LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: DATE: TIME: SCHOOL: CLASS:

Class profile: 11 year-olds, A1

Teaching unit : Module 6: Explorers

Type of lesson : Presentation, practice

Sources: Challenges 1 – Students' Book; Workbook; Teacher's Handbook

Aims and objectives : Reading and listening about explorers and the past; acquiring new vocabulary; learning about the Past Simple tense.

Teaching methods : conversation, presentation, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, writing, speaking

Class management : whole class, individual work, pair work, group work
Teaching aids, materials
and equipment : students’ book, workbook, CD; board, chalk, CD-player
STAGES

TIMING
Aims and Class organization procedures and activities Interaction Teaching Possible problems
objectives aids and and solutions
materials

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partIntroductory

Introduce the Check homework.

topic, elicit ideas SB 10
and vocabulary, Warm-up: Ss look at the years and put them in order. Play the recording for Ss T – SS CD min
spark interest to check. Ask Ss to read the years once more, paying attention to SS – T CD player
pronunciation.
Main part

Exercise 2: Give Ss time to look at the map, identify the countries and trace T – SS
Reading and Marco Polo’s route. SS – T
listening
comprehension Exercise 3: Ss read the text and check their answers from Exercise 2.
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Exercise 4: Ss listen to the recording and complete the text with years.
Present grammar T – SS
Exercise 5: Ss look at the given examples and look for additional examples in SS – T
the text. Point out the spelling of travelled and carried. SB 25
Pronunciation CD min
practice Exercise 6: Ss listen to the –ed endings and practise saying them. T – SS CD player
SS – T
Exercise 7: Ss listen to the recording and classify the verbs according to the board
endings. Check pronunciation by asking Ss to write the verbs on the board in
Practice target one of three columns. (/d/, /id/, /t/) SS – T
language
Exercise 8: Give Ss time to look at the text and complete it. Elicit answers. SS – T
Practice target
language Exercise 9: Ss read another short text. Explain or encourage Ss to guess the
meaning of new words in the text.

Ending the lesson:

partFinal

Use target
language Exercise 10: Ss look at verbs and look for them in the Did you know text. Ss T – SS SB 10
check their answers in the list of irregular verbs on page 129 of the Students’ SS – SS min
Book. Elicit answers.
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Exercise 11: Ss can refer to the list of irregular verbs as they are doing the
exercise. Elicit answers.

Homework: Exercises in the Workbook.