This document provides a lesson plan for a 60-minute English class for 10th grade students focusing on Nelson Mandela's book. The lesson aims to develop students' reading, speaking, and cooperative skills. Students will review chapter two vocabulary, make posters summarizing the chapter's main events, and present their posters to the class. For homework, students will predict events in chapter three by circling yes or no answers. The lesson incorporates group work, oral presentations, and questioning to assess comprehension.

1. I.F.D.C. LENGUAS VIVAS
TALLER DE PRÁCTICA DOCENTE
Tutora: Aurelia Velázquez
ALUMNO RESIDENTE: Antonella Young
Período de Práctica: Secundaria
Institución Educativa: Colegio “Sagrado Corazón”
Dirección: Pellegrini 389
Sala / Grado / Año - sección: 4to año
Cantidad de alumnos: 10
Nivel lingüístico del curso: Elementary
Tipo de Planificación: Clase
Unidad Temática: Chapter two, Nelson Mandela’s book
Clase Nº: 5
Fecha: 12/10/2018
Hora: 11.05hs – 12.05hs
Duración de la clase: 60 min
Fecha de primera entrega: 10/10/2018
 Teaching points: vocabulary related to the story (chapter three)
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 Aims or goals: During this lesson, learners will be able to…
 Acquire reading strategies such as skimming and scanning, and
inferring meaning through the context to make a poster
 Make a conceptual network with the main events of chapter two
 Work in groups cooperatively
 Develop their speaking skills by doing an oral presentation
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2.  Language focus:
Functions Lexis Structures Pronunciation
Revision Organize, married,
banned, violence,
protest,
Make an oral
presentation
Mandela married…
He worked in…
/ ɪd/ past simple
verbs – ed
New
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Teaching approach: The lesson is based on the Natural Approach, and organized through
the PPP procedure (Harmer,2010)
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 Integration of skills: What skills will be integrated and how?
 Speaking by giving an oral presentation
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 Materials and resources: 
 Photocopies
 Chalk 
 Board
 Two posters
 Pedagogical use of ICT in class or at home: -
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 Seating arrangement: Students will sit in groups of four or five to develop the
activities.
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 Assessment: what will be assessed and how…
I’ll check students’ comprehension by asking some questions orally and by
making posters with the main events of chapter two and tell to the class what it
is about.

3. Stages in the lesson
Routine(2’ min):
Purpose:
 To greet students and start the lesson
Teaching strategies:
 Ask the date for practice
Skills:
 Listening and speaking abilities
Description and instructions: I’ll enter into the classroom and greet pupils. Then I’ll ask
them what day it is and I’ll take note on the board.
T: Good morning, everybody
Sts: Good morning, teacher.
T: What day is it, today?
STS: “it’s the twelfth of October”
T: Good! First I’ll take the attendance …
Translation: Well, now let’s start with the class.
Warm – up (15’min):
Purpose:
 To review important topic of unit two
 To check the homework
Teaching strategies:
 Use the list to read their answers
Skills:
 speaking abilities
 reading abilities
Description and instructions: First we will check the homework. I’ll say a number and
look at the list of students, the person with this number starts with the first sentence.
Then this person will say a number and so on till finished the activity.
T: We will check the homework, please take out it! I’ll say a number and the student with
this number starts with the first sentence. Number eight…. Milagros… start please!
ST1: Mandela and his wife had two sons and daughters, but their first daughter died.

4. T: Good! Choose a number!
ST2: two!
T: Ok, Gabriel, read the second sentence!
(The same is doing with the other sentences)
Translation: Excellent job! Now, we will continue working with the posters. Make the
same groups and let’s start!
Development(30’ to 40’ min):
Purpose:
 To review main concepts of chapter two
 To develop speaking ability
 To develop the use of visual aids (conceptual network)
Teaching strategies:
 Monitor the class and help them if necessary
 Use of poster to review chapter two
Skills:
 Listening and speaking abilities
Description and instructions: The teacher will give sts the poster they were working on
last class to finish and present it.
T: This is your poster (giving it to the first group) and this is your poster (giving it to the
second group). Remember to include important information such as names, dates,
places, etc. You can add drawings, too! Do not forget it. Let’s start!
(once they finished)
T: I’ll give you some minutes to organize your oral presentation. Remember that
everybody has to talk about something and that you can help among you to explain it.
It is not an oral exam, so you should not memorize it, only understand and explain it in
simple words what you read.
Some minutes later….
T: Now, the first group, come to the front, paste your poster on the board and explain us
what it is about.
STS: (they go to the front, paste it and start their presentation)
T: (I will take note of pronunciation, spelling and grammar mistakes. Besides I’ll make

5. questions if necessary and help them, too)
T: Great job! I can see your effort and well organization of the group! Please paste it on
the wall and you can sit down again! The second group, come to the front!
(The same is doing with the second group)
Once they finished…
T: I really can see a great involvement on this task and how everybody cooperated to
create the posters. I congratulate you!
Homework:
Purpose:
 To keep practising in their houses
Description and instructions: Students will do a task about chapter three for the next
class.
T: For next class, you have to do the following task (I give to each student a copy)
Homework: What’s next?
Read the dates and sentences on page 14. Then look at the sentences below. What do you
think? Circle yes or no.
1. Evelyn will go back to her husband. Yes/No
2. Protesters will use violence in Sharpeville. Yes/No
3. The government will put Mandela on trial for treason. Yes/No
4. The government will try to ban the ANC. Yes/No
5. The trial will end and Mandela will stay in prison. Yes/No

7. Closure(5’minutes):
Purpose:
 To close the class
 To say goodbye
Description and instructions: I’ll tell them goodbye, and how they work.
T: It’s time! Don’t forget the homework for next class. You can go out to the break, Have a
nice weekend!
STS: Bye!