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Practicum Lesson Plan on Friends Unit

STUDENTS’ AGE: 14 UNIT: Friends

STUDENTS’ GRADE: 9th Grade TOPIC: Have / Has got (positive, negative
and questions)

PROFICIENCY LEVEL: A1 LANGUAGE FOCUS: Reading, Writing &

Speaking

PLACE: Public School CLASS SIZE: 28

ASSUMED KNOWLEDGE

Students
➢ know how to use “to be” in negative, positive and question forms.
➢ know how to use Simple Present Tense, Present Continuous Tense.
➢ know subject-verb agreement
➢ know some basic physical features (such as blonde hair, big eyes, etc.) and some
personality characteristics (such as kind, clever, honest, etc.) in describing people.

TIME ALLOTTED

➢ Total class time (2 lessons/80 minutes)

➢ Warm-up Activity (10 minutes)
➢ Introduction (15 minutes)
➢ Main Activity (30 minutes)
➢ Follow-up Activity (25 minutes)

The students will be able to:

➢ make sentences by using have got/has got. (Introduction)
➢ answer the simple questions about the reading text that includes “have
Objectives got/has got/haven’t got/hasn’t got”. (Main Activity)
➢ identify how “have/has got” are used in context. (Main Activity)
➢ distinguish people with different physical appearances that are

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introduced. (Follow-up Activity)

Activities

Activity Activity Description (Teacher: T, Students: Sts, Student: St)

➢ Sts come to their English class. T asks her sts how they are and
how their weekend was.
T: My weekend was really good because I hanged out with my
best friend. She is Sevin. I really love her because she is very
friendly and kind. Also, she has got a very nice smile. She is
blonde and she has got long, straight hair. She has got green
Warm-Up eyes and she wears eyeglasses. Now, I will show you two of my
Activity friends’ pictures and I want you to guess which one is Sevin.
(10 minutes) ➢ After sts tell their guesses, T shows her friends’ names. Then, T
asks about the other person in the pictures.
T: Let’s look at Duygu. Has she got blonde hair? / Has she got
long hair? / Has she got straight hair? / Has she got a big smile?
/ Has she got green eyes? etc.
S: She hasn’t got blonde hair. She has got brown hair. / She has
got long hair. / She has got wavy hair. / She has got a big smile.

T: Now, I will distribute a paper to you. In this paper, you can

see some physical features such as blonde hair, big eyes, etc.
Also, there are some personality characteristics such as kind,
clever, honest, etc. I want you to read them, and find these
people from our class. You can write just one person for each
Introduction feature but if you can find more people, you can write their
(15 minutes) names. Also, you can write your names. After you finish it,
please don’t forget to complete the additional information part
about him/her. For instance: “She is beautiful, He is kind, etc”.
➢ After sts complete the chart, T asks sts to share their answers for
each physical feature and personality characteristics.

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T: Now, we have a reading text about Tolga and Tolga’s best

friends. He has got four best friends at his school. In this text, he
explains his friends’ physical appearances. Read the text and
then write his friends’ names under the pictures according to
their physical appearances.
➢ After sts match the names with the photographs, T asks them to
Main Activity share their answers. They check the answers as a whole class.
(30 minutes) Then, T distributes a paper that includes True/False questions.
T: Now, read the questions. Mark the sentences T (true) and F
(false) according to the text. Correct the false statements.
➢ After sts finish the questions, T wants some volunteers to share
their answers. (If there is not any volunteer to say the answers of
the questions, T chooses the sts randomly or chooses the sts
from the list.)

➢ T: Now, we will play a guessing game. You will work with

your peers. I will distribute papers including 16 famous people.
First, you choose a famous person from the paper and don’t say
this person to your peer. Your peer tries to guess this famous
person by asking questions about this famous person’s physical
appearance to you. When your peer finds this famous person,
your peer chooses a famous person from the paper and doesn’t
Follow-up say this famous person to you. You try to guess this person. It
Activity goes on like that.
(25 min) (T models the activity): “He or she? / Is he an actor or a singer?
/ Has he got blue eyes? / Has he got a mustache? Has he got
black hair? etc.”
(T walks around the class and gives feedback during the
activity.)

