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LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Roxana – Delia Onit

Grade: 4th
Level: elementary
Frequency: 2 hours / week
Textbook: Fairyland 4, Express Publishing
Lesson: Stay healthy!
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 healthy habits 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 healthy habits 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 ways of giving advice 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 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 44. Ss read the short poem 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 healthy habits

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 44

 T explains that Ss have to unscramble the words
 Following the teacher’s example, Ss must work in pairs and give advice: We
should wash our hands.
 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 first exercise on page
45
 Ss have to choose between three possible answers (A, B, or C)
 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
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Activity 3 Interaction: Ss-Ss; Pairwork Timing: 8’

Speaking, writing and listening

Aims: 2, 4, 7, 8, 9

 Ss are told to look at exercise 4 on page 45

 T tells the class that they are going to read about healthy food
 Ss have to work in pairs and present what healthy food they consume
 Ss write down a short paragraph as in: We should drink orange juice for
breakfast. Nuts are a healthy snack.
 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. Ss must copy, translate and
memorize the poem on page 44.