This lesson plan summarizes a lesson for a 3rd year secondary level class in Argentina. The lesson aims to teach students about cities and towns through vocabulary, grammar structures (comparatives and superlatives), and communicative activities using a map. The 80 minute lesson involves 4 tasks: 1) completing a chart with information about cities, 2) writing superlative sentences, 3) asking questions about city information cards, and 4) locating cities on a map and comparing them using adjectives. The plan demonstrates good organization, sequencing of activities, inclusion of a variety of resources and learning styles, and implementation of teaching strategies to check understanding.

1. I.F.D.C. LENGUAS VIVAS
TALLER DE PRÁCTICA DOCENTE
ALUMNO RESIDENTE: Nadia Aguirrezabala
Período de Práctica: nivel secundario
Institución Educativa: C.E.T. Nº 26
Dirección: ruta 23
Sala / Grado / Año - sección: 3er año
Cantidad de alumnos: 30
Nivel lingüístico del curso: principiantes
Tipo de Planificación: semanal (dos por semana)
Unidad Temática: cities and towns
Clase Nº: 4
Fecha: 26/10/17
Hora: 10:10
Duración de la clase: 80 minutos
Fecha de entrega: 24/10/17
· Aimsor goals:
Duringthislesson,learnerswill be able toidentifythe specificvocabularyin
communicative contexts
To recognize simplegrammarstructures
To use vocabularyand grammarstructuresto solve problemsin interactive situations.
To produce oral andwrittentextsaccordingtotheirlevel
Teachingpoints: - language focus:
Functions Lexis Structures Pronunciation
REVISION To talk abouta
cell phones.
Irregular
adjectives-
good- bad-
Better- worse
The best- the
worse
Vocabulary
Objectsandpeople fromthe
dailylife of students
Comparativesand
superlativesforshortand
longadjectives
More
Long vowel /ɔː/
Most
Dipththong/əʊ/
Est endings
Er endings
Schwa/ə/
NEW Irregular
adjective:far
Vocabulary:
Nouns:
city/town/population/area
Adjectives
wet/cold/hot/pretty/small/qui

2. et/clean
 Teachingapproach:communicative approach
 Materialsandresources: maps,blackboard,posters,copies,papers.
 Assessment:whatwill be assessedandhow:identificationof new itemsandunderstanding
newvocabulary.Itwill be assessedbythe observationof the developmentof a
combinationof individualandgroupactivitiesinwhichstudentsmaypayattentionfirst and
thencomplete the task.The activitiesincludethe use of new grammarstructuresand
specificvocabulary.
 Purpose:
 to activate students`priorknowledge aboutthe cell phonesandtheirfriendship
environmentandrelatedvocabularyandconcepts.
 to introduce the newvocabularyandtoreinforce the use of comparativesand
superlatives.
 Teachingstrategies:
 Description:todescribe howthe grammarstructure worksand the meaningof the
newwords.Purpose:toreinforce the usesof comparativesand superlativesincontext
 Explanation:toexplainthe differentwaysof usingcomparativesandsuperlatives.
 Demonstration:todemonstrate whenandhow touse the grammar structure
presented
 Exemplification:totake examplesfromthe contextwe are workingon.
 Strategiestocheckunderstandingof instructions:Iwill control the activitiesbywalking
aroundthe classroomandaskingstudentsif theyneedhelporanextraexplanation.I
alsowill correctall the activitiestoknow if theyunderstandthe tasks.
 Strategiestochecknewlanguage comprehension:aftereachactivitystudentswill read
whattheyhave done.Once each st finishesreadingmistakeswillbe corrected
 Interactionpatterns:
 teacher-student/Student-teacher/
 Skills:
Listening/reading
Writing/speaking
 Seatingarrangement studentswillbe sittingindividuallyorinpairsas it isthe school
arrangement,anywaytheycaninteractwiththeirclassmates.

3. Warm up: (5 minutes)
I will write twowordsonthe board:
BARILOCHE
JACOBACCI
and ask studentswhattheyare.Theymayanswer“cities”,“places”,“town”andI wouldwrite
Citynextto Bariloche andTownnextto Jacobacci.
Then,I wouldaskthemwhichof themis bigger,prettier,andcolder?
I will write the sentencestheysayonthe board
For example,Bariloche isbiggerthanJacobacci
Transition:
Well nowwe are goingtowork witha map. Do you know whata mapis?. Let`s start.
Task 1: (15 minutes)
I will give tostudentsamap of Rio Negroandthey have to write some of the namesof cities
and towns. Iwill take a bigmap to explain the task.
Jacobacci,Bariloche,Comallo,Losmenucos,Maquinchao,Pilcaniyeu. Theseare the ones
aroundour town.

4. Thentheyare going to workinpairs or small groupsandto lookfor informationontheir
mobile phones tocompletethe followingchart.
Los menucos Pilcaniyeu Bariloche Jacobacci
area 80 km
Population 6000
climate Dry
tourism 10 %
The firstone isan example,Iwould suggestsome siteswheretheycanfindthe rest of the
informationneeded.
Transition:
Verywell.Nowit`stime to write,we are goingto practise superlative sentences,are you
ready?let`sgo
Task 2: (20 minutes)
Studentsare goingto workindividuallyto checkunderstanding.
Theyhave to write superlative sentences usingthe followingadjectives
Big
Far
small
quiet
clean
bad
good
For example:
Pilcaniyeuhas the smallestpopulation.

5. Once theyfinish,eachof themisgoingto reada sentence aloudand thenIwouldexplainthe
irregularityof farand make themrememberabout“badandgood”.
Transition:
You didit great!NowI wantto ask you if youknow the placesI`m goingto show you.Let`s see
them.
Task 3: (15 minutes)
Studentsare goingto workinpairs.I will give toeachpair 2 cards withinformation.Bothwill
have different information.
StudentA
General Roca El Bolson
population 81.534 Population
area 490 km2 Area
climate Wet/hot Climate
vegetation Altovalle Vegetation
Tourism 30% tourism
StudentB
El Bolson General Roca
population 23.000 Population
area 300 km2 Area
climate Wet/cold Climate
vegetation forest Vegetation
Tourism 80% tourism
Studentshave tomake questiontotheirclassmatestogetthe missing information.
How manyinhabitantsare there inyourcity?
……………………………………………………………………..
How longisthe area?
…………………………………………………………………………
howis the climate?
……………………………………………………………………….
What isthe vegetation like?
………………………………………………………………………..
Is ita touristiccity?

6. …………………………………………………………………………
transition:
Nice!Do yourememberthismap?Well,we will gobackto workon it,so have it at hand.
task 4: (20 minutes)
Once theyfinish theyhave tolocate the citiesonthe map we had completedpreviouslyandto
write the informationaboutthe citieswe have beenworkingsofar. Theyhave to draw figures
that describe the population,vegetationandclimate.Forexample,inthe place of El Bolson,
theyhave to draw a lotof small trees,cloudsandrain. Iwill explain usingmyposterof the
map.
Once theyfinishtheyhave towrite sentencescomparingthe lasttwocitiesusingthe following
adjectives:
for example:
Roca has a bigger population than ElBolson.
big
small
cold
hot
wet

7. Lesson plan
component
Excellent
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Very Good
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Good
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Acceptable
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Standard
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Visual
organization
x
Coherence and
sequencing
x
Variety of
resources –
Learning styles
x
Stages and
activities
x
Teaching
strategies
x
Language
accuracy
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Observations Good,Nadia!Have a lookat the comments,pls. Make sure you keeptheirinterest
high.
Have a nice lesson!
Aure