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LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Roxana – Delia Onit

Grade: 0 (pregatitoare)
Level: absolute beginners
Frequency: 1 hour / week
Textbook: English for kids. Clasa pregatitoare, Booklet
Lesson: Mother is short and father is tall
Type of lesson: acquiring new information (Vocabulary) and practising communicative
skills (Speaking)
Skills: speaking, listening1, repeating, drawing, reading
Purpose: the purpose of this lesson is to introduce opposites to pupils
Didactic strategies:
 Methods and procedures: observation, reading aloud, translation, match and say,
make sentences, questions and answers, didactic games, conversation practice
 Organization: pairwork, lockstep, individual work
 Materials and equipment: textbook, blackboard, audio files, coloured chalk,
notebooks
Objectives:
1. To create interest in the topic of opposite adjectives and to introduce vocabulary
related to these to Ss
2. To use the target language in communication
3. To enrich pupils’ vocabulary and general knowledge
4. To practice vocabulary / grammar spoken and written
5. To apply the information received from the teacher in a verbal exchange
6. To verify reading comprehension through a text-related task
7. To promote self-correction gestures and peer correction
8. To identify and select the necessary information in order to carry on with a task
9. To enhance cooperative learning among pupils
10. To allow structured feedback at the end of the lesson
Timing: 50’

PROCEDURE

Recent work: the students have been studying family members through discovery
activities followed by language practice

Warm-up Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss

Timing: 6’
Speaking

Aims: 2, 7, 9

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1 The listening skill is ensured by pupils listening to audio files, to the teacher and to their colleagues during the
cooperative learning process
 The pupils and the teacher greet each other
 The pupils sing Good morning, dear teacher!
 The teacher has the role of an observer and interferes only if necessary
 Peer observations and corrections are encouraged

Lead-in Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss Timing: 10’

Speaking, reading and repeating

Aims: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8

 T announces the title and elicits what it is about; Ss translate it

 T indicates exercise 1 on page 14. T points to the different opposites and names
them; Ss repeat
 Then, Ss colour the family members in the pictures.
 Then, T tells Ss they are going to speak about opposite adjectives

Activity 1 Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss; Pairwork Timing: 10’

Listening and speaking

Aims: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9

 T points to exercise 2 on page 14

 T explains that Ss have to circle the correct word
 Following the example, Ss must work in pairs and say: Father is good. / Father is
slim…
 Ss report back to the class at the end of the activity

Activity 2 Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss; Timing: 10’

Drawing and reading

Aims: 2, 4, 7, 8, 9

 T begins this activity by directing Ss’ attention towards exercise 3 on page 15

 T tells Ss they are going to talk about themselves
 Then, Ss circle one of the adjectives in the pair of opposites that best describes
them
 Ss colour the pictures in the workbook
 Other Ss are paying attention to correct any possible mistakes
 T has the role of an observer and a feedback provider
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Activity 3 Interaction: Ss-Ss; Pairwork Timing: 8’

Speaking, listening and counting

Aims: 2, 4, 7, 8, 9

 Ss are told to look at exercise 4 on page 15

 T tells the class that they are going to listen to an audio file
 Ss listen and sing along: These are my little friends
 On a separate sheet of paper, Ss draw children as described in the song
 Ss report back to the class in the end

Follow-up activity Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss; Timing: 6’

Speaking

Aims: 2, 3, 10

 Together with Ss, T quickly revises the new structures taught during this lesson
 T encourages Ss’ feedback at the end of the lesson
 T assigns the homework for the next English class: Ss must learn the poem These
are my little friends.