LESSON PLAN

NAME: Stroe Alina-Gelușa

DATE: the 15th of December
UNIT 6-"Festivities"
LESSON: Christmas Festivities
LEVEL: Intermediate
CLASS: 8th grade
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 20
APPROACH: Communicative
TIME: 50 minutes

LESSON AIMS:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
To correct speaking and reading vocabulary;
To learn and review Christmas vocabulary;
Follow the grammar rules and produce meaningful answers;
Correct what is wrong or false;
To write a Christmas-themed poem;

TEACHING AIDS:
textbook;
worksheets;
Whiteboard.

ORGANIZATION:
individual work;
pair work;
team work.

SKILLS:
*Receptive skills: Reading and Listening;
*Productive skills: Speaking and Writing.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
https://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/
Dooley,J. (2020)Limba moderna 2, cl a VIII-a, editura UniScan

STAGES OF ACTIVITIES REASONS

THE STUDENTS AND FOR TIMING
TEACHER INTERACTION EVALUATION
LESSON ACTIVITIES
T greets the class and To create a
Ss greet the teacher pleasant
back; atmosphere
Warm-up T asks for the proper for
T-S 2’
S-T
absentees; studying and to
The student on duty relax.
names the absentees.
The T asks about To check their
homework; knowledge;
Students had to write To introduce
Homework compare Christmas learners to the
T-S Observation 8’
S-T
checking celebrations in topic, by giving
Romania to those in background
the USA and information.
Croatia..
The T tells the Ss
that they are going to To introduce Ss to
discuss about the topic of the
Lead-in Christmas Festivities lesson;
T-S 2’
and writes the title on
the whiteboard.
To order
The T tells the Ss information;
that they are going to To practice on
Presentati receive a worksheet their language
T-S 3’
S-T Oral examination
on to match Christmas (listening and
customs with speaking).
countries.
To understand the
The T writes on the main aspect of the
whiteboard two structure;
Isolation questions. To help students
T-S Observation 10’
S-T
and (Appendix 1) The T to observe and
Exemplificati tells the Ss to reflect make the
on on the given necessary
questions. generalizations.
The T gives out
worksheets with a To practice on
quiz to see how cooperative
Practice much they know learning;
15’
T-S Oral examination
Where in about how Christmas Group-work. Pair work
the world? is celebrated in other S-T
parts of the world. S-T
The T tells the Ss to
make pairs and do

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 the quiz.(Worksheet)
The T appreciates
The T writes two S’ behaviour
questions on the during the class;
Feed-back whiteboard and tells
T-S
Ss will be given
8’
To create feed- Group work
the Ss to work in back. S-S marks for their
groups to answer S-T activity
them and
recommends them a
website where they
can read about
Christmas customs in
other countries.
Homework The T tells the Ss to
write an acrostic T-S The T gives 2’
assignment poem about To practice. S-T instructions for
Christmas. the homework.

Appendix 1:

• Have you ever spent Christmas in a different country? If so, was it very different
to how you usually spend Christmas?

Worksheet: Where in the world?

• How much do you know about what happens at Christmas around the world? Try
to match the customs on the left with the country on the right.

1) St. Nicolas brings presents on December 6th to good children a. China

and a bag of sticks for bad children.
2) December 26th is called Boxing Day and was traditionally a day b. Spain
to give presents to the poor.
3) Tropical flowers are used as Christmas decorations. c. Great
Britain
4) The three Kings arrive on the night of January 5th to give d. Germany
presents to children. Most towns have a carnival style parade.
5) On January 6th a special almond cake with a toy crown inside is e. Czech
eaten. Republic
6) Wooden decorations and candles are put in windows of homes. f. France
7) The Christian population is between 4-6% and big cities put up g. Canada
Christmas trees.
8) Fir trees grow here and they always send the biggest and most h. Costa Rica
beautiful tree to Boston in the USA.

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Appendix 2:

• Do you know anything about any of these customs?

• What would you write about your own country?

https://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/