Lesson Plan

School:
Teacher:
Grade: 8th
Date and Time:
Unit D
Lesson : Optimism
Materials: High Flyer
Additional material: (posters, handouts, cassette)
Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able:
- to properly use idioms describing moods and states
- to solve problems regarding a particular situation
- to comment on a certain topic or statement
- to focus on their strengths rather than on their weakness
- to listen for specific information
Number of classes/week: 3
Skills: Speaking, Reading, Writing,Listening
Type of lesson: Mixed type (reading, speaking, delivering of knowledge,listening)
 Aims Lesson Stages Activities Skills Types of Timing
interaction
to check Warm-up greetings, attendance speaking S-T 3’
attendance
to correct Homework check mistakes are corrected if necessary speaking, S-T 3’
mistakes writing
to introduce the Lead-in (speaking teacher asks students to look at the half full- half speaking S-T 4’
new topic activity) empty glass(page 18) and tell her how they see it
to get engaged Reading activity students skim the text first, then they read it speaking, Frontal 8’
in a aloud to find out more about optimism reading S-T
conversation on
the topic
to properly use Problem solving four imaginary characters are chosen and the speaking Pair Work 6’
the language students have to advise them
to properly use Introducing the students read the sentences containing idioms reading, Pair work 8’
idioms new vocabulary and the teacher elucidates the new language writing
regarding moods
to listen for Listening activity teacher plays the cassette listening Individual 5’
details Work
to develop Post-listening students have to answer the questions speaking Individual 3’
listening skills activity Work
to find out more Writing activity students have to do the quiz to find out if they writing, S-T 8’
about are optimists or not reading
themselves
to practise what Homework Ten reasons that make my life so great speaking, Frontal 2’
they have found assignment writing
out