1

LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Roxana – Delia Onit

Grade: 4th
Level: elementary
Frequency: 2 hours / week
Textbook: Fairyland 4, Express Publishing
Lesson: XL in concert!
Type of lesson: acquiring new information (Vocabulary and Grammar) and practising
communicative skills (Speaking)
Skills: reading, writing, speaking, listening1
Purpose: the purpose of this lesson is to introduce adverbs of frequency 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 adverbs of frequency 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 practise 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 Present Tense Simple through discovery
activities followed by language practice

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

Timing: 6’
Speaking

Aims: 2, 7, 9

__________
 2

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 present their homework orally
 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 writing

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

 T writes the title on the blackboard and elicits what it is about; Ss translate it
 T indicates exercise 1 on page 32. Ss read the short dialogue and translate it
 Then, Ss are told to role-play the conversation. The new words are read aloud,
translated and written on the blackboard.
 T asks Ss to make up sentences with the new words
 Then, T tells Ss they are going to speak about adverbs of frequency

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 32

 T explains that Ss have to answer the questions
 Following the example, Ss must work in pairs and say: Does XL play the piano?
No, he doesn’t.
 Ss report back to the class at the end of the activity

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

Writing and reading

Aims: 2, 4, 7, 8, 9

 T begins this activity by directing Ss’ attention towards the exercise 3 on page 33
 Ss have to fill in the gaps using adverbs of frequency
 Then, Ss read aloud and translate the new sentences
 Other Ss are paying attention to correct any possible mistakes
 T has the role of an observer and a feedback provider
 3

Activity 3 Interaction: Ss-Ss; Pairwork Timing: 8’

Speaking and writing

Aims: 2, 4, 7, 8, 9

 Ss are told to look at exercise 4 on page 33

 T tells the class that they are going to listen to an audio file revealing when XL
does certain activities during the day
 Ss have to work in pairs and follow the example offered by the teacher
 Ss write down their sentences as in: XL gets up at half past nine o’clock in the
morning.
 Ss report back to the class in the end.

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

Speaking and writing

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: exercise 5 on page 33. Ss must
answer questions about themselves, using adverbs of frequency.