Lesson plan

Teacher: Sabina Lucia Grapini

School: Colegiul National Stefan cel Mare Suceava

Level: 9th graders (IX E: Chemistry/ Biology) / L1, B1/B1+

Available time: 50 minutes

Number of students: 28

Time of Lesson: from 10:10-11:00

Textbook: Going for Gold, FCE, Longman

Unit: Unit 3

Date: 30th of October, 2020

Title of the lesson: With friends like these

Type of lesson: Vocabulary and grammar practice/ review

Materials used: Textbook, blackboard, Cd/Track

Skills involved: reading and writing, speaking, listening

Lesson objectives:

- to revise Present Perfect Simple;

- to revise so and such;

- to acquire (new) vocabulary: adjectives describing personality;

- (to revise tenses- surprise worksheet)

Specific competences:

1.1 Identifying the global meaning of a message.

1.3 Identifying details from oral/ written messages.

1.4 Selecting information from several texts in order to complete an exam- based task.

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2.3 Writing paragraphs/ texts based on a subject of general interest.

3.1 Formulating ideas/ opinions regarding themes/ subjects of interest within a discussion.

Presentation of the activities

WARM-UP

At the beginning of the lesson, the teacher check the attendance list and presents the
students with the title of the lesson, as well as some of the objectives. 3 to 4 minutes are
reserved for this activity.

ACTIVITY 1: English in Use: Error Correction, Present Perfect Simple (Ss-T, T-Ss)
Objective(s)
- to revise the Present Perfect Simple
- to improve vocabulary
Materials used:
- Textbook, exercise 3, page 26
Estimated timing: 10 minutes
Description of the activity:
- The students are to find the mistakes in each of the 8 sentences presented in the ’error
correction’-type of exercise. The teacher names a student for every sentence and may
discuss
the type of error, as in either a spelling one or grammar-related.

The following keys are provided:

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 2 l've had this watch for three months.
3 My family has lived at the same address for five years.
4 | haven't spoken to my next-door neighbours since last weekend.
5 I've known the person sitting next to me for nearly two weeks.
6 My hair has been the same length for three years.
7 | haven't been on holiday for a year.
8 l've had these shoes since January.

ACTIVITY 2: English in Use: Grammar practice, Present Perfect Simple (Ss-T, T-Ss)

Objective(s)
-to employ markers (ever, just, yet and already)
- to stress the difference between Past Simple and Present Perfect Simple
Materials used:
- Textbook, exercise 5, page 26
Estimated timing: 5 minutes
Description of the activity:
- The students have to stress the difference between Past Simple and Present Perfect
Simple, by means of filling in with the appropriate verbal form, using specific markers.
Naturally, in case they do provide the correct answers, the teacher will intervene and
revise or explain. Furthermore, she might even name some of the brave students who
always volunteer when it comes to grammar-based tasks. If required, she may accept
explanations in Romanian as well.

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 The following keys are provided:
1 A Have you seen that new horror film?
B Yes, I have.
A When did you see it?
B I saw it last weekend.
2 A Has your best friend phoned you today?
B No, she hasn't.
3 A When did you buy that jacket?
B I bought it when I was on holiday last month.

ACTIVITY 3: English in use: Vocabulary Practice, Describing Personality (Ss-T, T-Ss)

Objective(s)
- to acquire (new) vocabulary, based on personality.
Materials used:
- Textbook, exercise 1, page 30
- Textbook, exercise 2, page 30
Estimated timing: 10 minutes
Description of the activity:
- The students have to read the definitions and write the correct adjective from the given
box for each person. If the case requires, the teacher will translate some of the new

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 terminology the students might encounter.
- After the students deal with the first part of the task, they are to proceed with task 2,
which requires that they highlight the adjectives which they think have a negative meaning
(from the previous task).

