LESSON PLAN Nº 01

“Lima…years ago”

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. SCHOOL : “El Buen Pastor”

2. SUBJECT : English
3. GROUP : Secondary level second grade
4. DATE : January 24th, 2013
5. LENGTH : 30 minutes
6. TEACHERS :
 Yesenia Jaramillo
 César Martinez
 Jorge Zacarías
7. TRANSVERSAL TOPIC : Education for conviviality, peace and citizenship.
8. METHOD : Suggestopedia – Social/affective strategies
9. ATTITUDES AND VALUES : The importance of respect and cooperation in class being willing
to share one’s knowledge andexperiences with the rest of the group.

II. AREA ORGANIZERS:

 Reading comprehension

III. LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Ss’ understand and talk about facts or information about the capital of Peru
IV. LEARNING ORGANIZATION:

BASIC L.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES STRATEGIES RESOURCES TIME
PROCESSES

ACTIVATE PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATION
 Ss’ are invited to get relaxed and seat on the floor.
 T’ tells them they are going to listen to a sound track
 Ss’ listen and identify which song is it
 T’ encourages them to say what the song is about.
They might say it’s “La Flor de la Canela” and mention Lima in its lyrics Low affective filter
 Board
 Ss’ answer some questions given by the teacher:
 Music player
1. Who founded Lima? When? Exploring the previous 5’
 Projector
Francisco Pizarro in 1535 knowledge
2. Which was the first name of Lima? Why?
La Ciudad de los Reyes, because…
3. How many inhabitants did Lima have at the beginning?
More than two hundred
 The teacher activates Ss’ prior knowledge.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW KNOWLEDGE

PRESENTATION

Observing examples  Paper 5’

 T’ writes sentences of the board, taking into account the tense.
Francisco Pizarro founded Lima 477 years ago.
Lima had200 inhabitatsapproximately.
 Ss’ remember that in the past simple tense, we add –ed to regular verbs and the
irregular ones change morphologically.
 T’ also explains the use of time expressions like ago, yesterday, last week /
month / year, etc
 PRACTICE

 T’ hands out worksheets of a reading actitvity

A. Ss’ look at the pictures and write the words in the correct place
B. Read the passage
C.Read the passage again and underline the past simple tense
constructions
D. Exercises
GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE STRUCTURES

1. Read the statements below and write T for true or F for false

a. The old and prehispanic name of Lima was Taulichusco

b. The Lord of Lima was very talkative and gave his name to
the city Monitoring for written
and oral production
2. Mark the correct alternative
 Worksheets 10’
I. When was the real significant growth of Lima? Monitoring for written
a. In 1614, Lima became one of the 30 largest cities of América production
b. When Pizarro founded Lima after conquering and destroying Cuzco
c. In the twentieth century, when Lima had an accelerated growth until
today
d. In the nineteenth century, the same time of Buenos Aires was founded

II. The name "Ciudad de los Reyes" which originally gave Pizarro to Lima
was due to:
a. His great admiration for the Catholic monarchs Fernando and Isabel
b. Because he wanted to make it the new capital of the Tahuantinsuyo
c. Had a secret desire to become King of Peru
d. Remind biblical characters who visited Jesus in January
LANGUAGE IN

EVALUATION
USING THE

REAL LIFE
LEARNED

 Ss’ read the reading passage again

Answer the following question Checking
 Quiz 10’
¿How was the city of Lima designed and built? comprehension
EXPANSION
 Ss’ write 10 sentences about Lima in past simple tense
V. LEARNING EVALUATION

CAPACITIES INDICATORS TOOLS

 Understand and talk about facts or information

 TEXT COMPREHENSION  Worksheet
about the capital of Peru
ATTITUDES INDICATORS TOOLS
 Listen carefully when another student is
 Ss show respect towards their partners participating.
while they are working in class.  Respect the opinion of other students.  Observation guide form
 Show interest to participate in oral work raising
their hands.