LESSON PLAN

Date: 2.12.2010
Teacher: Gheorghe Alexandra-Maria
School: Scoala cu cls. I-VIII Valea Lunga Cricov
Class: 8th
Unit: 4- Adventure
Topic: He’s such an idiot! (Making exclamations- What….! So/such/ Result Clauses)
Timetable fit: 50’
Materials: textbook, notebook, blackboard and chalk

Lesson aim:
 Enrich vocabulary
 Learn to make exclamations with What
So/ such
Activities:
1. The teacher checks the absents
2. The teacher checks the homework
3. The teacher asks the pupils what do exclamations express, transmit, and give
some examples in English. (desired answers: surprise, bewilderment, admiration,
disgust, disagreement, pity: How rude of him!, What a movie!, How beautifully she
sings!)
4. The teacher asks the pupils to open the book on page 38, and write the title of the
new text in their notebooks: He’s such an idiot!. The teacher asks the pupils to
read the text and fill in with the appropriate words. The teacher asks the pupils to
try and complete the sentences in Grammar File.
5. The teacher tells the pupils that today’s lesson is about making exclamations with
What…!
Rule: →what a/an (+ adjective) + singular countable noun
 What a lovely song! (NOT What lovely song!)
 What a surprise! (NOT What surprise!)
→what + adjective +uncountable or plural noun
 What lovely flowers! (NOT What a lovely flowers!)
 What fools! (NOT What a fools!)
 What beautiful weather! (NOT What a beautiful weather!)
So/ such
So+adjective- to show extremes
 The music is so loud! I wish they would turn it down.
 The meal was so good! It was worth the money
So+adverbs- to show extreme actions
 The music is so loud that I can't sleep.
 The music is so loud I can't sleep.
Such+Adjective+Noun
 Don has such a big house! I think it's a little ridiculous.
 Shelly has such beautiful eyes! I have never seen that shade of blue before.
Such+Noun
 He is such an idiot!
 He is such a genius!
5. The teacher asks the pupils to solve exercise 6, 7 and 8.