This lesson plan focuses on teaching British and American slang terms through various activities. Students will learn new slang words, practice them in sample dialogues, read a text about how young Brits speak slang, and listen to a song by Lil Dicky to identify slang terms. They will also have the opportunity to compose their own dialogues using slang words and discuss agreeing or disagreeing in speech if time allows. The 50-minute lesson involves warm-up discussion, presentations, readings, exercises and a listening activity to engage students in actively learning and using slang terminology.

1. Lesson plan
Slang
Date: May 16, 2019
Time – 50 min
Level – B2
Objectives:
• To learn some British and American slang terms and practice them in sample
dialogues;
• To read a text “Slang: How do young Brits speak?” and discuss its main idea;
• To practice listening for gist to Lil Dicky’s song “EARTH”
• To compose own dialogues with slang words
• To practice the language of agreeing/disagreeing in speech (if time is left)
Course of the lesson
Stage Objective Teacher’s activity Student’s
activity
Resources Timi
ng
Warm
up
To tune
into
English
Ask about student’s
day/plans
Share 1-2
min
Lead in To
activate
students
backgrou
nd
knowledg
e and lead
smoothly
into the
topic
Discuss the questions:
1. Do you have/
use slang words
and expressions
in your
language?
2. How difficult is
it to use slang
in a foreign
language?
3. Do you need to
use slang to
communicate
with non-native
speakers?
4. When should
you not use
slang?
Shares
ideas and
opinion
Questions in the
chat box
2-3
min

2. 5. If you want to
find the
meaning of a
new word what
do you do?
Listen actively to
what the students
says
Presentation
To outline
the way
the lesson
will run
Present the topic and
the objectives of the
lesson
Listens to
the teacher
Power point
https://www.slid
eshare.net/Otta
may/slang-in-
english-
146032859
1
min
Discussion
To
activate
backgrou
nd
knowledg
e, to
check
how much
the
students
knows
about the
topic
Ask the students to
remember some slang
words and note them
down, point students
attention where from
these words come and
where it is
appropriate to use
them – internet,
movies, songs, daily
speech between close
friends, informal
situations
Lists slang
words
2-3
min
Pre-
reading
task
To read a
text
“Slang:
How do
young
Brits
speak?”
and
discuss
its main
idea;
Ask the students to
express his/her
opinion whether slang
is – good - bad -
neither good nor bad?
Expresses
opinion
Power point –
slide 6
2
min
Reading Read the text
Slang: How do young
Brits speak? very
quickly to answer this
question: slang is –
good - bad -neither
good nor bad?
Scans the
text to find
the author’s
opinion
Power point –
slide 7
3
min
Post-
reading
TRUE or
FALSE
To
understa
nd the
details of
the text
Share the text with
the student and ask to
mark the statements
as true or false
Does the
exercise,
checks the
answers and
self-
Online exercise
-
https://learning
apps.org/watch?
v=pg48f2dwa19
5-6
min

3. evaluates –
explains
why the
false
statements
Post-
reading
Fill in
the gaps
To learn
some
British
and
American
slang
terms and
practice
them in
sample
dialogues
Share the link and
ask the students to fill
in the gaps with the
slang words from the
article
Go back to the slide
where the slang words
are listed and add
what words were new
for you
Make up your own
mini-dialogue with at
least 6 slang words
Fills in the
gaps, checks
the answers
on the
platform
Adds words
that were
new
Makes up a
sample
dialogue
Online exercise
-
https://learning
apps.org/watch?
v=p34kkydu319
10
min
Pre-
watching
Introduce the singer
and the song title -
Earth by Lil Dicky –
discuss what his
pseudonym means
and what the song
might be about?
Shares
ideas
2-3
min
Listening
To
practice
listening
for gist to
Lil
Dicky’s
song
“EARTH”
Listen to the song and
tell what is the
message of the video
Listen to the song
again and note down
all the slang words
you hear
Watches the
video
Shares the
slang words
heard in the
song and
explains
what they
stand for
7 -
10
min
Post
listening
To learn
some
British
/America
n slang
terms
Show the lyrics, go
over it – introduce
urbandictionary.com a
source where slang
expressions can be
found
Work with
the
dictionary
to identify
the meaning
of 3 new
words
3-4
min
Discussi
on if the
time is
To
practice
the
language
Show to the student
the statement and
useful language for
Expresses
his/her
opinion
See appendix
below
5
min

4. left of
agreeing/
disagreei
ng in
speech
agreeing and
disagreeing, give 2 in
for preparation and
ask to express his/her
opinion
using the
words on
the slide
Wrap up Wrap up the lesson,
praise the student and
point out areas for
improvement. Ask the
student to complete
an exit slip.
Exit slip
Today I
learnt ____.
My favorite
activity was
______ .
I need help
with ______.
Power point
slide 14
2
min
Home
work
Rewrite the dialogue
from informal English
into standard one, use
the urban dictionary
Power point –
slide 15
1mi
n
Appendix 1