LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL: Grigore Hagiu Secondary School, Târgu Bujor.SUBJECT: English LanguageLEVEL OF STUDENTS: Upper- IntermediateCLASS: 6 th TOPIC OF LESSON: Present Simple vs. Present Continuous.DATE: 02.03.2015NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 21TIME: 50 min.TYPE OF LESSON: Mixed.TEACHER: Boboc Irina

TIMETABLE FIT

The students have previously discussed about Present Simple and Continuous , uses and adverbs of frequency.

AIMS :

A1→ To develop Ss’ reading and speaking skills;A2→ To give further practice in Present Continuous through various exercises;A3→ To develop Ss’ writing skills by writing short compositions;A4→ To practice word order;A5→ To practice prepositions of time;

ASSUMPTIONS :

The students already discussed about Present Simple and Continuous. They discussed about uses of both Present Simple and Continuous, adverbs of frequency used with both tenses and also they are able to write short and medium compostions based upon familair topics.

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS :

Some of the students might find it difficult to answer the questions according to the information from the text using at the same time their own words in order to give a complete and grammatically correct sentence. Also, rewriting senteces and jumbled words might be a serious problem for some students, because they have to use their writing abilities but also a great part of their grammar knowledge.

AIDS :

Textbook, handouts.

STRATEGIES :

Discussion, information-transfer, writing a composition, rewriting sentences, fill in the gaps, jumbled words, joining elements, guiding questions, guided role-play.

TYPE OF INTERACTION :

Individual, frontal, in pairs.

SKILLS:

Speaking, writing, reading.

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PROCEDURE| TIMING CLASS ACTIVITY CLASS ORGANISATION

MATERIALS CLASS OBSERVATION

AIMS TYPE OF INTERACTION

SKILL PRACTICE

1. PERSONALIZATION:5’A1

The T. asks the Ss. a few questions about their daily routines.The teacher asks the Ss. the questions from appendix 1. A whole discussion would be extremely useful for developing Ss’ speaking skills.

Whole classIndividual

Frontal

Appendix 1 Whole class observation

2. GUIDE TO MEANING:10’ A1

The Ss. are asked to read the text from the handout. Then, they have to translate it. Then, the Ss. are asked to build up sentences with the words marked with asterisks.After that, the Ss. are asked to solve the second exercise from handout. They have to mark the sentences with true (T) or false (F).

IndividualFrontal

Appendix 2Reading

Whole class observation

3. HIGHLIGHT THE FORM:5’ A2

The Ss. are asked to extract the time expressions from the text, those especially used with present simple.The Ss. are asked to answer the questions about the text. They are asked to write the answers at the board.Then, they are asked to solve the third exercise from the handout. They have to rewrite the sentences beginning with he and she.

IndividualFrontal

WritingSpeaking

Whole class observation

4. INITIAL PRACTICE:5’A4

The Ss. are asked to solve the forth exercise from the handout. They have to fill in the gaps with the appropriate prepositions of time (in, on, at).

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WritingOral

feedback by subjective comments

5. SECONDARY PRACTICE:5’ A2A4

The T. asks the Ss. to solve the fifth exercise from the handout. They have to build up sentences with the given words. The Ss. are asked to check their answers with their partners.The Ss. are asked to solve the fifth exercise. They have to

In pairsFrontal

T-SS-SS-T

WritingSpeaking

Whole class observation

Oral feedback

rewrite the given sentences again and use the adverbs in brackets.The T. are asked by the T. to complete the dialogue. Every answer should be completed with a suitable question. After completing it, the Ss. are asked to read the dialogue in pairs.

6. GUIDED CREATIVITY:14’A5

The Ss. are asked to solve the exercise from part II. They have to write a short text about their daily routine. They have to introduce in their compositions as many as possible time expression (adverbs of frequency). After finishing it, they are asked to change their compositions with their partners in order to know each other.

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T-SS-SS-T

WritingSpeakingReading

Oral feedback

7. HOME ASSIGNMENT:1’

The Ss. are asked to solve the exercise no 8 from handout and exercise A and B from textbook, page 52.

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Appendix 1

What is your habitual schedule during the week? But in weekends?Who is your best friend? Describe him/her in a few sentences mentioning him/ her most important personality’s features and your ways of spending time together. What is the the most important personality’s feature that you dislike at your best friend?Do you like reading books? What is the book that you are reading now?What are your hobbies?