NEW CELTA Lesson Plan (Front Page)

Teacher: Sue Chen

TP #: 3
Number of s/s: 6

Date: Oct. 8
Level: Pre-Int.

Materials:
Pictures of creative artists
Popsicle sticks
Photocopies of p. 16 of Language Leader Coursebook

Context (e.g. travel, family): Creative Lives

Lesson focus please circle or highlight M (main) or S
(secondary) areas:
Skills
M/S Speaking
M/S Writing
M/S Listening
M/S Reading
Target language (please list all items):
Creative
Damaged
Recovering
Proud
Philosophy
Admired

M/S
M/S
M/S
M/S

Language
Structure/Grammar
Function
Lexis
Pronunciation

Approach (please
tick):

PPP
TTT
Text-based
TBL

Integrated (no TL)

Aims: e.g. By the end of the lesson, students will have

Main lesson aim(s): had practice of work in, work at, etc. in the context of Jobs and Careers

By the end of the lesson, learners will have developed better reading comprehension through reading
biography of Frida Kohla by practicing reading for gist and details, and figuring out the meaning of unknown
words from context. This will be done by:

Activating learners prior knowledge on creative people

Clarifying the meaning creative
Providing reading for gist practice on a text about Frida Kohla
Providing reading for detail practice on a text about Frida Kohla
Providing practice using context to learn new vocabulary

Secondary lesson aim(s):

To give s/s practice in developing fluency in speaking in the context of creative people.

Personal aims (refer to feedback points from previous lesson):

- To increase clarity in instructions
- To demonstrate / model activities
- To use level appropriate language

Strategies:
- To write instructions on the white board
- To rehearse instructions with modelling
- To layout students prior in lesson plan and
script key questions

Assumptions regarding Ss knowledge:

All students should have some prior knowledge about creative people such as artists, musicians, and
scientists.
All students should have lower intermediate reading proficiency.
All students should have exposed to the techniques of reading for ddetails.

Anticipated student problems (non-TL):

- [Meaning] Students may be stuck by unfamiliar
words
- [Pron] Students may pronounce creative as kretive

Planned solutions:
- Set time limit for gist reading practice
- Model pronunciation; visually show stress on the
a kriadiv