Lesson Plan

Level: lower intermediate

Class size:
students
Lesson topic: Food (evaluation)
Aims: - to review and reinforce food vocabulary and to improve the writing skill;
- to encourage creativity and use of imagination through vocabulary games;
- to encourage both individual and pair/group work;
- to stimulate competition between students;
- to get students to have fun with English.
Main skills: Writing, Speaking
Time: 50
Objective: By the end of the lesson the students will be able to define words, to
distinguish between nouns and verbs with identical forms and to use them
correctly in their own sentences.
Teaching aids: worksheets, crosswords, puzzles, word cards, crayons, blackboard,
dictionaries.
Lexical games:
Bingo
Age: over 12
Level: II
Interaction: T SS
Time: 10
Purpose: - to review words which belong to food vocabulary.
Teaching aids: word list containing some of the food items taught during previous
lessons, dictionaries.
Procedure:
Students draw nine squares on a sheet of paper and in each square they write a word
denoting food. After five minutes the teacher reads the word list he/she has prepared.
Each student ticks the words which appear on the teachers list as well. The first student
who will tick three consecutive words (across or down) shouts Bingo!
Ex: Teachers word list
Topic: FOOD

fried potatoes

steak

sausages

fruit salad

vegetable salad

chocolate mousse

apple pie

hamburger

beans

Lets create words

Age: 12-14
Level: I
Interaction: T SS; G1 G2.
Time: as much as the teacher feels necessary
Purpose: - to reinforce spelling.
Teaching aids: word list, a set of letters, blackboard.
Procedure:
The teacher divides the class into two groups and then gives each student a letter of the
alphabet. Next, he/she reads one word on the list already prepared for this lesson and
students in Group1 try to arrange their letters in order. Students in Group2 will check if
the word is written correctly. If it is, G1 get a point and if not the point is won by G2. In
case G1 make a mistake and G2 dont notice, neither of the groups gets the point.
Food idioms
Age: 12-14
Level: I
Interaction: T SS, SS T, SS T.
Time: 15
Purpose: - to help students enrich their vocabulary and have fun with English.
Teaching aids: blackboard, worksheets.
Procedure:
The teacher asks students to read the sentences written on their worksheets and to try to
guess their meaning, identifying the synonyms of the words and phrases underlined.
Ex.: Thomas is the apple of his mothers eye.
I am in a pickle.
I havent got a bean.
He did something stupid and now he is expecting me to save his bacon. etc
Nouns or verbs?
Age: 12
Level: II
Interaction: T SS; SS T; SS SS;
Time: 10
Purpose: - to practise the use of words with identical forms and different values.
Teaching aids: blackboard, notebooks, dictionaries.
Task: Are the words in italics nouns or verbs? Look them up in the dictionary and
choose the correct definition:
I dont like the taste of tomatoes.
She loves lamb chops.
Grate the cheese!
Put the wood in the grate.
You should taste this soup.
Chop the onion into small pieces.