Lesson Plan 1

Student level: lower intermediate level (B1-B2 Topics How to get SEPTA in Philly

Objectives Stages Detailed Steps Materials Language Points Differentiate

instruction

Warm-up Ts greet with Ss to ask how Slides

(10 mins) they are doing Buying SEPTA Key Vocabulary: cash,
credit, debit card,
Ts ask students pre-teaching Pictures are provided round way, one
question whether they take for students to way,
SEPTA in Philly understand the topic. weekly/monthly
Ts engage students by ticket, purchase,
discussing the importance of insert, token,
public transportation in destination
Philadelphia and introduces
SEPTA as the city's transit Grammar/
system. sentence form:
Ts show images or examples How can I ....
of SEPTA stations, ticket Excuse me, could
vending machines, and the you please help
SEPTA Key card. me....
Ts introduce key vocabulary
related to transportation and
ticket purchasing.

SWBAT express the MFI(15mins) Ss watch a video about Video:

process of buying buying the SEPTA card in https://www.youtube.co
SEPTA key vending machine m/watch?
v=5wa8L4Yem1I
SWBAT demonstrate - Ss read the subtitle of the
the SEPTA key buying video and write some words Worksheets
process by placing the they do not understand Worksheets for lesson
steps in right order plan 1
- Ts introduce the different
vocabularies through the
video
Click “No card”
Click “Contactless
LL(20 mins) card”
- Ss will be divided into two Click “Accept”
groups based on their Add SEPTA travel
proficiency level. Wallet Value
First group with lower Put amount, click
proficiency level will be “Continue”
given the written steps, they Choose the payment
need to discuss the steps and method(cash/token,
then place the steps into the Debit, Credit)
right order. Pay the ticket in certain
area
Second group with higher Receipt option
proficiency level need to Take your SEPTA card
discuss the buying steps and
place the buying steps into
the right order

-Ss works in pairs to discuss

the steps of buying the ticket
and then they cooperate to
place the written steps in the
right order.
SWBAT demonstrate MFO(15mins) Worksheet How can I .... Students can be
how to ask for help Ts modeling the short Conversation Role-Play Excuse me, could divided into 2 big
when they have trouble conversation of asking help you please help groups, one group
of buying ticket in the in buying process me.... needs to discuss the
group by participating buying steps and
the role play activity Ss have the small role-play in place the buying steps
the group to practice the short into the right order.
conversation The students in lower
proficiency level are
given the written
steps with blanks,
they need to fill the
blanks and then place
the steps into right
order

FD (20 mins) Ss need to create the

flowchart of buying process
by using their creativity, and
then they need to present it in
front of class
 Wrap-up Ts give feedback for
(10mins) students’ presentation and
then briefly go over the
content for today’s class

Assessment
Students are assessed by the presentation for the fluency development part. In the whole class, students are evaluated
by their participation in the class activity. Students will be given the homework – recording the video about their
buying process of SEPTA key. The videos will be shared in the next class.

Rationale
In the beginning of this semester, we have asked students what topics they would like to learn. They chose
the transportation, household and family. Hence, I decided to design this class for students since the SEPTA
key is crucial to ride the public transportation. Students might need to know the words in the ticket selling
machine, and how to pay for the ticket. The other thing is how they can ask for help if they do not know how
to buy the ticket.