LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: DATE: TIME: SCHOOL: CLASS:

Class profile: 14 year-olds, A2B1

Teaching unit : Module 2: Talent; Hidden Talent

Type of lesson : Skills work

Sources: Challenges 3 Students' Book; Workbook; Teacher's Handbook

Read about talented women; talk about famous women; learn about verbs with prepositions; learn about sentence linkers
Aims and objectives : when and while

Teaching methods : conversation, presentation, reading comprehension, writing, speaking

Class management : whole class, individual work, pair work

Teaching aids, materials
and equipment : students book, CD, workbook; board, chalk, CD player
STAGES

TIMING
Aims and Class organization procedures and activities Interaction Teaching Possible problems
objectives aids and and solutions
materials

1
partIntroductory
Homework check.
Introduce the T-SS WB
topic, elicit ideas Warm-up:
and vocabulary, Exercise 1, 2: Ask Ss to write the names of two or three famous artists, composers, scientists and S-S SB 5 min
arouse interest writers from history. After checking the Ss' lists, they are likely to find that there are very few women T-SS
listed. Ask them to explain briefly why.
Provide key
vocabulary and Exercise 3: Ss read and listen to the review and answer the questions. Check with the whole class. T-SS
Main part

target language
in context
Check reading Exercise 4: Ss read again and choose the correct answer. Allow Ss to compare their answers before T-SS
comprehension checking with the whole class. S-S

Present target Exercise 5: Ss work individually or in pairs, finding the verbs and matching them with the prepositions. T-SS SB To save time for the
language Emphasize that these verb-prepositions combinations should be learnt together. S-S CD speaking activity, Ex's
CD player 6 & 7 can be done 30
orally in class, and Ss min
Practice target Exercise 6: Ss complete the text with the correct form of the verbs from Ex 5. emphasize that Ss must T-SS board can write the answers
language be careful with the form of the verbs. Check answers by asking individual Ss to read aloud complete at home.
sentences.

Present target Exercise 7: Ss try to choose the correct prepositions. Encourage self-check by referring Ss to the Word T-SS
language Bank.

Present target Exercise 8: Help Ss see the patterns. T-SS

language
Practice target
language Exercise 9: Set this exercise for homework. T-SS
partFinal

Ending the lesson:

SB 10
Fact or Fiction? (usual procedure) WB min

Use target Exercise 10: Read through the questions with the class. Elicit answers. Don't interrupt Ss' fluency. Help T-SS
language with any vocabulary if necessary. S-S

Exercise 11: Ask Ss to read the questions and suggested reasons. Have a brief class discussion.

Homework: Exercise 9