LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Preda Emilia

Date:18th October 2012
School: Ada Umbra- Ianca
Form: 7th
Level: pre- intermediate
Textbook: Snapshot
Recent work:Past simple, conjunctions so, because, means of transport
Lesson topic: unit 2- Over three hours late
Vocabulary: words related to informal letters
Grammar: past- revision
Type of lesson: teaching new items
Skills: speaking, reading, writing
Objectives:
A)Cognitive:-to use past simple properly, according to grammatical rules;
- to use adequate linkers in order to join events;
- to distinguish a formal letter from an informal one;
- to write informal letters
B) Affective- to create a warm, friendly atmosphere in order to offer the background for easy conversation between teacher and
students;
- to make students confident in themselves when speaking a foreign language;
Interaction:- T-Ss, Ss-T; IW; PW; GW
Teaching techniques: conversation, dialogue, exercises, observation
Methods of teaching: communicative approach
Teaching aids: blackboard, coloured chalk, handouts
A) Bibliographical:
Official- The Curriculum for Secondary Education
Methodical: Textbook
Harmer, Jeremy, The Practical of English Language Teaching, Longman, UK, 1991
Vizental, Adriana, Metodica Predrii Limbii Engleze,Polirom, 2007.

B) Human:the students in the class

Time: 50 minutes
Assumptions:- the students know past tense simple;
- the students remember the linkers first of all, then, etc
 Lesson Teachers Students Sk Te
Stage Activity activity Inter- ills ch- Aids Aims Evaluation
a niques
ction
1 Cheking -T.checks -Ss answer T- Ss speaking Conver- To check
Attendance attendance sation attendance
2 min
2 Warm up T asks the Ss how -Ss answer T-Ss speaking conversa
1 min they are, etc tion
3. Checking T checks their Ss correct the mistakes if T- Ss speaking conversa Note- To check
homework homework and help necessary Ss- T tion books accomplish
4min them correct the ment of
mistakes given
instructions
4 Checking Teacher asks Ss to -Ss do accordingly T- Ss speaking conversa To check if Oral
previous give examples of PW tion they are evaluation
knowledge sentences in the familiar
3 min past tense( S1 gives with Past
an ex. of an TS
affirmative
sentence, S2 asks a
question)
5. Announcing T will tell the Ss Ss listen to the T T- Ss speaking conversa To make Ss
objectives that they will learn tion aware of the
how to write an items they
1 min informal letter; will learn
short dialogue on
letters( T asks Ss if
 they like writing
letters or receiving
letters)
6 Introducing of the T tells Ss to open -Ss write two lists ( formal T-Ss writing Convers Text- To make Ss Verbal
new material their books ( page letters/ informal letters) IW ation books aware of the appreciation
17) and asks Ss to speaking differences
select the items Ss- T note- between
3min specific to formal/ books formal/
informal letters informal
letters

5min T gives Ss handouts Ss do as required; T- Ss reading conversa hand- to ckeck

with informal PW writing tion outs comprehen -systematic
letters ; the sion of an observation
sentences are informal
jumbled ; T letters
explains Ss to structure
arrange them
correctly( in the
logical order)

10 min T gives Ss other Ss read the letter and fill in T- Ss conversa hand- -to ckeck
handouts and with words related to GW tion outs comprehen- - systematic
explains Ss they informal letters; writing sion of an observation
have to fill in the informal
blanks with the letters
appropriate words ; structure
7 Acquiring T divides the class T- Ss writing conver- note- -to ckeck oral
performance into two groups sation books some of the evaluation
. Situation1-( team A)You linkers;
11 min Both have to write are Romanian students, GW
a short informal last year you visited a - to check
letter using the school in London.You dialogue the use of
appropriate made friends there. Write past tense
structures and also to them saying how much simple;
linking words( first, you enjoyed it.
then, before that..). - to check
Situation 2( team B) vocabulary - systematic
You are English related to observation
students.Last year, a group informal
of Romanian students letters;
visited your school,you
made friends then. Write a
reply to their letter.

8. - Ss give a few examples; Ts- Ss speaking conversa - to make -verbal

Feed- back - T asks Ss to give a tion sure all Ss appreciation
few examples of have
6 min structures used in understood
informal letters the new
lesson;
9. Transfer- -T asks Ss to have a Ss write their task; T- Ss speaking conversa -to provide
homework look on the internet Ss- T tion further
4 min in order to find practice
funny informal
letters and to select
the best one.

ANEXE- PAGINA URMTOARE

 WOORKSHEET 1 Grade 7th
Informal letters

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words in order to complete the letter.

343 Flower Street, London

_______________________

_________ Andi,

Thanks for the presents, I love them!

I think you ________on holiday , too. I hope you had a good ________in Romania.
We _________ there last year, it was fantastic!First, we_________Peles Castle, which impressed me so much!
_____________we went to the seaside but the weather was quite bad, so we had to go to a different place. ________ we chose a nice
village in Transylvania, it was so very different from our villages, we really enjoyed it!
We had traditional food which was very tasty! ___________ we visited Bucharest which was very crowded at that time. But , there
were some nice places, too.We ____________dinner in a nice Italian restaurant, I had a delicious pizza there!
Well, that is all for now.
___________________
___________________, Jenny
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 WORKSHEET 2

The sentences in the letter below are all jumbled. Arrange them in the logical order and rewrite the letter.

Write soon, Rebeca

On Friday I ll go shopping. Itll be a short holiday , but Im sure its going to be very nice . The town is great and the people are
very friendly. I know that on Thursday Ill see the best animated film- Pocahontas( I have the tickets). I m having a six day
holiday in London. On Wednesday Ill see some museums. Tomorrow is Monday and Ill see the Changing of Guard at
Buckingham Palace. My holiday will finish on Saturday when Ill kiss my friends good bye and Ill come to Romania. The day
after tomorrow Ill go to the Tower of London.
Dear Jane,
Bye!

Dear Jane,

Im having a six day holiday in London.

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