Lesson Project

Teacher – Dobroiu Ionut-Gabriel

Date –November 25th, 2020

Secondary School –

Grade – 5th grade

Textbook – “Pathway to English” , Editura Didactica si pedagogica

Subject– What Does She/He Look Like?

Time – 50 minutes

Aims – physical and character descriptions

Objectives – by the end of the lesson the students should be able to:

- make a physical description

- talk about somebody’s personality and bring explanations to sustain their point of view

- produce complex structures using linking words

Teaching techniques

- speaking, writing, pair-work, interpreting images

Class Organization

- individual work, pair work

Skills

- reading, writing, speaking, listening

Recent Work

- vocabulary used for describing people

Anticipated problems

- students may find it difficult to express themselves freely in English

Vocabulary

- adjectives for describing physical appearance and character, linking words

Stages of Activities Aims Materials Class Ti Obs

the lesson organi me
zation

Warm up Teacher and students - to relax Individ 1’

greet each other. ual
- to encourage work
The teacher asks the students to speak
students a few simple (IW)
questions like: “How are - to introduce
you?”/ “Are you students to
nervous?” proper class
atmosphere
Homework - to check the notebook IW 4’
check work
The teacher asks about
the homework and - to appreciate it
checks it orally with all
the class. - to correct it
when necessary
The teacher asks for the
feed-back of the
students who are
listening to the
classmate reading the
homework by asking
them questions and
encourages them to
correct themselves.

Contents: The teacher hands - to encourage -worksheet IW 3’

students worksheets and students to speak
Activity 1 asks the student to do
the first exercise - to revise some
individually. They have of the
to circle the odd word vocabulary they
out. The teacher asks have acquired
questions using the
given vocabulary: “Is
Maria tall?”, “Has
David got freckles?”,
“Who has got long wavy
hair in your class?”
Activity 2 The teacher reads for the - to encourage worksheet IW 5’
students the examples is and develop oral
ex. 2, making sure they and written
have understood the production
structure given. Using
liking words such as – - to produce
as well as, and, who complex
with – the students have structures
to produce complex
structures using the
information given. The - use linking
students write the words
sentences on the
blackboard and in their
notebooks.

Activity 3 Using the same linking - to repeat the -worksheet -IW 5’

words, the students have vocabulary
to fill the gaps of a text,
individually - to fix the new
information

- to get feed-
back as to the
level of
understanding of
the new
information

Activity 4 The teacher asks the - to test the level Interaction PW 5’

students to read the of understanding teacher –
descriptions on the of the new student
worksheets and match structures
them to the pictures.
- to stimulate
 conversation

Activity 5 The teacher presents the - to revise the Vocabulary GW 7’

students a power point vocabulary flashcards
presentation. A robbery
took place in a small - to prepare a Power point
English town and they written presentation
are the witnesses. The production
students have to provide - to consolidate
detailed descriptions of knowledge
the criminals (3
pictures).

In order for the

description to be vivid
and detailed – the
teacher presents the
students with flashcards
of the vocabulary they
could use in their
descriptions: wrinkles,
freckles, beard, bold etc.
The students have to
match the vocabulary to
each picture.

Activity 6 In pairs, the students - to develop notebook PW 10’

have to describe one of writing skills
the robbers using the
vocabulary given and - to use the
similar complex acquired
structured as in the vocabulary in
previous exercises. structures of
Some of the pair will their own
read the descriptions out
loud.

Activity 7 The teacher gives some - to fix

directions to the vocabulary
students as to how to
- to encourage
 make a good students to
description. Namely express
that, apart from the themselves
physical description orally
they have to provide
data about the - to encourage
personality. students to
argument their
In this respect, the opinions
students have to match
the vocabulary used for
describing character to
the behavior it
describes.

The students have to

make oral complex
structures using “who”
to link the information
in exercise 7.

Assigning The students have to - to consolidate notebook IW 2’

homework write the description of the knowledge
a close friend or acquired during
relative. the lesson