LESSON PLAN

DEMO CLASS

Date:

Teacher: Harry

1. Class description 7 Pre-inter students

2. Time allocation 90 mins

3. Objectives - Theme: Around the world

- After the lesson, learners will be able to:
 Understand an article about cultural tradition
 Learn some useful new words related to the topic
 Understand exam strategy (gap-filling)
 Presenting about one given topic
4. Assumed knowledge Pre-Intermediate English

5. Anticipated problems If there are less than 7 students in class for today lesson, try to divide them into
different pairs in different activities (instead of separating them into groups)

6.Teaching aids - PPT Slides

- Recordings 3.05, 3.06
- Video
- Pens and A4 blank sheets

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7. Procedure of the lesson:

Teaching aids
Time Suggested in-class activities or tentative contents
and Interaction
Intro
10 Slides
- T will introduce himself first. Then the first student will have to recall T’s
information and introduce him/herself. The second student will have to
repeat the T’s and first student’s information and introduce him/herself. This
process will end with the last student.
Warm-up
15 Penguins video
- Show Penguins video and ask S about the strange things they have been
observed from that video
- What do you know about April Fool’s Day? Students will have time to work
in pair to find out the answer for that question.
Reading
50
1. Pre-Reading
 Word-game: Slides
April Fool
Play joke/ fool/ hoax/ trick
Midday
Century
Calendar
Annual
Date
Pin
Squirrels
Spaghetti
Rainforest
Lent (n)
Innocents
Left-handed people
Rule: Divide students into two groups. Show the pictures illustrating those
words above. Students discuss and give the answers. The group has more
correct answer will win the game.
 E.x1: What are the strange things?

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 - The first picture: Spaghetti is made from wheat.
- The second picture: Big Ben has a traditional clock face.
- The third picture: Penguins do not fly.
2. While-Reading
 Read the text and play the recording 3.05 Recording 3.05
 Work in pairs and decide which is the funniest April Fool’s trick.
 Introduce Exam Strategy, talk about useful things students should have in
mind when they have to deal with the sentence gap-filling exercise.
 Students do e.x 3 individually in 5 minutes then have 1-2 minutes discuss
with person who next to them. T will give the correct answer after that.
 Students do e.x 4 individually in 5 minutes then have 1-2 minutes discuss
with person who next to them. T will give the correct answer after that.
3. Post-Reading
 Who can act?
Divide class into 2 groups. Students have to close their books and recall
information about the text. Note down as much as possible in 2 minutes
individually. Members in groups will have another 2 minutes to discuss
about the information they have had so far. One member of group A will
come and act out the information. Group A has to answer correctly to get
points. If they cannot guess what it is, the right will give to group B. They
game will end when there is enough information presented. The group has
more correct answer will win the game.
Pens and A4
 Still stay in that Group and do e.x 7 in 5 minutes and e.x 8 in 10 minutes.
blank sheets
(Presenting time for each group is maximum 5 minutes).
 Listen to the song: e.x 9. The singer thinks superstitions are a bad thing
Recording 3.06
because you suffer if you believe in them. Listen again and do e.x 10.

Wrap-up
15
1. New words. Remind students new words they have learnt today.
2. What is April Fool’s Day? In other countries, what are practical jokes you have
read from the text?
3. Exam Strategy
4. Homework: Workbook Unit 7E