Lesson Project

TEACHER: Radu Iulia

DATE: May 21st, 2013

SCHOOL: Liceul Tehnologic Topraisar, Şcoala Moviliţa nr. 2

CLASS: 6 th grade

TYPE OF LESSON: integrated skills (speaking, listening,reading and writing)

TITLE: „Cities of the world”

TEXTBOOK: English Factfile 6

LENGHT: 50`

VOCABULARY: no limit

FUNCTIONS (according to curriculum):

- to describe according to the information in the text/picture

- to initiate discussion

- to make guesses

- to talk about places

COMMUNICATION ELEMENTS:

- making predictions

- expressing intentions

SKILLS: writing, reading, listening, speaking

AIMS OF LESSON: by the end of the lesson students will be able to:

- Use English in various future context ;

- develop and practice the productive skills (writing, speaking) and the receptive skills

(listening, reading) ;

- to revise and reinforce “Prepositions of place”;

- to read a text for specific information;

- to introduce and revise city life vocabulary related to different places and buildings;

- to write a report;

- to develop the pupils` reading and speaking skills.

- to promote discussion and to practice to a dialogue using the names of certain countries,

languages and nationalities;

- To express ideas and opinions about the topic;

- reinforce vocabulary, to promote discussion and to practice language in a particular

context

OBJECTIVES:

A.Cognitive objectives:

a) to check and improve vocabulary,

b) to encourage students to talk freely,

c) to give students more practice on pronunciation, vocabulary and the

structures taught.

B.Affective objectives:

a) to create a warm atmosphere,

b) to help students enjoy speaking English.

TEACHING AIDS: textbooks , worksheets, handouts, pictures, cards.

TEACHING TECHNIQUES: conversation, dialogue, exercise, game, explanation

brainstorming, observation, role play.

METHODS: Communicative approach

Bibliography: Achim, Alaviana, Pathway to English. English Factfile. Student`s book 6,

OXFORD UNIVERITY PRESS, 1997. and www.worldatlasbook.info

THE EVENTS OF THE LESSON

1. Captatio benevolentiae/ Warm-up (9`-10`)

Aims: to draw the pupils` attention and to introduce the new lesson.

Interaction: T-S.

Skills: speaking, reading

Activities: greetings, homework checking, introduction of the next lesson.

1st Activity: Greetings (<1`)

Procedure: informal conversation:

-SS: „Hello, Miss!” T: „Hello class! How are you today?”

-SS: „We are fine. You?” T: „I`m fine, thank you. Sit down, please!”

2nd Activity: Homework checking (2`-3`)

Aims: to evaluate students` home activity

Interaction: T-S

Skills: reading

Procedure:

- The teacher asks the students what their homework was and students answer.

- Students read their homework.

- The teacher corrects the possible errors with the help of the students.

3rd Activity: warming up for the next lesson (5`-6`)

Aims: to revise and reinforce “Prepositions of place”

Interaction: T-S, S-T

Skills: listening, speaking, writing

Procedure: Teacher tells the objectives for the lesson and asks students: „When do we use

prepositions of place?” Then, teacher gives students maps of Europe and asks them „Where is

London located? In the north/ south/ east or west of England? On the east cost or west coast?”

„Where is Madrid located in Spain?” Then, teacher writes on the blackboard the prepositions of

place used. They listen and repeat orally the prepositions.

!!! IMPORTANT: whenever students don`t understand the teacher`s questions and affirmations

she will translate them into Romanian.

2. The core of the lesson (38`)

Aims: - to make the lesson seem fun and exciting, to involve students in individual and group

activities

to introduce and revise city life vocabulary related to different places and buildings;

Interaction: T-S, S-S.

Skills: reading, writing, comprehension, communication skills.

Activities:

1st Activity: ex.2 from page 84 (4`)

Aims: - to read a text for specific information.

Interaction: T-S.

Skills: speaking, reading

Procedure: Students have to read the first text loudly and fill in the gap with the suitable number,

according to the picture. Teacher asks them about the results of their work and they correct the

exercise together. Teacher tells students that they should keep in mind this report as an example.

2nd Activity: a description of a given capital city (20`)

Aims: - to introduce and revise city life vocabulary related to different places and buildings;

- to write a report;

Interaction: T-S, S-S.

Skills: reading, writing, speaking skills

Procedure: Teacher writes on the blackboard 6 names of capital cities, then she asks „What is

Madrid/ Athens/London/Amsterdam/Sydney/Paris famous for?” Students have to read the words

given by the teacher and deduce their meaning. Students have to work in groups to write a report

about a capital city using pictures, given words and prepositions of place. Teacher gives them 10

minutes to finish their report. The leaders read their report and other students from other teams

have to guess the city. After they guessed the cities, the menbers of the teams come and write on

the blackboard near their city`s name a short description from their report.

3rd Activity: ex. 6b from page 85 (4)

Aims: to develop the pupils` reading and speaking skills.

Interaction: T-S, S-T

Skills: reading and speaking skills

Procedure: Students have to give examples of seaside resorts, industrial cities,mountain resorts,

university towns, tourist cities in Romania.

4th Activity: a worksheet „Let`s go on our jouney” (10`)

Aims: to develop the pupils` reading and speaking skills.

Interaction: T-S, S-T

Skills: reading and speaking skills

Procedure: Students have to read the questions from the worksheet and answer them. Teacher

asks „How do you imagine your ideal trip?”

3.The end of the lesson (2`)

T congratulates the SS and the winning teams. T encourages the others to do a better figure next

time.The teacher assigns homework to the students (ex. 2B from the worksheet). The teacher

dismisses the class.