Teacher: Ioana Serban

Subject : English
School : Scoala Gimnaziala Nr. 1, Firtanesti, Galati

LESSON PLAN

Date : February 1st , 2012

Form/Level : 4th form, II nd year of study ,pre-elementary
Textbook : Welcome 2 , Express Publishing
Estimated Time : 50 minutes
No. of Students : 24 students
Unit/Lesson : 8, Lesson 1:Cows are fatter than goats !
Lesson Topic : Short adjectives degrees of comparison (comparatives)
Type of lesson : Acquisition of new knowledge
Vocabulary : related to farming
Grammar : the comparison of short adjectives
Objectives/Lesson Aims :

A. Cognitive Objectives : at the end of the lesson,the students will be able to :

 1.name five farm animals;
2.compare the animals from the farm using short adjectives and their comparatives;
3.compare people using the prompts and the images from the textbook ;
4.find as many differences as they can,comparing themselves with their deskmate;
5.read the dialogues in pairs for specific information;
6.make up sentences of their own using the comparative degree;

B. Affective Objectives :

a. to create a warm atmosphere for study;

b. to give students an active role in the process of teaching/learning;
c. to help students enjoy speaking a foreign language ;
d. to make students confident when speaking English

Skills : listening, speaking, reading, writing

Interaction : T-Ss, S-S, Ss-Ss,PW,GW,IW
Teaching Techniques : brainstorming, conversation, dialogue, description, games, exercises, Think-
Work in pairs Communicate,table drawing, role play
Methods of Teaching : Communicative Approach , Grammar Translation
Teaching Aids : textbook , blackboard, notebooks, flipchart, dictionary, coloured pieces of chalk, posters,
worksheets with different activities
Assumptions : I assume that students already know the animals from the farm and the short adjectives we
shall use to compare them; they will be eager to draw parallels between animals and to
describe themselves,comparing with their deskmate.
 Anticipated problems : Taking into consideration that 5-6 students have a poor level of knowledge and
their motivation is rather low , the teacher expects that a part of her young students
might not participate in the teaching/learning process as expected.
Assessment : formative, oral, homework, systematic observation
Bibliography :
- official : The Curriculum for Secondary Education
- methodical : Harmer, Jeremy: The Practice of English Language Teaching, Longman,UK,1991
: Vizental,Adriana :Metodica predarii limbii engleze,Editura Polirom,2008
-textbook : Gray,Elizabeth;Evans,Virginia :Welcome 2,Express Publishing,2006
- different Internet sites

Stages of lesson Teachers Students Sk Tea- Ass

activities activity activity Inter- ills ching Aids Aims ess-ment
a Tech-
ction niques
1 Checking -T greets class and -The Ss on duty name the T- Ss speaking conver- To check
attendance checks attendance : absentees if necessary : sation none attendance and
2 minutes Are there any absents X is absent today. to make sure
today? the conditions
are proper to
start the lesson
2 Warm up T asks Ss to name Ss answer: T-Ss To make Ss feel T praises
3 minutes three farm animals and People keep cows Ss-T comfortable and Ss
specify the reason because they give us meat speaking conver- flip- increase their
people keep them : and milk. sation chart confidence in systematic
Why do people keep People keep sheep the use of observa-
cows/goats/sheep because they give us meat language during tion
T writes Ss answers and wool. class
on the flipchart.

3 Checking homework T checks the Ss read their homework Ss- T reading conver- Note- To check
. 5 minutes homework orally. and correct the mistakes if T-Ss speaking sation books accomplish- oral
T encourages Ss to necessary Ss-Ss ment of the evaluation
make the necessary taught items
corrections by
themselves.If nece-
ssary,T will write the
difficult part of the
exercise on the
BB,discussing it with
the Ss
4 Checking previous T asks Ss to define Ss do as they are asked, T- Ss speaking conver- To briefly
knowledge adjectives and provide providing as many Ss-T listening sation flip- review Ss
3 minutes as many examples of adjectives as they can. S-S chart knowledge on oral
adjectives as they brain- adjectives evaluation
can.T writes on the storming text-
flipchart the adjectives book
that Ss provided as
examples.
5 Announcing the T writes the title of the Ss listen to the T and take T- Ss listening conver- note- To make Ss
. name of the lesson new lesson on the BB notes writing sation books aware of the systematic
and tells the SS they BB items they will observa-
and the objectives
will learn to compare chalk learn tion
1 minute
animals and then To motivate Ss
people with the help of by means of
short adjectives. personalization

