will
give positive feedback to motivate them.
I will give instructions again if they need by exemplifying.
I will give worksheet to the ss who finish first.
Class Profile Teenage students ages between 17-18.
EFL learners in a high school in Turkey.
Students are eager to write their ideas.
Materials / Aids Worksheets, pictures, table

Techniques Used Scanning, writing

 INTERACTION PROCEDURE AIM(S)
TIMING
Motivation / Warm up

T comes to class and greets ss. By creating stress free

3-4 min T asks ss again whether they liked the film or atmosphere, ss are
not. Then, ss are asked what they would like to motivated to speak
change in the next year. about what they would
T gives the summary of the story to the ss. Ss like to happen so that ss
scan it to refresh their knowledge about story are prepared to the
and movie. activity.
Pre-writing

T elicits ss whether they are motivated and Introducing the topic,

10 min understand the aim and concept of the activity. the aim is to get ss to
Ss is given a table related to the story and fill familiarize with the
them to refresh their knowledge about it. activity. T ensures that if
If some ss finish quickly, a worksheet about ss understand the
narrative tenses will be given. concept.
While writing

T gives clear instructions about what to do. Ensuring ss understood

20-25 min Ss start to develop and write their stories on the the instructions, the aim
pages given to them. They are free of is to give ss opportunity
everything. It needs to be just one page. They to be creative, t let ss
use the same characters creating a new story internalize the topic and
with a different ending. They add phrases to practice. T walks around
make the story flow smoothly (conjunctions, the ss without
cohesion markers etc.). The aim is to be as interrupting and
interesting as possible for the reader. correcting.
Post-writing

Ss revise their written pages based on peer Giving peer feedback, t

10 min feedback. Ss edit each others papers. (grammar, does not interrupt.
spelling and cohesion mistakes)
After the class, t reads all the stories and
chooses the best one which is both suitable for
Christmas and have moral lesson in the end.
Then, t hangs it to the public space in the school.
Movie

http://kisscartoon.me/Cartoon/A-Christmas-Carol/Movie?id=3589

Previous Lessons Discussion Topics

What are the moral lessons learned in this story?

How does Scrooge change from the beginning of the story to the end?

Do you know any people around you who are selfish and then regret?
A Christmas Carol

A mean-spirited, miserly old man named Ebenezer Scrooge sits in his counting-house on a Christmas

Eve. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, shivers in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to spend money on

heating coals for a fire. Scrooge's nephew, Fred, pays his uncle a visit and invites him to his annual

Christmas party. Two gentlemen also drop by and ask Scrooge for a contribution to their charity.

Scrooge reacts to the holiday visitors with bitterness and venom, spitting out an angry "Bah!

Humbug!" in response to his nephew's "Merry Christmas!"

Later that evening, after returning to his dark, cold apartment, Scrooge receives a chilling visitation

from the ghost of his dead partner, Jacob Marley. Marley, looking haggard and pallid, relates his

unfortunate story. As punishment for his greedy and self-serving life his spirit has been condemned to

wander the Earth weighted down with heavy chains. Marley hopes to save Scrooge from sharing the

same fate. Marley informs Scrooge that three spirits will visit him during each of the next three nights.

After the wraith disappears, Scrooge collapses into a deep sleep.

He wakes moments before the arrival of the Ghost of Christmas Past, a strange childlike phantom with

a brightly glowing head. The spirit escorts Scrooge on a journey into the past to previous Christmases

from the earlier years. Invisible to those he watches, Scrooge revisits his childhood school days, his

apprenticeship with a jolly merchant named Fezziwig, and his engagement to Belle, a woman who

leaves Scrooge because his lust for money eclipses his ability to love another. Scrooge, deeply moved,

sheds tears of regret before the phantom returns him to his bed.

The Ghost of Christmas Present, a majestic giant clad in a green fur robe, takes Scrooge through

London to unveil Christmas as it will happen that year. Scrooge watches the large, bustling Cratchit

family prepare a miniature feast in its meager home. He discovers Bob Cratchit's crippled son, Tiny

Tim, a courageous boy whose kindness and humility warms Scrooge's heart. The specter then zips

Scrooge to his nephew's to witness the Christmas party. Scrooge finds the jovial gathering delightful

and pleads with the spirit to stay until the very end of the festivities. As the day passes, the spirit ages,

becoming noticeably older. Toward the end of the day, he shows Scrooge two starved children,
Ignorance and Want, living under his coat. He vanishes instantly as Scrooge notices a dark, hooded

figure coming toward him.

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come leads Scrooge through a sequence of mysterious scenes relating

to an unnamed man's recent death. Scrooge sees businessmen discussing the dead man's riches, some

vagabonds trading his personal effects for cash, and a poor couple expressing relief at the death of

their unforgiving creditor. Scrooge, anxious to learn the lesson of his latest visitor, begs to know the

name of the dead man. After pleading with the ghost, Scrooge finds himself in a churchyard, the spirit

pointing to a grave. Scrooge looks at the headstone and is shocked to read his own name. He

desperately implores the spirit to alter his fate, promising to renounce his insensitive ways and to

honor Christmas with all his heart. Whoosh! He suddenly finds himself safely tucked in his bed.

Overwhelmed with joy by the chance to redeem himself and grateful that he has been returned to

Christmas Day, Scrooge rushes out onto the street hoping to share his newfound Christmas spirit. He

sends a giant Christmas turkey to the Cratchit house and attends Fred's party, to the stifled surprise of

the other guests. As the years go by, he holds true to his promise and honors Christmas with all his

heart: he treats Tiny Tim as if he were his own child, provides extravagant gifts for the poor, and treats

his fellow human beings with kindness, generosity, and warmth.

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/christmascarol/summary.html
Pre-writing

The characters What are the personality adjectives that What do you know about them?
come to your mind? (positive and
negative)
Mr. Fezziwig

Mrs. Fezziwig

Ebenezer Scrooge

Mr. Cratchit

Tiny Tim
Order the jungle text correctly.

A young boy passes with his sled and Scrooge

calls to him, Whats today my fine fellow?
Scrooge sees Belle Fezziwig during the spirited
dance, and sees his young, handsome self as her
partner.

Now the ghost brings Scrooge to the home of his

nephew, Fred, where he and his wife Millie host
a festive holiday party

Fred enters with a lively Merry Christmas,

Uncle, and his greeting is returned by Scrooge
with a dismissive Bah! Humbug!

Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all,

and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did not
die, he was a second father.

Marley advises that Scrooge has a chance and

hope of escaping a similar fate
Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge falls onto the
tombstone and weeps.

While writing

Some questions that will help while developing the story,

Who was there?

Where did the story take place?
What was the funniest/saddest event happened?
Once upon a time, on a wintry Christmas Eve in London, England, Londoners were full of excitement
and were preparing for Christmas Holiday
 CHECKLIST
1: Good

2: Average

3: Bad

1 2 3
I can use the grammar
correctly.

I can use conjunctions

and phrases correctly.

I can start and develop

a story.

I can write fairly long

and easy-to-understand
stories.

I can check my writing

and correct my own
mistakes when they
lead to
misunderstandings.