Lesson plan

School: School “Stefan cel Mare”Dobrovat

Teacher: Sârghie Mihaela

Date: 13th of December

Grade: 4th grade

Level: Beginners

Number of students: 20

Topic: The holiday season

Time allowed: 50 minutes

Type of lesson: Vocabulary teaching

Approach: communicative

Skills: Integration of the four skills

Aims:

1. to motivate learners to communicate in English using language games

2. to recycle the vocabulary related to the months of the year, the seasons
3. to create extended activities for the vocabulary taught

Focus on:

1. The months of the year

2. The seasons
3. The ordinal numbers (1st- 12th)

Objectives: By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to:

1. Recognize the months of the year, the seasons, the ordinal numbers
2. Construct sentences of their own using the months of the year, season and the ordinal
numbers
3. Communicate effectively using the vocabulary taught

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Materials: flashcards (different sizes), worksheets, a small paper ball, colored piece of chalk

Types of interaction: Teacher-whole class, Teacher- Student, Student- Student, Student-Teacher

Class management: whole class, individually, pair, group work

PROCEDURE

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No. Stages Teacher`s activity and Students` activity and language Skills Interaction Time
crt. language
1 Pre-speaking Teacher presents the Students pay attention to what the T-S Speaking
activity teacher proposes for the lesson 5`
objectives of the lesson so
that the children know
what they will learn during
the lesson. At the end,
learners will evaluate what
the teacher has proposed
and what was realized (a
checklist).

2 Controlled Teacher asks learners if Students participate into the T-S Speaking
lesson. S-T
speaking they can draw a tree.
10’
activity Teacher starts drawing a
tree on the board. Inside
the tree, the teacher will
place the 12 months of the
year. The teacher will elicit
the names of the seasons.
The teacher writes the
seasons in the following
colors (spring- green,
summer- red, autumn-
yellow, winter- white). The
teacher elicits the numbers
(cardinal ones) and then
will add the ordinal
numbers on the board.

3 Back writing Teacher asks two children Students are very attentive to T-S Speaking 10’
teacher’s explanations. Students S-T Writing
(semi-guided (pair activity) to come in
fulfill the task. Students write Listening
front of the classroom for with their fingers on the back of Reading

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 activity) an activity. Teacher their colleague.
While provides a model. Teacher
speaking writes with the finger on
activity the back of the child one of
the words taught (a month
of the year). The child has
to guess what the teacher
wrote on the back and has
to say some sentences, for
example:
It is December. It is winter.
It is the 12th month of the
year.
In turns, children work
with a partner in front of
the classroom.

4. Guided Children are invited to Students stick on the board the T-S Speaking 7’
flashcards, suitable for each S-S Listening
activity find suitable clothes for
season.
(Matching each season. They have to
activity) choose just 2 pieces of
clothing for each season.
Teacher asks students to
make up sentences using
the following structure:
I wear……… in spring.
What do you wear in
spring?

5. Bingo activity Students pay attention to what the T-S Speaking 8’

Teacher presents
some teacher pronounces so that they S-T Writing
(pair work
charts containing words can cross the word they hear. At Listening
activity) the end the winner gets a small Reading

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 related to the months of the price. (a pencil, a piece of paper,
etc)
year and the seasons.
Teacher explains the rules
of the game.
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6. Speaking Teacher prepares
in Students make a circle and will T-S Speaking 7’
throw the ball from one to the S-S Reading
activity– game advance a ball made of
other and will say a month of the Listening
Continue the paper. Teacher starts with a year and will make up some
sentences
word… month of the year and
describes the month, says
the season etc., according
to the model:
It is December. It is
winter. I wear a pair of
gloves.
The child who receives the
ball is supposed to
continue in the same
manner with the next
month to come.

7. Evaluation of Teacher evaluates the Students participate in the T-S Speaking

the activity activity. evaluation of the activity Writing 2’

9 Homework, ex 1/32 T-S Speaking

Assignment 1’