6 Introducing the new

lesson
15 minutes T asks 8 Ss to read and Ss read the dialogues in T-Ss reading dia- note- To give Ss verbal
ACTIVITY 1: translate the dialogues pairs and translate them PW speaking logues books practice on apprecia-
on page 50 in BB reading a text tion
Reading
pairs.With the help of role play chalk and translating
a text in pairs the Ss, T will put on text- it
5 minutes the blackboard the spelling book To introduce Ss
short adjective from exer- into the subject
the text :fat cises of comparing
animals with
the help of short
adjectives

ACTIVITY 2 :
Table drawing T draws a table on the Ss come one by one to the T- Ss writing conver- note- To introduce verbal
10 minutes BB : 10 short BB and write the S-Ss speaking sation books the grammar apprecia-
adjectives in the comparatives of the short GW listening table rule concerning tion
positive degree of adjectives and their drawing BB adjectives in the
 comparison and in the translations spelling text- comparative systematic
comparative degree exer- book degree observa-
and the translation of cises To give Ss tion
the short adjective. brain- co- practice on
Then, T elicits the rule storming loured comparing short
of forming a pieces adjectives
comparative : of
Adj. + - er chalk

7 Acquiring T asks Ss to do Ss write their answers in T- Ss writing conver- note- To give Ss oral
performance exercises 4 and 6 from their notebooks, comparing S-T speaking sation books further practice evaluation
10 minutes page 51 on their answers with their IW brain- in comparing
notebooks. T will help deskmates PW storming Text- short adjectives systematic
Ss if necessary. book obser-
vation

8 Feed- back T gives Ss the Ss do accordingly T- Ss writing conver- hand- To give Ss verbal
. 6 minutes handouts with the S-S speaking sation outs practice in appreci-
grammar exercises.Ss S-T writing and ation
 are told they can work speaking
either individually or English systematic
they can check To check Ss observa-
answers with their level of tion
deskmate. understanding
comparatives
and their ability
of using them in
a certain
context.
To make Ss
enjoy speaking
English
9 Assigning T assigns the To provide Ss systematic
. homework homework by giving Ss note their homework in further practice observa-
2 minutes clear instructions: their notebooks. T-Ss writing conver- note- on short tion
For the next time, sation books adjectives and
you will have to do their degrees of
exercise 7, page 51 comparison
1 Assessment T praises all the Ss for
0 1 minute their participation T-Ss speaking conver-
during the entire T-S sation
lesson and gives
pieces of advice to the
shy ones.
T shall give 3-4 marks
taking into
consideration the
involvement of Ss .
 COMPARATIVES Translation of the short
Adjective adjective
(positive
degree)

small smaller (than) mic

tall taller inalt

fat fatter gras

big bigger mare

short shorter scund

long longer lung

fast faster rapid

clever cleverer destept

thin thinner slab

 happy happier fericit
I. Write the comparatives of these adjectives; then, compare yourself to your deskmate :

old - older : Who is older? tall - taller : Who is taller?

I am older than my friend.

strong - : Who is strong.? heavy - : Who is heav?

II. True or false?

a. A mouse is smaller than a cat.

b. An elephant is fatter than a lion.
c. A worm is longer than a snake.
d. A dog is bigger than a panther.
e. A fairy is prettier than a witch.
f. A summer day is colder than a spring day.
g. A sheep is taller than a giraffe.
h. A gorilla is faster than a rabbit.
i. Your grandma is older than your grandpa.
j. Your English teacher is younger than your French teacher.