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LESSON PLAN

School: Liceul Tehnologic Tudor Vladimirescu, T. Vladimirescu / Galati


Date: May, 8th , 2014
Class: VI A
No. of students: 26
Textbook: GENERATION 2000/ MacMillan
Lesson/ Topic : Pen Pals
Type of lesson: Mixed
Skills: Integrated Skills (Listening Writing, Speaking, Reading)
Vocabulary: Pen pal, enclose, put in touch, sign, type, regarding, high school mechanic,
grateful
Language structures: Both/But
Lesson aims - to recognize a formal and an informal letter
- to describe similarities and differences
- to enhance vocabulary skills
- to use both/but
- to encourage students to express themselves

Didactic strategies:
- Materials: : OHP, textbook, notebooks, flipchart, blackboard
- Teaching techniques: Conversation, Explanation, Elicitation, Questioning
- Organization: Class work, Individual work, group work.
Assumed knowledge: are familiar with the vocabulary
Evaluation: continuous, through observation and analysis of answers.
Anticipated problems: are very shy, have problems of pronouncing some words.
Time: 50 min
Teacher: Dulgheru Carmen

WARM-UP : Greetings, introducing the guest, absents.


TIME: 2 min
ACTIVITY 1
OBJECTIVE

- to get students involved into the topic


- to encourage students to express themselves
- to remind vocabulary related to the topic

INTERACTION: Frontal, T-SS


PROCEDURE

TASK

- The teacher :

The ss :

- - tells the ss to close their books

- answer the

- introduces the topic by writing Pen Pal on the board

questions

TIME

5 min

- asks the class Has anyone got a pen pal (or a pen friend) ?
How did you find his/her? How language have you
communicated in?

ACTIVITY 2
OBJECTIVES: - to read for information
- to detect the meaning of new words from the context

- to use new vocabulary


INTERACTION: T-S, T-S
PROCEDURE
The teacher:
- tells the students to open their books at page 76 and focus
attention on the photo and the extract of the magazine article.
- explains the language difficulties (What is Anna doing?)

ACTIVITY 3
OBJECTIVES:

- to read for specific information


2

TASK
The ss:
- read the article
of the magazine
- answer Anna
is filling the
questionnaire.

TIME
5 min

- to practice speaking
- to recognize the formal/informal letter
INTERACTION: Groupwork, individual work, s-s, T-S
PROCEDURE
The teacher:
- gets the ss to read the letter silently and find out the age, sex

TASK
The ss:
- answer:

and the nationality of the pen pal.

Between 17 and

- concentrates on the language of the letter rather than layout.

20, a boy,

- elicits from the class the various features of the letter that

American or

make it formal, i.e.: including the name and address of the

Canadian

TIME
15min

person Anna is sending the letter to; the use of full names ( Sue
Collins, Anna Jones); the use of formal language in such
expressions as I am writing to you regardingI would be
grateful if you could
- asks the ss what informal version of this request would be. (
Dear Ms. Collins contrast with Dear Sir/Dear Madam which

- answer: Can
you? Could you?

we use when we do not know the someones name.


- focuses attention of the ss on the diagram and get individual

- answer : 1E, 2D,

students to answer the five questions

3B, 4C, 5A

ACTIVITY 4
OBJECTIVES:

- to use both/but for similarities and differences


- to practice formal/ informal letter vocabulary
- to practice speaking

INTERACTION: workclass, groupwork, s-s


PROCEDURE

TASK

- The teacher :
- points out the two positions of both: They can both speak
another language ( after the verb BE/CAN); They both live at
home. ( before after verbs)
- get the ss to read both the questionnaire and the letter and to
pick out points of similarity and dissimilarity between the two

The ss :
- give exemples

TIME

20 min
- make notes of
anything they

people. Example answers: They are both 17; They both live at
home; They are both students; She lives in the UK, but he lives
in USA;etc.
- writes up table on the board and asks the ss to complete it.
(Informal/Formal letter: Senders address, Receivers address,
First names, etc.)
HOME ASSIGNMENT:
TIME: 3 min
Pag. 76., Ex. D.

find
- complete the
table with
YES/NO

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