LESSON PLAN

TEACHER:
DATE: 7th March 2007
SCHOOL:
FORM: 6th A
LEVEL: pre-intermediate
LESSON TOPIC: disguise (lesson 29)
VOCABULARY: - Human body (face, appearance, eyes, hair etc.)
- Clothes (suit, jacket, trousers etc.)
- Cloth (silk, satin, velvet, cashmere)
- Patterns (checked, patterned, striped, spotted and plain)
GRAMMAR: - Present Tense Simple/Continuous
- Adjectives referring to people (lazy, friendly, clever, shy etc.)
TYPE OF LESSON: mixed lesson
SKILLS: listening, speaking, reading, writing
OBJECTIVES:
A) COGNITIVE OBJECTIVES:
- to use vocabulary dealing with the human body
- to describe a human being (appearance /character)
- to use present simple/continuous according to sentence meaning
- to talk about clothes, cloth and patterns
B) AFFECTIVE OBJECTIVES:
- to create a warm atmosphere in order to offer the background for smooth, easy conversations between
teacher and students
- to make students confident in themselves when speaking a foreign language
INTERACTION: - T- Ss
- Ss-T
- IW
- PW
- GW
TEACHING TECHNIQUES: - conversation
- dialogue
- exercises
METHODS OF TEACHING: Communicative Approach
TEACHING AIDS: tape, blackboard, coloured chalk, posters, flipchart, handouts
A) BIBLIOGRAPHICAL:
1. Official: The Curriculum for Secondary Education
2. Methodical: Harmer, Jeremy: The Practical of English Language Teaching, Longman, UK, 1991
3. Textbook: Harris, Michael, Mower, David: World Class. Level 2, Longman, UK, 2000
4. Dooley, Jenny, Evans, Virginia: Reading & Writing Targets 1. Students Book, Express Publishing,
UK, 2000
5. TimeSaver Personality Quizzes Mary Glasgow Magazines, Scholastic INC., 2004
6. Dooley, Jenny, Evans, Virginia:Grammarway 3, Express Publishing, UK, 2000
B) HUMAN: the students of the class
TIME: 50 minutes

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STAGE OF
LESSON
CHECKING
ATTENDANCE
WARM UP

TEACHERS ACTIVITY

STUDENTS ACTIVITY

- T. checks attendance
Whos absent today?
- T tells Ss two jokes:

- Ss answer
X is absent today.

Sherlock Holmes: Ah Watson,

I see you are wearing your
winter underwear.
Watson: Amazing, Holmes.
How did you deduce that?
Holmes: Elementary, my dear
Watson. You forgot to put your
trousers on!

CHECKING
HOMEWORK

CHECKING
PREVIOUS
KNOWLEDGE

Old lady: Id like a pair of

crocodile shoes.
Shop assistant: What size
does your crocodile take?
- T. checks Ss homework (Ss
had to do an exercise referring
to clothes). T helps Ss correct
their mistakes.
Ex.3 At the Clothes Shop
2. suit
3. go with
4. try on
5. size
6. dressed
7. wearing
8. accessories
9. rinse
10. clothes; smartly
11. sportswear
- T asks Ss to remember
words referring to appearance
they have learnt the previous

INTER
SKILLS TEACHING
AIDS PURPOSE/
ACTION
TECHNIQUES
AIM
- to check
T-Ss
Speaking Conversation
attendance

Speaking
-Ss listen to the T and look
at the flipchart.

T-Ss

C
O
N
V
E
R
S
A
T
I
O
N

Ss-T

- Ss read their homework

and correct the mistakes, if
necessary.

Hand
out

Speaking
T-Ss

Flip
chart

- to make
Ss feel
comfortable
in the class.

- to check
accomplish
ment of given
instructions

Conversation
Reading

Ss-T
Writing

- Ss answer accordingly.
Eg.
Eyes: blue/black/green,

T-Ss

- to review Ss
knowledge on
human body
and

class.

almond shaped, beady,

small, round etc.
Hair: straight/curly/wavy,
long/short/medium, shiny,
tangled etc.
- Ss listen to the T.

ANNOUNCING
OBJECTIVES

- T tells Ss they will learn

about cloth and patterns and
they will describe people.

INTRODUCING
OF NEW
MATERIAL

- T divides the blackboard into -Ss try to guess their

halves and writes:
meanings.
- Ss write the words.
Cloth
Patterns
Silk
Checked
Satin
Patterned
Velvet
Striped
Cashmere Spotted
Plain

appearance

Ss-T
Speaking Conversation

T-Ss

Speaking Conversation

Flip
chart

T-Ss
Text
Book

Speaking
(T translates words if
necessary.)

-to make Ss
aware of the
items they
will learn

- to enrich
Ss
vocabulary

Conversation
Ss-T

- T asks Ss to give examples

in sentences.

- Ss give examples:
Bianca is wearing velvet
trousers and a plain
blouse.

Black
board

Listening
IW

Exercise
- T asks Ss to open their books -Ss have to identify
(page 55) and work exercise B. McCann in the picture.
T reminds Ss the story so far:
McCann has a red flower.
McCann, the special agent,
follows Samantha Kruger to
the island of Angora, where the
secret plans are. He goes to the

GW

Note
Books - to extract
specific
information
from a text

Reading

Tape
Writing
3

Casablanca Cafe, where agent

Kruger is meeting five
Anacondan agents and the
unknown Dr Ackerman, who
knows about the secret plans.

ACQUIRING
PERFORMANCE

- T asks Ss to work ex. C (page - Ss listen to the tape and

56). They have to identify the
identify Dr. Ackerman:
unknown Dr. Ackerman in the
She is very tall, has a
picture.
round face, small nose,
long straight hair, large
blue eyes, she is wearing
a blue jacket and a skirt,
she is about 40 years old,
she is sitting at a table
reading a newspaper.
- T gives Ss handout 1(ex.1)
- Ss do the crosswords,
and asks them to do the
after reading the text.
crossword from ex.10(PW)
Across
3. friendly
5. clever
6. kind

- to check
comprehension
of items
dealing with
human
body/clothes

T-Ss

Ss-T

- to check
comprehension
of learnt items

Speaking
Conversation

Down
1. hardworking
2. shy
4. lazy
- T asks Ss to order the words
from ex. 12 so as to make
sentences.

FEED-BACK

- T asks Ss to do ex.13 on the

handout.

- Ss order words:
1. John can dance but he
cant sing.
2. Liz has got long brown
hair and blue eyes.
3. My favourite singer is
Sting.
- Ss do the exercise, filling
the gaps with words from

Reading
IW

Exercise

Hand
out 1

Writing
PW

T-Ss
4

the list.

Ss-T

Hand
out 1

Speaking

TRANSFER
(HOMEWORK
SETTING)

- T asks Ss to do exercise 14
(handout 1)

1. singer
2. fathers
3. mothers
4. brother
5. slim
6. blue
7. fair
8. friendly
9. dance
10. favourite
- Ss write down what their
homework is.

IW
Exercise

- to use
adjectives
correctly

GW
Reading
PW
Writing
T-Ss

Conversation

-to provide
further
practice

Speaking Conversation