“AVRAM IANCU” SECONDARY SCHOOL

SATU MARE

CLASS: VIII A

TOPIC: Adjectives of character

TEACHER: ERDEI LARISA

 LESSON PROJECT
Date: May 4, 2015

Level: Intermediate

Class: VIII A

Time: 50’

Number of students: 27

Unit of learning: Guess who?

Type of lesson: Vocabulary

OBJECTIVES:

1. To listen to a song for specific information;

2. To identify adjectives describing character in a text;
3. To describe oneself using adjectives of character;
4. To practise the new words with a game;
SKILLS:

 Reading
 Writing
 Speaking
 Listening
MATERIALS:

 Handouts
 Notebook
 Laptop
 Posters/flashcards

CLASS MANAGEMENT:

 Individual
 Whole class
 Group work

Stages of lesson Teacher’s activity Students’ activity Objective Teaching aids Timing
s
Skills Interaction

1.Warmer T plays Alanis Ss listen to the song, Objective T-Ss 5’

Morissette’s song fill in the gaps and
 “Hand in my order the sentences. 1 Laptop
pocket”. Ss are given
Listening handouts with the Observation
lyrics of the song. Dialogue
T checks the answers
and writes the
missing words on the
board.

T writes the
2. Announcing Ss answer the Observation 5’
following questions
the new lesson questions.
on the board: Dialogue
“What would you T-Ss
like?”
Notebook
Reading “What do you like?”
Board
Writing “What does he/she
look like?”
Speaking
“What is he/she
like?”

T explains the
difference, then asks
the Ss to which of the
questions can the
words from the song
be used as answers.

T announces the
topic of the new
lesson: adjectives
describing character..

3. Teaching the T gives Ss a handout Ss read the texts, then

Objective Handouts 15’
new lesson (“True colours”) with do the two follow-up
a set of short texts activities. 2 T-Ss
about the way
Reading colours express one’s
personality. There
Writing are two post-reading
Speaking activities: 1. To
identify positive and
negative adjectives
of character; 2. To
decide which of the
seven paragraphs
contains given
information.

4. Reinforcement T asks students to

describe themselves
Writing Ss fill in the gaps Objective Cards 5’
using some cards
with adjectives that
Speaking with prompts: 3 T-Ss
describe their
What are you like? personality.

Complete the
sentences than tell
the class.

I am extremely ………..

I am very …………………

I am quite ……………….

I am a little…………………

I am not very …………

I am not …………at all.

5.Feedback T organizes Ss in
groups of three and
Reading In groups of three, Objective Groupwork 15’
assigns two different
Speaking students match the
tasks: weaker
pairs of antonyms/ 4
students are given a
choose the right
set of adjectives
candidate for the job
describing character.
Their task is to match
the pairs of
antonyms; stronger
 students are given
job cards and
candidate cards
(pictures), their task
being to choose the
right candidate for
the job.

T checks the
answers.

T grades Ss for their

6.Evaluation active participation 5’
to the lesson.

As homework, Ss are
7.Homework assigned exercise 12,
page 80 from the
Student’s Book. In
additions, they have
to describe five of
their friends and
relatives.