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➢ Assessment: T assesses her/his sts’ success according to their

developmental process in the activities. Also, T assesses sts
whether they do their homework or not. In general, exams will
Assessment & be conducted comprising the necessary topics covered.
Homework ➢ Homework:
T: Choose a famous person or a person from your family and
write a short paragraph to introduce his/her physical appearance.
Do your homework and bring your homework to the next class.

★ Smartboard
Necessary Tools ★ Worksheets
★ PPT

MATERIALS

★ Warm-up Activity (PPT)

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★ Introduction

FIND SOMEONE WHO…

ADDITIONAL
Classmate’s INFORMATION
Name Helpful / beautiful /
handsome / nice / friendly /
hardworking/honest/kind/
shy/ clever/ cheerful/funny

… has got black and curly

hair

... has got short, straight

hair and blue eyes

… has got long, black hair

… is very tall

… has got short, wavy

hair

… has got big eyes and a

small nose

… wears eyeglasses

… has got a big mouth

and small ears

… is of middle height and

slim

… is short and slim

… has got a small mouth

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★ Main Activity
Read the text about Tolga and Tolga’s best friends. Then, write Tolga’s best
friends’ names under the pictures according to the text.
Hi, I am Tolga. I am from Turkey. I’m 14 years old. I am tall
and slim. I have got short, straight, blonde hair. I have got green eyes and a
small nose. I have got small ears and a small mouth. I don’t wear
eyeglasses. I’m a student at Woodside High School in London. I am very
friendly and I love to talk with my friends. I have many friends at my
school. My best friends are Emily, Mike, Mia, and George.
Emily is from China. She is short and slim. She has got straight, black hair. She has
got small and brown eyes. She wears glasses. She has got a small nose. Emily has a big,
friendly smile and she is cheerful.
Mike is from New York. He is short and fat. He has got short, straight, black hair. He
has got blue eyes and a small nose. He has got big ears. He doesn’t wear eyeglasses. He is a
kind, clever and helpful person. He helps our homework and we study our exams together.
Mia is from Chicago. She is tall and slim. She has got medium length, curly, brown
hair. Her hair is very nice. She has got big and brown eyes. She has got a big nose and big
ears. She has got a big mouth. She is funny, cheerful and helpful. She always makes jokes.
George is from London. He is very tall and fit. He has got short, wavy, ginger hair.
He has got a beard. He has got green eyes. He has got a small mouth and big ears. He has got
a small nose. He is very handsome and hardworking. He plays basketball in our school team
and we often go to watch his matches. He is our favorite basketball player!
We are different from each other, but we always have fun together. We are best
friends forever!

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_________________ ____________ ________________ __________________

● Questions:
Read the questions. Mark the sentences T (true) and F (false) according to the text.
Correct the false statements.

1. Tolga has got short, curly, blonde hair. T / F

2. Tolga has got green eyes and a big nose. T / F
3. Tolga has got green eyes but Emily has got brown eyes. T / F
4. Tolga hasn’t got a small mouth. T / F
5. Emily is a kind, clever and helpful person. T / F
6. Emily and Mia have got brown eyes. T / F
7. George is funny and he always makes jokes. T / F
8. Emily and Mike have straight, black hair. T / F
9. Only George has got a beard. T / F
10. Mia and George have got big ears. T / F
11. Tolga and George have got green eyes. T / F
12. Mia hasn’t got small eyes. T / F

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★ Follow-up Activity
Work with your peers. Choose a famous person from the pictures above and don’t say
this famous person to your peer. Your peer asks questions to find this famous person.
When your peer finds this famous person, change your roles.

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★ Extra material (Back-up Plan)

(If the activities are early completed, T uses this material from the smart board via PPT.)
Look at the pictures below and find the mistakes in the sentences. Then, correct the
mistakes.

George has got short curly hair. He wears eyeglasses. He has got round eyes. He has got a big
mouth.

Paul has got long, straight hair. He wears eyeglasses. He has got big ears.

Chris has got a beard. He wears eyeglasses. He has got long, straight hair.

Tim has got a small nose. He wears eyeglasses. He has got big ears. He has got long, black
hair. He has got a big mouth.

Bill has got a mustache. He wears eyeglasses. He has got straight hair. He has got a big
mouth.