1. 1
LESSON PLAN
DATE: 15.04.2016
SCHOOL: Scoala Gimnaziala Valea Mare
TEACHER: Nica Elena-Ramona
GRADE: 4th
TEXTBOOK: Firm Steps
UNIT: Unit 6 – About animals
LESSON TITLE: Wild animals
TYPE OF LESSON: Vocabulary teaching
SKILLS: reading, speaking, listening, writing
TIME: 50’
TEACHING AIMS:
to create a communicative and interactive environment;
to introduce new vocabulary;
to develop productive and reproductive skills: speaking, writing, listening, reading;
to talk orally and in writing about wild animals living’
to make a short description of a favourite animal.
TEACHING TECHIQUES:
Conversation
2. 2
Elicitation
Explanation
Questioning
TEACHING AIDS: Students’ books, blackboard, notebooks, worksheets, pictures with animals.
STAGES OF THE LESSON PROCEDURE
STAGE TEACHER’S
ACTIVITY
STUDENTS’
ACTIVITY
INTERACTION SKILLS TEACHING
TECHNIQUES
AIDS PURPOSE
WARM-up
2’
- T greets the
students and
asks them the
question:
“What’s the
weather like
today?” Then
T asks if
anyone is
absent.
- Ss greet the
teacher back;
- Ss answer
the teacher’s
question: “It’s
sunny”, “It’s
windy”,
depending on
the weather
outside.
T – Ss
Ss - T
Speaking
Listening
Conversation - to create an
enjoyable and
warm
atmosphere
3. 3
Homework
check-up
8’
- T checks the
homework
randomly,
allowing them
to self-correct
if necessary.
- Ss read their
homework
and listen to
their teacher
carefully.
T – Ss
Ss- T
Speaking
Reading
Listening
Conversation Students’
notebooks
- to check
previous
knowledge
Lead-in
5 ‘
- T presents
Ss the topic of
the new
lesson, raising
the Ss’
curiosity.
- Ss write
down the title
of the new
lesson:” Wild
animals”
T – Ss
Ss- T
Listening
Writing
Conversation Students’
books
Students’
notebooks
- to introduce
the new lesson
Activity 1
10 ‘
- T draws a
word-web on
the
blackboard on
the topic
“wild
animals” and
asks the Ss to
- Ss answer
T’s question
and tell what
wild animals
they know:
lion, tiger,
giraffe, etc.
- Ss go to the
T – Ss
Ss- T
Listening
Speaking
Writing
Conversation
blackboard
Ss’
notebooks
- to know how
to organize
new
vocabulary;
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say what wild
animals they
have known
so far and tells
them to write
these animals
in the word-
web.
blackboard
and write
these animals
on it, making
thus a
complex word
web about
wild animals.
- to learn
animals in
English
Activity 2
13’
- T shows Ss
some
flashcards
with wild
animals and
asks them to
repeat what
animal is in
each picture.
- T asks Ss to
write a short
description of
- Ss repeat the
animals after
their T and try
to memorize
them.
- Ss write the
description of
their favourite
wild animal
and read it
aloud to the
class.
T – Ss
Ss- T
Individually
Listening
Writing
Reading
Speaking
Conversation
Explanation
Flashcards
Ss’
notebooks
drawings
- to be able to
talk orally and
in writing
about animals
5. 5
their favourite
wild animal
(on the back
of each
student’s
animal
drawing).
Activity 3
10’
- T asks Ss to
open their
books on page
56 and do ex.
2, where they
will have to
find five
mistakes in
Nelly’s
composition
about foxes
(they will
work in pairs).
- Ss read the
fact file and
Nelly’s
composition
about foxes
and try the
find the five
mistakes.
T – SS
Ss- Ss
PW
Ss - T
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Conversation
Elicitation
Ss’ books
Ss’
notebooks
- to understand
a given text
and find some
hidden
mistakes;
- to practice
reading
comprehension
6. 6
- T names Ss
randomly to
read the
composition
and tell the
mistakes
aloud.
Homework
assignment
2’
- T assigns the
homework:
ex.4, page 57.
- Ss make
notes
T – Ss Listening
Writing
Conversation
Ss’
notebooks
- to
consolidate the
acquired
knowledge
