Lesson Plan

Teacher: Strinate Angelica

Date: May 22nd
Grade: 6th
Level: Upper-Intermediate
No. of students: 19
Time: 45
School: Secondary School Indepedenta
Textbook: HighFlyer
Lesson: Young people in the news

Competence:
C1: discourse competence ( capacity to build and organise an oral discourse ) ;
C2: learning to learn;
C3 : cultural awarness ;

Lesson aims:
A1: to speak freely on a given topic; (C1)
A2: to read fluently a text in English;( C2)
A3: to correctly use fixed phrases with prepositions;(C3)

Assumptions:
Ss have already learnt simple grammatical structures and lexical structures.
Ss are familiar with oral commands and classroom language.
Anticipated problems:
The Ss may find difficulty in speaking freely in English. The Ss may be afraid of making mistakes
when they speak in English.
Materials: books, notebooks; blackboard; hands out;
Skills involved: reading, speaking, writing;
Class management: whole class activity; in groups;

ACTIVITY 1 Warm up
Aim: To raise Ss s interest in the topic; Interaction Timing
Procedure:
1. Informal conversation, greetings T Ss 5 min
2. Check if the students are all attending the class; Ss T
3. Homework check

ACTIVITY 2 Lead in Interaction Timing

Aim: to speak freely on a given topic;
Procedure: T divides the whole class in five teams 1, 2, 3 and 4 .T T Ss 5 min
gives different tasks to each student. For example, students Ss Ss
number 1 have to choose the best title for the article, students Ss T
number 2 deal with the vocabulary of the text; the ones number 3
have to answer the questions; and number 4 identify the
characteristics of reports.
Teachers role: organizer, controller
 ACTIVITY 3 Interaction Timing
Aim:
Procedure: to read fluently a text in English;( C1)
Ss read the two reports and then take turns in doing ex 1; ex 3 and
ex 4 page 83.T checks Ss answers.
T Ss 20 min
Ss Ss
Teachers role: organizer, controller, assessor, facilitator.
Ss T

ACTIVITY 4 Interaction Timing

Aim: to correctly use fixed phrases with prepositions;(C3)
T Ss
Procedure: Ss are asked to look at page 83 and study the use fixed Ss Ss 19 min
phrases with prepositions; after that they do ex.6 page 83 Ss T
Teachers role: participant.

Final activity (homework 1 min.):

T gives Ss the homework: to make a PPT or a written presentation:NEWSPAPERS IN U.K./U.S.A.
NUMBER 1
There are two reports at page 82; you ( and your teammates ) have to
match them with the correct headline. ( why? )

NUMBER 2

There are two reports at page 82; you ( and your teammates ) have to deal
with the vocabulary and use the dictionary for the unknown words.

NUMBER 3

You have to do exercise 3 page 83/you ( and your teammates ) have to

answer the questions.

NUMBER 4
You ( and your teammates)have to identify the best article, considering the
following characteristics of good reports:
Which report:
Is based on facts, verified information and valid proofs.(and why?)
Is clear and easily understandable .(and why?)
Is Well organized and structured .(and why?)
analyze the results of those reported activities in order to get the
readers interest