1. LESSON PLAN
DATE: the 23th
of February 2017
LEVEL: upper secondary
UNIT: Time
THEME: Time and frequency
TEACHER: Cornelia Bădilă
AIMS:
- to practice English ;
- to identify visual and/or musical concepts around us in various contexts ;
- to explain the effects of color and sound on human beings;
- to use ICT to create a song.
OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the activity all students will be able to:
- practice English with vocabulary related to Physics;
- identifying different frequency for sounds and colors;
- create art products using ICT.
TYPE OF LESSON: Communicative;
TYPES OF INTERACTION: teacher – student
student – student
student – teacher
SKILLS: reading
speaking
drawing
listening
TEACHING AIDS: the computer & the Internet
flipchart
worksheets
TIME: 45 minutes.
ORGANIZING THE CLASS: Time: 2’
- the teacher enters the classroom and greets the students;
- the teacher prepares the materials for the class;
PRODUCTION:
ACTIVITY 1: Time in nature Time: 8’
AIM: to identify different perspective of time
PROCEDURE: The teacher present the way in which time is perceived by different creatures. The
students interact with each other to discuss the differences they discovered
INTERACTION: student – student; student – teacher; teacher – student;
RESOURCES: computer, PowerPoint Presentation.
ACTIVITY 2: Making music Time: 10’
AIM: to use Audacity for changing the sound frequency
PROCEDURE: the students are asked to use Audacity in order to modify the frequency of sound.
They obtain the new music doe to the changes they make.
INTERACTION: student – student; student – teacher; teacher – student;
RESOURCES: Audacity
2. ACTIVITY 3: The effects of color on humans. Time: 10’
AIM: to explain the effects of color on humans ;
PROCEDURE : the students present their opinion on how they perceive colors. They resort to their
knowledge of Biology, Psychology and Social Sciences.
INTERACTION: student – student; student – teacher; teacher – student;
RESOURCES: the PowerPoint presentation
ACTIVITY 4: The poetry of time Time: 10’
AIM: to translate poetry
PROCEDURE: the students are given a famous Romanian poem about time. With the help of online
dictionaries they translate the poem in English. The best translation is read in front of the class.
INTERACTION: student – student; student – teacher; teacher – student;
RESOURCES: the Internet
EVALUATION: Time: 3’
PROCEDURE: the students present their work to the others ;
FEED BACK: the teacher evaluates the students’ performance in class, laying emphasis on the
most interesting points of view. Time: 2’