English Teaching : Lesson Planning

GRADE: 8th LEVEL: Intermediate, 4th year of study TEXT BOOK: Snapshot - intermediate, Ed.Longman NO. OF STUDENTS: 21 TOPIC : Nepal Trek. LESSON AIMS: - To develop Ss' ability to use language in real life situations - To activate language functions: expressing permission (asking for, giving, refusing) - To develop Ss' listening-comprehension abilities - To revise and practice grammar: Past Tense Simple vs Present Prefect Tense. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson the Ss will be able to: - Use correctly the new words and phrases - Employ correctly the revised grammar topic - Create their own situations and deal with new circumstances in a conversation TIME: 50 min SKILLS INVOLVED : speaking, writing, listening AIDS : textbook, worksheets, class cassette, pictures STAGES: - Activity 1:Warm-up ( 5min) Teacher's activity: T enters the classroom, greets the Ss, asks them how they are, if there are any Ss missing. T remembers the task for the day, ex.5 pg.16 from the textbook and asks Ss to review it quickly to make sure there were no problems with solving it at home. T corrects the mistakes, if any. Students 'activity: Ss greet the T, answer the questions and in turn read the exercise. Class management: whole-class activity Skills: speaking, reading - Activity 2: (5min) Teacher's activity: T hands in worksheets where Ss have to use correctly the Past Tense Simple and Present Prefect Tense by arranging the words in the bubbles. Students'activity:Ss solve the task. Class management:whole-class activity Skills:writing - Activity 3:Answer the questions! ( 5min ) Teacher's activity: T gives Ss cards with questions in the Past Tense Simple or Present Perfect Simple and instructs Ss to put down as many sentences as they can. The group with the most correct sentences wins. T explains that there is a time limit,5 min. Students activity: In groups, Ss put down the sentences. Class management: group-work Skills: writing - Activity 4: Pre-listening: prediction (5 min ) 1

Teacher's activity: T asks Ss questions about the characters in the picture, their location, state of mind etc. and without reading the text asks them to imagine what the story may be about. Students' activity: Ss answer the questions and try to predict the story based on the image. Class management: whole-class activity Skills: speaking, - Activity 5: While listening (7min) Teacher's activity: T makes groups and gives each a card instructing Ss to write down phrases that indicate asking for, giving, refusing permission while listening to the tape together with focusing on the unknown words, if any. T asks Ss to think of a suitable title for the lesson. T plays the tape. Students' activity: Ss pay attention and listen to the tape. In groups, Ss solve their task. Class management: group-work Skills: listening, writing - Activity 6:Post listening (5min) Teacher's activity: T asks Ss questions to check understanding and puts down whatever unknown words Ss may have difficulties comprehending. If necessary, T plays the tape again. T instructs Ss to focus on the phrases concerning permission. T elicits answers concerning the most suitable title. Students' activity: Ss answer T's questions and solve the task. Class management: whole-class activity Skills: speaking, writing - Activity 7: Secondary practice: Make your own conversation! (10min) Teacher's activity: T makes groups and gives each one a picture showing a particular instance and some prompts to illustrate asking for, giving, refusing permission. T instructs Ss to make up suitable conversations using the phrases identified in the previous text.. Students' activity: In groups, Ss solve their task. They correct each others mistakes, if any. Class management: group-work Skills: writing, speaking - Feedback: (5min) Teacher's activity: T gives Ss a worksheet in order to further practice the asking for, giving, refusing permission patterns. Ss have to complete the conversations. Students' activity: Ss write down the sentences and read them aloud. Class management: group-work Skills: writing, reading

- Assigning homework (3min)