Lesson plan

SCHOOL: Radu Vldescu Theoretical High School

TEACHER: Pelmu Florina Gabriela
DATE: 6th April 2016
GRADE: 4th B
TOPIC: Whats the weather like?
TEXTBOOK: Way Ahead 2
TYPE OF LESSON: Teaching Vocabulary
No. of students: 13
TIME: 45min.
METHODS: question-answer exchanges, brainstorming, conversation, explanation
SKILLS: Listening, speaking, writing, reading
CLASS INTERACTION: individual work, group work
TEACHING AIDS: blackboard, whiteboard, hand-outs, computer, video-projector etc.
AIMS:
to make learning English fun with the help of a song
to stimulate imagination
to classify seasons and climate
to answer questions related to the text
COMPETENCES: by the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

make predictions about a topic

read a text using the correct pronunciation
use topic-related words in sentences of their own
answer questions related to the text

Anticipated problems:
class management: possible lack of attention;
the teacher might need to use some Romanian words, as a last resort solution to
something that the students could find very difficult

Warm up Interactio Timing

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Aims: To create a pleasant atmosphere and to relax the students n
To get the students involved into the lesson
Procedure: T Ss 8 min
1. Greetings
2. Informal conversation
3. Check the homework Ss T
The teacher asks the following questions:

How are you today?

What day is today?
Is anybody missing?
Did you have homework for today?
The teacher checks the homework.

Lead in
Aims: To introduce the topic of the lesson
To check the accomplishment of given instructions
Procedure: T Ss 10 min
The T tells the ss that they will watch a short film in which they
will see how the weather could be. Ss T
The T writes the title on the blackboard and while watching/
listening, the T writes the new words related to the weather on the
blackboard.
The students are asked to try to translate the words based on the
pictures in the video.

Activity 1
The T shares some handouts and asks the ss to have a look at the
first exercise. This short exercise is meant to make the students use 2 min
the new words in describing the weather. T Ss
The T elicits ss answers and writes on the blackboard. Ss T

Activity 2
The T asks the ss to look at exercise nr. 2. The purpose of this
exercise is to make students connect pictures with the new words. 7 min
The T asks students to come to the blackboard and to write their T Ss
answers. Ss T

Activity 3
The next activity is meant to make the students remember the four
seasons of the year. They have to complete the blanks with the

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 correct name of each season. 8 min
The T may ask Whats the weather like in each season?, in order T Ss
to make students correlate information. Ss T

Activity 4
The ss have learnt the months of the year, but they had some
problems with their order. So, the last activity is based on listening 5 min
and putting in the correct order the months of the year. T Ss
They will listen to a song and the T shares some pieces of paper Ss T
with the names of each month. While listening, they have to put
the months in the correct order.

Feedback
The T evaluates properly the ss activity, encouraging them and
emphasizing their strong skills. 5 min
The T gives homework and dismisses the class.
T - Ss