This lesson plan summarizes an English class for 3rd year secondary students focusing on inspiring people. The plan has the following goals: develop speaking, writing, and listening skills; gain new vocabulary related to inspiring people. A variety of activities are outlined, including describing pictures, completing sentences with new vocabulary, listening to an astronaut discuss his hero, and having students share who inspires them. The plan receives high marks for its visual organization, coherence, inclusion of different resources and learning styles, clear staging of activities, communicative teaching strategies, and accurate language use.

1. TALLER DE PRÁCTICA DOCENTE
Tutora: Aurelia Velázquez
ALUMNO RESIDENTE: Ana Clara Mauro
Período de Práctica: Nivel Secundario
Institucion Educativa: Colegio Siglo XXI
Dirección: Betina Pizzuto
Sala / Grado / Año - sección: 3er año
Cantidad de alumnos: 14 alumnos
Nivel lingüístico del curso: Elementary
Tipo de Planificación: Clase
Unidad Temática: Inspiring People
Clase Nº: 6
Fecha: 29/11/2018
Hora: 8am a 9.20
Duración de la clase: 1h 20m
Fecha de primera entrega: 26/11/2018

2. TEACHING POINTS: THIS CLASS STUDENTS WILL REVISIT THE USE OF PERSONAL
PRONOUNS AS WELL AS PRONOUNS TO DESCRIBE AND TALK ABOUT PEOPLE
THAT THEY CONSIDER INSPIRING.
AIMS
● TO DEVELOP SPEAKING AND WRITING SKILLS
● TO DEVELOP LISTENING SKILLS
● TO GAIN NEW VOCABULARY RELATED TO INSPIRING PEOPLE
LANGUAGE FOCUS
LEXIS FUNCTIO
N
STRUCTURE PRONUNCIATI
ON
REVISIÓ
N
SHE - HE -
THEY - MY -
TO EXPLAIN
AND DESCRIBE
INSPIRING
PEOPLE
SHE IS INSPIRING
BECAUSE …
THEY
SUPPORTED ME
TO BECOME..
HE CHANGED
MY PARENTS
INSPIRE….
NEW Changed -
gave -
inspired -
showed -
supported -
was
TO EXPLAIN
AND TALK
REASONS WHY
SOMEONE IS
INSPIRING.
THEY CHANGED
MY LIFE
HE INSPIRED ME
SHE SUPPORTED
● Teaching approach: In this case the approach is communicative and task-
based. This approach seems to be the most suitable for the class as students
will be giving their opinions as well as developing task to check
comprehension of new topics.
● Materials: printed images, ss book, audio cd, and stereo.
● Use of Ict
● Seating arrangements: Students will sit in groups of 3. As I mentioned
before the class is developed in the lunchen room, therefore the tables are
long and they are very likely to seat in one full table. It seems to be the best to
divide them in 2 tables of 6 students each

3. ● Assessment : As usual I will introduce the topic promoting communication
with the students and I will follow every activity by explaining and revising the
task together before they develop it and I will monitor their progress and
provide them with my help if need it
Routine:(5’)
As I enter the class, I greet my students and remind them that this is my last class
with them.
Warm-up:(10’)
I write on the board with big letters and colours the phrase “Inspiring people” then I
paste around the phrase the pictures below.
Inspiring People
Mother Teresa
Martin Luther King
Melipal Firemen

4. Then I will ask students: do you know the people in the images? For example Martin
Luther King fought for black people´s civil rights in the USA.
Mother Teresa helped orphans, sick people and people that lived in the street in
India
Melipal Firemen: They volunteer their time to help people (on fires, accidents, etc)
All these people are Inspiring or Heroes, because they fought and gave time of their
lives to help others. Can you think of other inspiring people? Who?
After I ask students this question I will let them know that anyone of their choice can
be Inspiring, perhaps their parents, or a friend, anyone they admire.
Transition: (5’’)
Let’s take a look at the image in the ss book on page 61:
What do you see? There are children with an adult and books on the table. What are
they doing? What’s on the table? Are there books? (There is a teacher at a low
resources school in Kenya, Africa)
Can we describe the picture? For example: The colours are bright and there is a
lamp on the table. The texture of the image is smooth and the contrast is sharp.
Anything else you would like to add?
Once we predict and imagine what’s going on in the picture I will invite one student
to read the box at the bottom left of the image to see if our predictions were right or
not!

5. Presentation: (10’)
Now, let's change to page 62. Take a look at the words in the box and look AT the
examples.
In this case I will make sure that students understand the meaning of the new words
and I will provide them with examples to infer meaning through context. Before they
complete the sentences we will read them together to make sure that they all
understand the general meaning.
Changed - gave - inspired - showed - supported - was
Martin L King changed the lives of Afro-American people because he gave them the
right to vote.
Mother Teresa inspired people to help others.
Martin L King showed African Americans that it was possible to fight for their rights.
Firemen are supported by their family and community to rescue people.
My father was a very good role model for me. He taught me everything I know.
Development:(15’)
Activity 1 (5’)
Complete the sentences from the book with words above. Then listen and check
your answers:

6. activity 2 (10’)
Change the sentences from exercise 1 and make true sentences about yourself.
For example:
When I met my boyfriend Jeff, he completely changed my life!
Transition (5’)
Now we are going to listen to a NASA astronaut ( I’ll write the word NASA on the
board and ask students if they all know what NASA is)
His name is Franklin Chang Diaz and he is going to talk about his number 1 hero/
the person the inspired him to become an astronaut.
For example for me, My number 1 hero is my grandmother. She taught me to
always smile and be strong no matter what. She was a very giving and loving
person.

7. Activity 3 - Listening (5’)
who does he describe as his hero?
a) his science teacher b) a famous astronaut c) his father
Activity 4 - Listening t or F(10’)
Students have to complete with true or false as they listen to the audio. Before we
start with this exercise we will check the comprehension of each sentence.
Activity 5 (10’)
In this activity students will write a short description of the person that inspires them,
following this questions
who inspires you? Is it someone you know? Is it a celebrity?
Why does this person inspire you? Did the person give you any strong
recommendation?
Example:
The person that inspires me is my grandfather. He is not a celebrity or famous. He
inspires me because he taught me important lessons for life. He told me to be strong
and to try to be happy.
Closure:(5’)
I invite students to share with the rest of the class to speak and tell us about the
people that inspires them and why.

8. Lesson plan
component
Excellent
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Very Good
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Good
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Acceptable
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Below 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 X
Observations Minimumscore:18 / 30
Score:_24_ /30
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