LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Oana-Valeria Mircea

Class: 9 G
Date: 17. 05. 2016
Textbook : New Opportunities, Pre-Intermediate, Longman Pearson
Unit 14 (Music) / 50 min
Lesson title: In Concert
(lectie mixta)

Objectives:
By the end of the lesson the Ss will be (better) able to: - use music related words
- watch a video and understand its content
- speak about music, instruments and bands

Materials and aids: video projector, laptop, CD, worksheets, blackboard, textbook
Didactic strategies:
 Methods and procedures: dialogue, conversation, independent work

Stage Time Procedure Aims

interaction
T↔S 5min T asks the Ss who is absent.  To create a relaxed,
T introduces the topic. non-threatening
Ex 1 (warm-up) atmosphere in the
Ss works in pairs or individually using the key classroom
words to identify the instruments in the photos.  To arouse Ss’
Ask Ss if they play a musical instrument. T elicits interest in the
more examples of musical instruments to add to subject
the key words.
T↔S 4min Ex 2  To talk about music
Ss read through the key words and check the styles
meaning in the mini-dictionary. T asks Ss which
musical styles they like best. T encourages Ss to
add more words to the key words.
T↔S 6min Ex. 3  To better listening
T points out that for each extract Ss need to skills
identify the style of music and the main instrument
they hear. After checking answers, T asks Ss which
of the extracts they liked best and which liked
least. T encourages Ss to give reasons.
T↔S 5min Ex. 1(page 114)  To introduce music
T and Ss go through the key words to check the related words
meaning. Ss look at the photo and describe what
they can see. T asks Ss to talk about concerts they
have watched “live” or on TV or on video. T
 encourages them to say as much as possible using
the key words and giving their opinions.
T↔S 5min Ex. 2  To develop reading
Ss read through the 4 paragraph titles and guess the skills
order. Then they read the concert review, match the
paragraphs with the titles and see if their guesses were
correct.
Ex. 3  To improve reading
6min Ss are advised to read through the questions and speaking skills
before reading the review again to find the
answers.
The class discusses the question
T↔S 4min Video activity 1 - preparation  To improve
T hands out worksheets and prepares the Ss for vocabulary skills
the video activity. Ss. Match the words with their
definitions.
T↔S 5min Video activity 2 - multiple choice  To develop listening
Ss watch the video and circle the best answer to skills
the questions. T checks the answers.

T↔S 5min Video activity 3 – vocabulary  To improve

Ss complete the gaps with a word from the box. vocabulary

T↔S 5min T evaluates Ss’ performance and sets homework if  To evaluate Ss

necessary.