Lesson plan

1. Activity 2 Topic: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Level B1
Literary
Goal
Writing a story
Technique Writing a plot, using pictures
Objective
After providing students with some pictures , they would try to complete the story
adding the plot
Segment Time Instructor’s Task
Participants
Learning Tasks
Rationale
Schema
activation
5 min -T will askthe students towrite a
storybasedon pictures.
-Ss will use
pictures to write
-Ss will give more
examples.
This section will
introduce the
students to the
topic before the
story.

2. First Task 10 min - T will ask three key questions to
the students.
-Where does a king do?
-Where does a king live?
-Who takes care of the king?
- T will present some of the most
important aspects of the story for
them to think.
-Ss will share in groups their
opinions about the pictures.
- Students are
going to use the
picture to write the
plot of the story.
- Students can also
provide their
insights about the
story they will
create.
- This class will
let the students
to express
ideas, be
creative and
activate the use
of vocabulary
studied in
advance.
Controlled
written
practice
10 min - T will distribute a handout with
blank spaces to write an
introduction to the story, following a
sequence.
- T will check the possible answers
given by the students
- Ss will share the
possible answers.
-Ss will compare
the answers as
well as discuss
them with the rest
of the class
Ss will check
answers with T.
- This section of
the class will
allow to the
students to
know their
different
opinions and
values,
connected to
the story plot.
Expansion
activity
15 min - T will ask the students to make
pairs, then to find an introduction
- Ss will form a
circle, they will
This section will
allow the
I. Controlled written practice
Give the requested information.
Instructions: After listening to the story narrated by the teacher. Write a paragraph in
the first part of the paper with an introduction for the story. In the second part of the
paper write a paragraph with a possible conclusion for the story.
Handout
Story tittle
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Introduction
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Conclusion
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3. and a conclusion to the part of the
story.
- And rewrite the whole story on a
paper to be shared with the rest at
the end of the class.
 Make pairs then share
your papers.
 Choose the most
convenient introduction
and conclusion for the
story.
 On a separate piece of
paper, write the whole
story.
read their
complete story,
finally they would
choose the most
completed story
according to the
most developed
ideas as most
structured reading.
students to see
the parts of the
reading, check
the sequence of
the events and
the supported
ideas in the
paragraphs.