LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL Gimnazial Odobeti

GRADE 5th
LEVEL elementary
TEACHER Dumitrescu Claudia
LESSON Countable/uncountable nouns. A few/a little
TEXTBOOK: Pathway to English. English Agenda
TYPE OF LESSON combined
DATE 19.12. 2016
TIME 50 minutes

COMPETENCES

2. Producerea mesajelor orale

2.3. Comunicarea interactiv ntr-un schimb simplu de informatii

3. Receptarea mesajelor scrise

3.3 Asocierea informaiilor factuale dintr-un text citit cu o imagine/un set de imagini

AIMS
At the end of the lesson students will be able to:
1. Use weather adjectives in communicative structures;
2. Identify Present Simple and Present Continuous forms;
3. Use Present Simple and Present Continuous;

SKILLS
- Speaking
- Reading
- Writing

TECHNIQUES
dialogues
observation
explanation
pair-work

RESOURCES
flipchart
blackboard
notebooks
handouts

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS
Students might
- not remember all the spelling rules for the ing ending
- skip using am/are/is forms.
- confuse the use of Present Simple and Continuous
 ACTIVITIES

WARM UP
AIM *creating a pleasant atmosphere for the English class;
*helping students feel relaxed.
INTERACTION *T Ss
*Ss - T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss How are you today? / Is anybody absent? / Are you ready to start
the English class?;
*Ss answer Ts questions;
ESTIMATED TIME *1 minute

TRANSITION TO
THE NEW TOPIC
AIDS SS homework
AIM *checking if there were any problems with their homework.
INTERACTION *Ss Ss
*Ss T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss what their homework was;
*Ss read their homework sentences
*T corrects any possible mistakes
ESTIMATED TIME *3 minutes

PRESENTATION: A.

1. LEAD IN ( pre-reading/pre-
speaking/pre-writing/pre-listening)
AIDS *blackboard
AIM *eliciting information about Weather Adjectives;
COMPETENCES
INTERACTION *Ss T
*T Ss
PROCEDURE *T announces that todays lesson is about describing
weather;
*T writes the title of the lesson on the blackboard;
*T asks Ss to answer some possible questions like: Is
the sun shining today? Are you dressed warm? Are
you wearing boots or sandals?
*Ss answer Ts questions;
*T writes a few sentences on the board describing the
weather outside;
ESTIMATED TIME *5 minutes
DEVELOPMENT/
PRACTICE (while- Practice 1
reading/while-
speaking/while-
writing/while-
listening)
 AIDS *handouts; flipchart
AIM *eliciting information about weather adjectives;
COMPETENCES
INTERACTION *Ss - Ss
*Ss T
PROCEDURE *T gives the Ss a handout containing a word search puzzle. Ss are asked
to identify words describing weather (ex 1 - appendix 1).
*Ss work in pairs;
*Ss read the words and compare them to those written on the flipchart.
ESTIMATED TIME *6 minutes
Practice 2
AIDS *handouts
AIM *using weather adjectives
COMPETENCES
INTERACTION *Ss T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss to do exercise 2 (appendix 1);
*Ss have to complete the missing forms from the two columns
(noun/adjective);
*T checks Ss answers.
*T adds a few other examples of words describing weather
ESTIMATED TIME *3 minutes
Practice 3
AIDS *handouts

AIMS *identifying Present Simple and Present Continuous forms.

COMPETENCES
INTERACTION *Ss T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss to do exercise 1 - appendix 2;
* Ss read the sentences and write the grammar tense for each;
ESTIMATED TIME *5 minutes

Practice 3
AIDS *handouts

AIMS *using Present Simple and Present Continuous structures.

COMPETENCES
INTERACTION *Ss T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss to do exercise 2 - appendix 2;
* Ss have to write the correct form of the verbs in brackets;
*At the end of the exercise, Ss read their answers aloud and the T corrects
them if necessary
ESTIMATED TIME *10 minutes

PRODUCTION/
FEED-BACK (post-
reading/post-
speaking/post-
 writing/post-
listening)
AIDS *handouts
AIM *matching sentences with pictures
COMPETENCES
INTERACTION *Ss- Ss
*Ss Ss
*T - Ss
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss to match a few sentences using Present Simple and
Continuous with the correct pictures
*Ss read their answers;
*T corrects the Ss if necessary.
ESTIMATED TIME *5 minutes

Emotional Feedback/
Aims checklist
AIMS *getting feed-back from the Ss
INTERACTION *Ss - T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss to say a colour which best describes their emotional state at the
end of the English class.
ESTIMATED TIME *1 minute

Assigning Homework
AIM *using weather adjectives, Present Simple and Present Continuous
INTERACTION *T - Ss
PROCEDURE *T writes the homework on the blackboard
ESTIMATED TIME *1 minute

Appendix 1

1. Find 6 words related to weather in the chart bellow:

 R S E O I D F A L G F
C D F G H J O L M N S
V Z X C C H G W A R M
B S D G H I G U O F A
N G R A I N Y D U T E
M R I O L R O I O Y C
L T Y S L E I G D H S
K Y E D Y U S S F B N
J U H F G I D T J F H
H C O L D L A C T S I
F I T J N B E L I I K
D S A Q W E R T U T H

2. Complete the missing forms:

Sun - ____________________

_______________-foggy

_______________-rainy

Snow -___________________

Wind-___________________

_______________-cloudy

Storm-__________________
 1. Find 6 words related to weather in the chart bellow:

R S E O I D F A L G F
C D F G H J O L M N S
V Z X C I H G W A R M
B S D G H I G U O F A
N G R A I N Y D U T E
M R I O L R O I O Y C
L T Y S L E I G D H S
K Y E D Y U S S F B N
J U H F G I D T J F H
H C O L D L A C T S I
F I T J N B E L I I K
D S A Q W E R T U T H

2. Complete the missing forms:

Sun - ____________________

_______________-foggy

_______________-rainy

Snow -___________________

Wind-___________________

_______________-cloudy

Storm-__________________

Appendix 2
 Worksheet

1. Read the following sentences and write the grammar tense at the end of each. Choose
between Present Simple and Present Continuous.
Look! It is raining.__________________________________
It sometimes snows in October.________________________
It rarely rains in the dessert.___________________________
Listen! The wind is blowing strongly.___________________
The sun isnt shining today.___________________________
It is always warm in May.____________________________

2. Choose the correct form of the verbs:

We always decorate/are decorating the Christmas tree together.

It snow/is snowing now.
My mother and my sister are in the kitchen. They bake/are baking a pie.
Listen! Grandma read/is reading a beautiful story. She usually read/is reading a story
every evening.
They dont watch/are not watching the movie now.
- What do you do/are you doing?
-I listen/am listening to music.

3. Match the sentences with the pictures:

1. Helen writes beautifully .

2. Betty is writing a letter.

3. Jenny is reading a story-book.

4. Grandpa reads the newspaper every morning