LESSON PLAN

DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASS:

 CLASS: THE XTH

 NUMBER OF CLASSES PER WEEK: 2H
 NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 10
 LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
 TITLE OF THE LESSON:REMEMBER DAYS GONE BY
 TOPIC:FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS
 TEXTBOOK : CLICK ON 4
 AIDS :TEXTBOOK, C.D., BLACKBOARD/ WHITEBOARD, VIDEO
PROJECTOR, WORKSHEET.
 METHOD: THE COMMUNICATIVE METHOD
 ORGANIZATION: CLASS-WORK, PAIR-WORK, INDIVIDUAL WORK
 EVALUATION: ORAL AND WRITTEN ACTIVITIES

OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

1. - to give examples of adjectives describing feelings
2. - to acquire new adjectives describing feelings
3. - to give synonyms to adjectives describing feeling
4. - to use their own experience when talking about their feelings
5. - to express what they might feel in different situations

Language/skills taught :
 Reading
 Writing
 Speaking
 Listening

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ACTIVITY 1: WARM UP –

 The teacher greets the students and asks for the absents;
 The teacher checks the homework assignment;

 The teacher asks the students the following questions :

 If you were an instrument ,what would you like to be and why?

 What is your favourite Christmas memory?
 Where do you go and what do you do to relax?
 If you were in a band ,what kind of music would you play?
 What TV show (past or present)do you most identify with?
 What is your favourite season of the year ?Why?
 If a movie was made about yor life ,what actor/actress would you like you?
 If you were a vegetable ,what vegetable would you be?
 If you woke up tomorrow as an animal ,what animal would you like to be?
 If you could live anywhere on this planet and take everything that you love
with you ,where would you live?
 What favourite colour are you and how does being that colour make you feel?

Students answer those questions .

ACTIVITY 2:

LEAD-IN:
Teacher asks students questions related to feelings and emotions.

 What makes you smile?

 What makes you cry?
 What makes you yell?
 What makes you happy?
 What makes you angry?
 What do you feel when you see an old man begging on the street?
What is your reaction when you watch a football match?
Student A, student B , student C and student D ,student E, student F answer.

ACTIVITY 3:

Teacher asks students to open the book at page 38 and take a look at those pictures.
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Teacher asks students to match the images to the events (exercises 1/page 38)
Teacher asks students to use the adjectives ,, shy ,surprised ,thrilled ,nervous
,disappointed ,worried,, to answer the following questions (ex.2/page38)
Which childhood do you remember clearly?
What happened?

Teacher writes the title of the new lesson on the blackboard

,,Remember Days Gone By,,
Teacher asks students to read the dialogues ( page39) using role play.
Teacher asks students to find out the adjectives related to feelings and emotions .
Student A write the adjectives on the blackboard.

Activity 4
Teacher splits the students up into groups of four .
Each group gets a handout .They have to write the letter for each number to solve
the answer.
There are adjectives related to feelings and emotions.
Student A and Student B write the adjectives on the blackboard.
Teacher asks students to tick the positive adjectives, to cross the negative adjectives
and underline the adjective which describes them today.

Activity 5

Students are watching a short film .Students have to say the adjectives which
describe the best what happened in the film .Teacher gives them a list with the
adjectives related to emotions and feelings.
Teacher split the students up in 2 groups.Each group gets a crossword puzzle with
adjectives.Teacher checks them.
Teacher gives students a worksheet with adjectives (17).Students have to match the
description to the adjectives.Teacher checks their answers.

Feedback

Teacher asks students to choose an adjective related to emotions and feelings and
write on the blackboard.Student A,student B, student C write them on the blackboard.

Homework: Teacher gives students to do exercises 7 /page 40

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Handout
Look at the expressions for SUGGESTIONS
Making suggestions Example
Let's….
Shall we…? A: What are we going to do tonight? Shall we go to a
Why don't we….? nightclub? They've got guest DJs at the Sphinx
What/ How about…..? tonight.
We could…..
Would you like to…? B: Oh no, not a nightclub. I've got to be up early
tomorrow. We could go to a concert. Sir Brian St
Responding to suggestions positively John is playing at the Sindication Centre tonight. He
That sounds great… gives a thrilling performance.
That's a good idea…
I like the idea…. A: I can't stand classical music. It's so boring. How
I'd love to… about a film? They're showing Rob Roy at the Odeon
I find….. fascinating at 7.30
I'm really keen on…
Responding to suggestions negatively B: That sounds great. I'm convinced. Let's go there
I don't think that's a good idea then.
I'm not in the mood for…
I'm not really interested in….
I just hate….
I find…. Boring
I can't stand….
I'm not really in the mood for…

Make a similar dialogue to the one above following the prompts below:
A: Making a suggestion: Cinema/ Rob Roy
B: Refusing and making a second suggestion: Historical Drama// nightclub, entertaining DJ
A: Refusing the second suggestion and making a new suggestion: rock music, not impressed
with the DJ// concert at the Sindication Centre
B: Accepting: thrilled with classical music
A: Making a suggestion: concert at the Sindication Centre
B: Refusing and making a second suggestion: classical music // nightclub, interesting,
entertaining DJ
A: Refusing the second suggestion and making a new suggestion: night clubs, not impressed,
atmosphere// Cinema/ Rob Roy
B: Accepting: amazing historical drama with Liam Neeson
A: Making a suggestion: nightclub, interesting, amazing new DJ
B: Refusing and making a second suggestion: nightclubs are boring // Theatre Royale/ new
exciting play
A: Refusing the second suggestion and making a new suggestion: bored in theatres// Cinema/
Rob Roy
B: Accepting: amazing historical drama with Liam Neeson
A: Making a suggestion: Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs/amusing performance/ Theatre
Royale
B: Refusing and making a second suggestion: not very entertaining // nightclub, interesting,
entertaining DJ
A: Refusing the second suggestion and making a new suggestion: night clubs, not impressed,
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atmosphere// Concert at the Sindication Centre
B: Accepting: zSir Brian St John gives thrilling concerts.
Listen to the conversation on sightseeing and travel again by pressing the Play Audio button
and read along with the conversation. Review the Key Vocabulary and the sample sentences.

Man: So, what do you want to do tomorrow?

Woman: Well, ________________________ at this city guide here. [Okay] Uh, here's
something interesting. [Oh!]_______________________________ visit the art museum in the
morning?

Man: Okay_____________________ idea. And where do you want to eat lunch?

Woman: ___________________________ to an Indian restaurant? [Humm] The

guide recommends one downtown a few blocks from the museum.

Man: Now ___________________________. After that, what do you think about visiting the
zoo? [Oh . . umm . . well . . . ] Well, it says here that there are some very unique animals not
found anywhere else.

Woman: Well, to tell you the truth, I'm not really _______________________ going there.
[Really?]. Yeah. ____________________ go shopping instead? There are supposed to be
some really nice places to pick up souvenirs.

Man: Nah, I ___________________________ that's a good idea. We only have few travelers
checks left, and I only have fifty dollars left in cash.

Woman: No problem. We can use YOUR credit card to pay for MY new clothes.

Man: Oh, no. I remember the last time you used MY credit card for YOUR purchases.

Woman: Oh well. _______________________ the subway down to the seashore and walk
along the beach.

Man: Now ______________________ a wonderful plan