LESSON PLAN Class:

Time allowed: 135 minutes

Date:

UNIT 9: SHOPPING
9D: Garage sale
I. OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson, students are able to
Knowlegde:
 Study language for describing a photo and learn phrases for describing position.
Skills:
 Practise doing exercises relating to above grammtical points.
 Practise speaking: Describing position.
Attitudes
 Pay attention to what the teacher explains.
 Go to class frequently
 Take notes carefully

II. TEACHING AIDS:

Powerpoint + laptop + board + course book
III. CLASS STABILITY: Time: 5’
IV. PROCEDURES

No CONTENTS ACTIVITIES TIME

TEACHER‘S STUDENTS‘
1 Lead-in Asks: Do you take a lot of photos? What do you take Listen and answer 15
Introduction photos of? Your friends? Places you visit? Elicits a Do as directed mins
range of answers. Then asks: Do you sometimes share
your photos with friends? How do you share them? On
your phone? In an e-mail? On social media? Elicits a
range of answers. Tells sts they are going to practice
describing a photo they want to share with someone.
 Teaches the new lesson Listen and take notes
2 PRESENTATION
40
 Describing a photo  Presents: mins
- Reads the Skill box with sts about describing a photo. Listen and take notes
Checks that sts understand everything, and elicits one Answer T’s questions if asked
or two more possible sentences using each tense; e.g.,
The man at the top of the picture is Eddie. He’s looking
at a pair of pants. There are some books at the bottom
of the photo. We sold everything.

 Describing position - Reads the Text builder box with sts about describing
position. Explains that position refers to where
someone or something is. Points out the different Listen and take notes
prepositions in the phrases; e.g., on the right/left, at the
top/bottom, in the middle/corner. Points out that all the
expressions use the; e.g., on the left NOT on left. Asks
questions to check concept.

3 PRACTICE 60
 Exercise 1/ 84 Reads out the question and the four possible answers. Listen and take notes, answer mins
Answer: Explains the meaning of garage sale if necessary (= an
A informal sale in your garage, yard, or outside your Discuss the question in pairs.
house, of things you no longer need).
Finds out who in the class does each of the things in the
pictures. Asks more questions to find out more details;
e.g., What things do you throw away? What do you take Listen and take notes
to second-hand stores?
B Allows sts time to read the questions and prepare their Discuss the questions in pairs.
answers individually. Discusses the questions briefly as
a class, encouraging sts to join in and talk about their Listen and take notes
experiences and opinions.
  Exercise 2/ 84 Asks sts to read the e-mail quickly to answer the Read the e-mail quickly to answer the
Answer: question. question.
A Checks the answer. Listen and take notes
She is his grandmother.
B Asks sts to read the e-mail again and match the names Read the e-mail again and match the
1 Sandra with the people in the picture. names with the people in the picture
2 Eddie Checks answers. Listen and take notes
3 Evie
4 Bill
 Exercise 3/ 84
Answer: Points out the three paragraphs a–c in the e-mail. Match the paragraphs with the parts of
A: 1 b 2 c;3 a the e-mail.
Checks answers. Listen and take notes

B Asks sts to look at the e-mail again and focus on the Look at the e-mail again and focus on
a simple past tenses. the tenses.
b simple present and present Checks answers and elicits one or two examples of Listen and take notes
continuous each tense from the e-mail.
c simple past
 Exercise 4/ 85 Asks sts to read the e-mail and complete it with the Read the e-mail and complete it with the
Answer: correct verb forms. Reminds them to think about correct verb forms
1 went whether the verbs in parentheses are regular or
2 took irregular in the simple past. Allows sts time to compare Compare their answers in pairs
3 explored their answers in pairs. Then checks with the class. Listen and take notes
4 are/’re
5 are/’re trying
6 is/’s taking
7 were
 Exercise 5/ 85 Asks sts to try to match the sentence halves from Match the sentence halves from memory
Answer: memory. Then they check their answers in the e-mails.
1 c; 2 b; 3 e; 4 d; 5 a Checks answers, and checks that sts understand all the Listen and take notes
sentences.
  Exercise 6/ 85
Answers Asks sts to write sentences using the phrases for Write sentences using the phrases for
A describing position. describing position.
2 That’s my friend Casey in Checks answers. Listen and take notes
the middle.
3 There’s a cat in the corner.
4 That’s my cousin at the top.
5 There are more people on the
left.
B In pairs, asks sts to use one of their phones to take a Use one of their phones to take a photo
photo of their classmates. Makes sure all sts are happy of their classmates
to have their photo taken in this way. Then describe the Describe the photo, saying where the
photo, saying where the different people and things are different people and things are in the
in the photo. Asks some sts to show their photo to the photo
class and describe it.
4 Consolidation Have sts retell the content of the lesson 10
Consolidate once more mins
5 Homework Exercise 7 page 85 5 mins

Reference books Graham Fruen (2019), Personal Best ( A1).

DEAN LECTURER