Lesson Plan 7th Grade

Lesson plan
Teacher: Lupu Alexandru

School: Scoala Gimnaziala Nr. 1 Toflea
Date: 13th May 2014
Grade: 7th
Number of students: 20
Level: Pre-intermediate (L2)
Unit 18: The birds
Type of lesson: Teaching vocabulary
Skills: speaking, writing, reading, listening
Methods: conversation, explanation
Classroom interaction: individual work, group-work
Teaching aids: blackboard, chalk, cards, laptop, video projector, SB
Students book: Snapshot Pre-intermediate, Longman
Time: 50 minutes
Competences:
Scanning a text;
Producing simple utterances about persons, facts, events;
Integrating the new vocabulary in the Ss own examples.
Aims:
The students will learn:
new vocabulary about books and films;
extract specific information from a text;
to express their own opinions on a certain topic.
to be confident in themselves when speaking a foreign language;
Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, the Ss will be able to:
talk about books and films;
find certain pieces of information in a text;
correct some given sentences;
offer ideas for an ending to the short story;
Evaluation: - continuous - through activities, observation, error correction

- final - through feed-back
Stage of lesson/
Teachers activity
Students activity
Interaction
Skills and
Materials used
Aims
T Ss
methods
- conversation
- blackboard
-to assure the
Timing
1.
Teacher enters the classroom, greets The students greet the
Organizational
the students, and then T asks if teacher and tell the
introductive part
moment / 2
there are any absentees. Then T absentees if there are any.
of the lesson.
min.
asks one of the Ss to write the date A student writes the date
on the blackboard.
on the blackboard and the

others open their
notebooks and write the
date.
2.
T tells the Ss that today they are
The Ss pay attention to
Warm up /5
going to discuss about a new topic
what the T says.
min
and to move on to another unit in
T Ss
- explanation
- the laptop
- to assure the
- the video
transition
projector
the students book.
between the
Organizational
T tells the Ss to pay attention to the
Ss alone
video document, which they will
- watching&
listening
watch.
- the web site
Moment and the
http://www.movie4 Introduction of
k.to/The-Birds-
the New Topic
watch-movie857469.html
3.
T asks the Ss some questions about
The Ss ask the T questions.
T Ss
- explanation
- blackboard
Introduction of
the video they have just watched,
The Ss write the title of the
about the topic
the new topic /
and tells them what the topic of the
lesson in their notebooks.
they are going
7 min
lesson is. T asks the students to
- chalk
- to inform Ss
to learn.
open their books at page 104 and

writes on the blackboard the title of
the lesson: The Birds. Then T
asks a student to read the
The student reads the
information on page 105 about
information on page 105.
Ss alone
-reading
-SB
T Ss
-speaking
- reading
- SB
4.
Daphne du Mauriers short story.

The T tells the Ss to look at
Ss have a quick look at
Using the new
exercise 1a,b/104 and then silently
exercise 1a,b/104 and then
vocabulary / 15
read the extract on page 105.
silently read the extract on
- to facilitate the
page 105.
acquisition
min
the
3
of
new
Then, in groups, Ss will have to
Ss discuss with their pair
vocabulary.
find words or expressions in the
mate.
text that mean the same as the ones
One student from each
presented there (ex. 1a) and to
group gives the correct
express their
correct the sentences (ex. 1b).
answer on the blackboard.
opinion.
Group
- writing
work
-conversation
- Ss notebooks
- to make Ss
The other Ss write in their

5.
T gives every group a piece of
notebooks.
Ss answer the questions
Feed back
paper with a few questions on it,
and express their own
and discussion /
which the Ss will have to answer,
opinions.
17 min
giving their own opinions
Group
-conversation
-cards with
- to consolidate
work
- speaking
questions
and use the new
- writing
acquired
vocabulary
T asks the students in groups to

think of an ending for the short
story and write a final paragraph of
Group -
-conversation
work
-speaking
T Ss
-writing
- writing
- notebooks
6.
no more than 3-4 lines.

T asks the Ss to bring
Ss write the homework in
Homework /
information about birds to
their notebooks and ask for
and use the new
2 min
class. At the beginning of the
further information.
acquired
next class T puts a large piece

of paper on the wall and then
gets Ss to attach their
information to the piece of
paper to make a wall display.
- notebooks
-to consolidate
vocabulary
7. Evaluation /
2 min
T appreciates Ss` activity both The Ss also say Goodverbally - praising the activity of
bye to the teacher.
the Ss - and also by giving marks.
Then the teacher says Good-bye
and leaves the classroom.
T Ss
-to increase Ss`

self-confidence
and encourage
them in their
study
of
English.
Appendix
1. Look at the picture on the cover of the book. Discuss:
Do you think that this is a good cover for the book? Why or why not? What do you like about the cover? Why do you like it? What dont
you like about the cover? Why dont you like it?
2. Predict what will happen to Nat and his family.

Will they be attacked by the birds again? Will they stay in their home? Will they run away?
3. Discuss the following questions:

Have you read any other stories that dont have a happy ending? If so, which ones?
Do you like stories that dont have a happy ending? Why or why not?
4. Discuss the following questions:

What do you think happens to Nat and his family in the future? Do you think they will ever be saved? Why do you think this?
5. Discuss:
How are the birds in the story different from birds in real life?

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Teacher: Lupu Alexandru

Producing simple utterances about persons, facts, events;

Integrating the new vocabulary in the Ss own examples.

new vocabulary about books and films;

extract specific information from a text;

to express their own opinions on a certain topic.

to be confident in themselves when speaking a foreign language;

talk about books and films;

find certain pieces of information in a text;

correct some given sentences;

offer ideas for an ending to the short story;

Evaluation: - continuous - through activities, observation, error correction

-to assure the

Teacher enters the classroom, greets The students greet the

the students, and then T asks if teacher and tell the

there are any absentees. Then T absentees if there are any.

on the blackboard and the

T tells the Ss that today they are

The Ss pay attention to

going to discuss about a new topic

what the T says.

and to move on to another unit in

the students book.

T tells the Ss to pay attention to the

video document, which they will

- the web site

Moment and the

the New Topic

T asks the Ss some questions about

The Ss ask the T questions.

the video they have just watched,

The Ss write the title of the

about the topic

the new topic /

and tells them what the topic of the

lesson in their notebooks.

they are going

lesson is. T asks the students to

open their books at page 104 and

The student reads the

information on page 105 about

information on page 105.

Daphne du Mauriers short story.

Ss have a quick look at

Using the new

exercise 1a,b/104 and then silently

exercise 1a,b/104 and then

read the extract on page 105.

silently read the extract on

Then, in groups, Ss will have to

Ss discuss with their pair

find words or expressions in the

text that mean the same as the ones

One student from each

presented there (ex. 1a) and to

group gives the correct

correct the sentences (ex. 1b).

answer on the blackboard.