The following keys are provided:

2 loyal 3 sensitive 4 sociable 5 easy-going

6 down-to-earth 7 competitive 8 arrogant
9 bossy 10 self-confident

ACTIVITY 4: Grammar: so ad such (Ss-T, T-Ss)

Objective(s):

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- to revise so and such
Materials used:
- Textbook, exercise 3, page 32
- Textbook, exercise 4, page 32
-Textbook, exercise 5, page 32
(-blackboard, chalk- if necessary)
Estimated timing: 13 (ish) minutes
Description of the activity:
- The teacher tells the students that they are about to revise so and such, then she writes a
few examples on the blackboard, underlining both structures. Then, she asks her students
to turn to exercise 3, page 32, which requires the children to choose the correct
alternatives for the rules presented. The students might also find the grammar reference
box useful. (page 157). After the teacher asks the students to write the rules in their
notebooks, she proceeds with exercise 4, a fill-in type of tasks, in which the children have
to complete the mini-dialogues with so, such or such (a) :

The following answers are provided:

2 so 3 such a 4 so 5 such 5 so 7 so 8 so
9 such 10 so
If the task does not take longer than anticipated, the teacher may proceed with the listening
task, exercise 5, which allows them to check the previous task by means of listening to the
mini-dialogues. Then, they have to repeat each answer using appropriate stress and

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 intonation.

ACTIVITY 5: English in use: Grammar Practice: Tenses (Ss-T, T-Ss)

Objective(s):
- to revise tenses
Materials used:
-Surprise worksheet! 
Estimated timing: whatever is left of the course
Description of the activity:
- As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic (and not only), most students, especially 9 th graders
(but naturally, not only these) do need extra practice when it comes to grammar, in most
cases tenses. My students have already ‘confessed’ that they need more than just the typical
revision, therefore I am constantly trying to provide them with as much info as possible,
therefore I either bring them worksheets or I send them pdfs on our Whatsapp group. As a
teacher and their pseudo-mom, I am very well aware of the fact that we are recommended
not to bring hand-outs/worksheets, but since I do my best to touch the paper as little as
possible, for this course I have taken the liberty to provide them with hand-outs.
- Naturally, the teacher is to help the students whenever they fail to provide the correct
answer.

SURPRISE WORKSHEET!
Fill in the correct form verb – All Tenses
1. I _______________ a great film yesterday. (see)
2. _____________________ a new car? (you ever buy)
3. I _______________ him last Monday. (meet)
4. The band _______________ while I _______________ . (play, write).
5. She _______________ the new car in 2005. (buy)
6. Her mother _____________________ in Victoria for the past five years. (live)
7. They ____________________________ in Germany when we arrived a few days ago.
(already be)
8. _______________________ to get married? (you plan)

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9. I _____________________ so much fun since I was a kid. (have)
10. When I got up I _____________________ out of the window and
_____________________ that it _____________________ . (look, see, rain)
11. Janet _____________________ for Smith and Brothers before she came to work for us.
(work)
12. I _____________________ three movies so far this week. (see)
13. How long _____________________ for me? (you wait)
14. I _____________________ over Loch Ness last week. - _____________________ the
Loch Ness monster? (fly, you see)
15. I’m afraid I’m not hungry. I _____________________ . (already eat)
16. Peter _____________________ football in the afternoon when he got the call. (play)
17. “What _____________________ between 9 and 12 yesterday morning”, the detective
said. (you do)
18. He kept looking at her, wondering where he _____________________ her before. (see)
19. The doctor’s waiting room was full of people. Some _____________________ a
magazine, a woman _____________________ and a child _____________________ with
a doll. Suddenly the door _____________________ and a nurse _____________________
out. (read, knit, play, open, come)
20. Travelling _____________________ much easier and more comfortable in the past
hundred years. (become)
21. I _____________________ cake. That’s why my hands are full of flour. (bake)
22. When I first came to this house it _____________________ quite a noisy area. (be)
23. He twisted his ankle while he _____________________ . (ski)
24. _____________________ the doors before you leave the house? (you ever lock)
25. My best friend and I _____________________ each other for 15 years. (know)
26. Jack usually _____________________ but he _____________________ when his
father comes. (smoke, not smoke)
27. _____________________ breakfast yet? – Yes I had it together with Sue at 7. (you
have)
28. I _____________________ this kind of work when I was a small boy. (do)
29. He _____________________ the paper when his wife came home. (read)
30. He _____________________ for an hour now. I’ll be finished soon. (speak)
31. How long _____________________ John and Maria?- We met the couple over thirteen

