LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: Hojda Emanuela

SCHOOL: Liceul Teoretic Sfintii Kiril si MetodiiDudestii Vechi
DATE: 24.04.2017
GRADE: III
LEVEL: Beginners
TYPE OF LESSON: Grammar/present continuous (affirmative)
TEXTBOOK: Fairyland 3B
LESSON: 9a My new clothes!
TIME: 50 minutes
AIMS: to talk about clothes, to describe actions happening now
VOCABULARY: dress, trousers, shirt, skirt, T-shirt, shoes, pick flowers
LANGUAGE IN USE: Your T-shirts nice. What are you doing? Were picking flowers, Were playing football, Im wearing my new trousers,
Whats the problem?
Objectives: O1: to activate the vocabulary of the new lesson
O2: to listen and repeat
O3: to use present continuous
O4: to develop the pupils listening and writing skills
O5: activities to develop pupils reading and writing skills
 Means of Types of
Lesson stages Objectives Activities Techniques Time
instruction interaction

Warm up Greet the pupils as they arrive. Discussion Frontal 5

(Activities to revise the language of
Unit 8c.) Ask the pupils to tell you two
things they can do and two they cannot
do. e.g.
Pupil 1: I can play the piano and I
can do karate.
I cant sing and I cant swim. etc

Play the song from Unit 8c,

encouraging the pupils to sing along.

Lead-in O1 Pupils books closed. Put the My Discussion Textbook Frontal 5

clothes! poster on the board. Point to Listening Laptop Individual
the clothing items (dress, trousers,
shirt, skirt, T-shirt, shoes), one at a
time, and say the corresponding
word(s). The pupils listen and repeat,
chorally and individually. Point to the
clothing items, etc in random order.
Individual pupils say the clothing
items. Ask the rest of the class for
verification. Pupils books open. Write
a big 20 on the board and ask the pupils
to open their books at page twenty.
Read the title of the unit and have the
 pupils repeat after you. Play the
recording. The pupils listen and repeat,
chorally and individually. Check their
pronunciation and intonation.
Activity 1 O1 Explain/Elicit the meaning of the Reading Textbook Frontal 5
O3 phrase My new clothes! Read the listening Individual
instructions. Go through the pictures of
the dialogue and set the scene by
asking questions. e.g.
Teacher: Are Emma and Mona
picking flowers? (pointing to picture 2)
Pupils: Yes, they are.
Teacher: Are the boys playing
football? (pointing to picture 3)
Pupils: Yes, they are.
Teacher: Are the boys dirty? (pointing
at picture 6)
Pupils: Yes, they are. etc
Write on the board: What are Emma
and Mona doing? Theyre ....... .
Ask the pupils to listen to the dialogue
and answer the question. Play the
recording. Answer: picking flowers
Activity 2 O2 Read the instructions and explain the Listening Textbook Frontal 5
task. Refer the pupils to the dialogue Laptop Individual
and allow them time to read it and find
the answers. Ask individual pupils to
answer. Ask the rest of the class for
verification. 1 a 2 a 3 a
Play the recording again with pauses
for the pupils to listen and repeat
chorally. Check the pupils
 pronunciation and intonation.
Then, the pupils take roles and read out
the dialogue. Hold up your book to the
class. Read out the dialogue and point
to the pictures in turn. Repeat this time
inviting the pupils to answer your
questions. e.g.
Teacher: Hey! Emma! Mona! What
are you doing?
Class: Were picking flowers.

Activity 3 O4 Pupils books closed. Mime, say then Listening Textbook Frontal 5
write: I am singing. Underline the Writing Notebooks Individual
phrase and explain that this tense is the Laptop
present continuous. Then, say how it is
formed (subject personal pronoun + be
+ verb + -ing). Point out that this tense
is used to talk about actions happening
now, at the moment of speaking. Write
under the sentence: Im singing.
Underline the phrase and explain that
this is the short form of the tense. Drill
your pupils. e.g.
Teacher: Im writing.
Pupil 1: Im listening.
Pupil 2: Im sitting. etc
Follow the same procedure to present
all the other persons of the affirmative.
Drill your pupils. e.g.
Teacher: I/read
Pupil 1: Im reading.
Teacher: George/sing
 Pupil 1: George is singing. etc
Suggested verbs to be used:colour,
jump, play, read, walk, write, sing,
drive, run, dance.
Pupils books open. Ask the pupils to
read the sentences in the grammar box.
Read the instructions and explain the
task. Allow the pupils some time to
complete the task in their notebooks.
Refer the pupils to the picture and ask
the pupils to tell you what the people in
the picture are doing. Check their
answers. 2 Hes 3Its 4Theyre
5 Shes
Activity 4 O5 Read the instructions and explain the Reading Textbook Frontal 5
task. Refer the pupils to the pictures Writing Notebooks Individual
and ask them to describe what each listening Laptop
child is wearing. Explain to the pupils
that they have to match the names (1-4)
to the children (A-D) according to the
clothes description they are going to
hear. Play the recording twice if
necessary. The pupils listen and
complete the task in their notebooks.
Check their answers.
1 C 2 B 3 A 4 D
TAPESCRIPT Its Prize Day today.
Look at Bill. Bill is wearing his new
blue trousers and white shirt. Bill looks
nice today.
Can you see Nick? Nick is wearing his
new red T-shirt and black trousers.
 And look at Kim. Kim is wearing her
new pink skirt and purple T-shirt. Kim
looks lovely!
Can you see May? May is wearing her
new green dress!

Activity 5 O5 The pupils say what the children are Writing Textbooks Frontal 15
wearing while using their names. e.g. Notebooks Individual
Pupil 1: May is wearing a green dress.
etc
Lets play! Point to the picture and read
the title, Alvins new clothes! Explain
the activity. The pupils work in pairs.
One pupil thinks of and describes what
Alvin is wearing. The other writes
down the colours of the corresponding
items of clothing. Then they swap roles
and resume the activity.
e.g. Pupil 1: Alvin is wearing a red
hat. Hes wearing a blue shirt. Hes
wearing green trousers and black
shoes.
Giving homework Ask the pupils to say and mime an Discussion Cards Frontal 5
and assessment activity. e.g. Individual
Pupil 1: (pretending to dance) Im
dancing!
Pupil 2: (pretending to write) Im
writing. etc
Note: For the next lesson, the pupils
should know the new words as well as
an exchange of their/your choice from
the dialogue (Ex.1)