LESSON PLAN

UNIT 4: BIG or small

Period: A3+4
I. Objectives:
Students will be able to talk about their school, i.e. the location, size, the number of
students and classrooms, etc.
II. Language focus:
Vocabulary: big >< small; in the country >< in the city.
Grammar:
(?) How many + N-plural + are there?
(+) There are + number + N-plural
III. Teaching aids:
Textbook, laptop, projector, cue cards.
IV. Procedure:

Time Content Ts activities Sss activities
7 Warm-up: The
Big Wheel
(game)
- Divide the class in to 2 groups.
- Explain the rules: each group takes
turn spin the wheel. The groups will
score the indicating points if they
provide correct answers to the
questions. Each group gives one
answer at a time.

Take part in the
game, answer the
questions.
3 Lead-in: Big ><
small
Show some pictures to illustrate big
and small.
Taking guess.
10 Practice making
sentences to talk
about the
schools
location, size,
the number of
classrooms/
students, etc.
Provide some clues/ words and
phrases:
- Phongs school: in the country, small,
8 classrooms, 400 students.
- Thus school: in the city, big, 20
classrooms, 900 students.
Have some students speak out loud
the complete sentences, then have all
students repeat those sentences.
Make sentences
based on the clues
given by the
teacher.
Repeat the
sentences.
10 Practice Q&A Divide the class into 2 groups.
The group on the left makes questions.
The group on the right gives answers.
The group on the
left speaks out loud
the questions.
The group on the
right speaks out
loud the answers.
10 Role-play Divide the class into 4 groups.
Give each group a cue card which
contains some information.
Each group spends 2
minutes working on
the cue card.
Have the groups work together.
Ask 2 students of each group to talk in
front of the class.
2 students of each
group talk in front
of the class.
5 Homework Give homework to students.
(Answer possible questions from
students)
Take notes.
(Ask questions)