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years ago. (you know)
32. He _____________________ in Oxford for two years and when his mother died he
moved to London. (live)
33. After Harry _____________________ his work he _____________________ Jude
from the office. (finish, call)
34. You _____________________ your homework for two hours. Haven’t you finished yet?
(do)
35. He always _____________________ to the supermarket alone, but today he
_____________________ his son with him. (go, take)
36. He never _____________________ in the evening, only on Sundays. (work)
37. I _____________________ to South America but I have been to New York several
times. (never, be)
38. _____________________ Jean? – No, she probably went to her friend’s place.
(anyone, see)
39. I _____________________ to the bank yesterday but when I got there it was closed.
(go)
40. She _____________________ in school all day. (be)
41. Lee _____________________ late every day since Tuesday. (be)
42. Herbert’s father _____________________ his son’s birthday (never forget)
43. I _____________________ my report because I had a problem with my computer. (not
finish)

The following answers are provided:

1. I saw a great film yesterday.

2. Have you ever bought a new car?
3. I met him last Monday.
4. The band was playing while I was writing.
5. She bought the new car in 2005
6. Her mother has been living in Victoria for the past five years.
7. They had already been in Germany when we arrived a few days ago.
8. Are you planning to get married?
9. I haven’t had so much fun since I was a kid.

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10. When I got up I looked out of the window and saw that it was raining.
11. Janet had been working for Smith and Brothers before she came to work for us.
12. I have seen three movies so far this week.
13. How long have you been waiting for me?
14. I flew over Loch Ness last week. - Did you see the Loch Ness monster?
15. I’m afraid I’m not hungry. I have already eaten.
16. Peter was playing football in the afternoon when he got the call.
17. “What were you doing between 9 and 12 yesterday morning”, the detective said.
18. He kept looking at her, wondering where he had seen her before.
19. The doctor’s waiting room was full of people. Some were reading a magazine, a woman
was knitting and a child was playing with a doll. Suddenly the door opened and a nurse
came out
20. Travelling has become much easier and more comfortable in the past hundred years.
21. I have been baking cake. That’s why my hands are full of flour.
22. When I first came to this house it was quite a noisy area.
23. He twisted his ankle while he was skiing.
24. Do you ever lock the doors before you leave the house?
25. My best friend and I have known each other for 15 years.
26. Jack usually smokes but he doesn’t smoke when his father comes.
27. Have you had breakfast yet? – Yes I had together with Sue at 7.
28. I did this kind of work when I was a small boy.
29. He was reading the paper when his wife came home.
30. He has been speaking for an hour now. I’ll be finished soon.
31. How long have you know John and Maria?- We met the couple over thirteen years ago
32. He had been living in Oxford for two years and when his mother died he moved to
London.
33. After Harry had finished his work he called Jude from the office.
34. You have been doing your homework for two hours. Haven’t you finished yet?
35. He always goes to the supermarket alone, but today he is taking his son with him.
36. He never works in the evening, only on Sundays.
37. I have never been to South America but I have been to New York several times.
38. Has anyone seen Jean? – No, she probably went to her friend’s place.

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 39. I went to the bank yesterday but when I got there it was closed.
40. She has been in school all day.
41. Lee has been late every day since Tuesday.
42. Herbert’s father has never forgotten his son’s birthday
43. I didn’t finish my report because I had a problem with my computer.

At the end of the course, the teacher praises her students and bids them adieu, mentioning
that their homework for the following meeting is the completion of the surprise- worksheet.

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