Lesson plan

Teacher: Amalia-Ionela SOCELEANU

School: SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NICULESTI, DAMBOVITA

Date: the 18th of November 2016

Grade: 8th

No.of students : 20

Time of lesson : 50 minutes

Level: Intermediate

Textbook: SNAPSHOT Intermediate, ED.LONGMAN

Lesson: The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchanan

TYPE OF LESSON: mixed

Classroom management: student-centered

Types of interaction: teacher - student , student-teacher , student-student

Skills covered: listening, speaking, writing, reading

Teaching aids: blackboard, CD-player, textbook

Classroom management: frontal, individual

Types of activity: whole class, individual work, pair work

Strategies: elicitation, brainstorming, question-answer exercises, dialogues

Bibliography: Snapshot Intermediate, Ed.Longman

AIMS:

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:

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 activate their prior knowledge on the world;
practice their skills;
feel more positive when expressing their ideas in English;

complete some tasks based on the topic.

SUBSIDIARY AIMS:

Making students activate their vocabulary;

Practicing in listening, speaking , writing and reading;
Encouraging students to read for their own pleasure;

TEACHING TECHNIQUES:
conversation, explanation, exercises, reading, listening

AIDS:

Snapshot Intermediate, Students Book, Longman

Anticipated problems:
the students might not understand all the requirements and the teacher will explain them;

STAGES OF THE LESSON

1.WARM UP (2 min.)
Subsidiary aim:
To create a good atmosphere;
To create willingness to participate in the new lesson;
To stir the Ss`interest in the new lesson.

T asks informal questions about the missing students, the weather and their state of mind and
health.

2.HOMEWORK CHECK- UP(5 min.)

Subsidiary aims:
To make Ss check their homework;
To make Ss become aware of their own mistakes.

3.LEAD-IN (5 min.)

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Subsidiary aims:
To stir Ss interest in the new lesson;
To activate Ss prior knowledge about the world

The teacher presents to the Ss the objectives of the lesson and asks them to pay attention to what
will follow. After that, T writes the date, the title and elicits from the students the meaning of the
title. The teacher asks Ss about what books/magazines they like and encourages brief discussion.

Ss activity: Ss read and say what the title means.

Classroom management: whole class

4.ACTIVITY 1 (8 min.)
Subsidiary aim:
To practice their reading and comprehension skills

T asks Ss to read About the author and the book (page 32 in studentsbook). She chooses one
pupil to read aloud. Next, T asks them questions about the author.

5.ACTIVITY 2 (10 min.)

. Subsidiary aims:
To practice their listening and reading skills

T asks Ss to look at the introduction of Chapter two of John Buchanans book and to listen to the
tape. At the same time, they have to look at exercise 2, page 33 and to try to answer the
questions. After they have listened to the tape, T asks one S to read aloud the question and
another to answer it (pair work).

6.ACTIVITY 3 (5 min.)
Subsidiary aim:
To check if they have paid attention to the text

Ss are asked to look at exercise 3 and to find words and phrases in the text which mean the same
as the following: 1.the search for; 2.planning to kill; 3.murdered; 4.without being seen; 5.dressed
as; 6.walked noisily down; 7.ran quick; 8.didnt have much time.

7.ACTIVITY 4 (10 min.)

Subsidiary aim:
to check Ss listening and speaking skills

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Ss are asked to listen to two people discussing The Thirty-Nine Steps and answer the following
questions:
1. Who were The Black Stone and why were they dangerous?
2. Where did Hannay first read about the thirty-nine steps?
3. How did Hannay know where to find the steps?
4. Where exactly were the steps? Why were they important?

9.FEEDBACK (2min.): T asks Ss about the lesson and if they have other questions. She
appreciates them orally.

10.HOMEWORK (3min): The students will have to do exercise 5, page 33. T explains them
what they have to do, giving them some examples.