LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: DATE: TIME: SCHOOL: CLASS:

Class profile: 12 year-olds, A2

Teaching unit : Module 9: Across Cultures 5

Type of lesson : Presentation, practice

Sources: Challenges 2 – Students' Book; Workbook; Teacher's Handbook

Aims and objectives : Learning about traditional houses around the world; learning about different cultures; raising Ss’ awareness of their own
culture; acquiring new vocabulary; doing a project

Teaching methods : conversation, presentation, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, writing, speaking

Class management : whole class, individual work, pair work, group work
Teaching aids, materials
and equipment : students’ book, workbook, CD; board, chalk, CD-player

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TIMING
Aims and Class organization procedures and activities Interaction Teaching Possible problems
objectives aids and and solutions
materials

Check homework.
Introduce the
Introductory

topic, elicit ideas Warm-up: Read aloud the example sentence and ask Ss to match it with one of the photos. Ss work SS – T SB 5 min
and vocabulary, CD
part

in pairs describing the photos. Ss then discuss their opinions about the houses as a whole class and
spark interest see how much general agreement there is. CD player
(map)

Revise Exercise 2: Play the recording for Ss to listen and read and match the pictures with the text. Ss say
vocabulary and which house they would like to stay in and give their reasons. SS – T
target language
in context Exercise 3: Elicit answers.
Extra: Play the recording again for Ss to listen and read the text. Explain or encourage Ss to guess T - SS
Practice target the meaning of new words.
language
T – SS
Exercise 4: Play the recording for Ss to listen and repeat the Key Words. Tell Ss they can use the
SS – SS
words more than once.
Main part

Practice target SS – T SB 30
language CD min
Exercise 5: Ss repeat the sentences after you. SS – T CD player
Extra: Ask Ss to talk about houses in their own country: What were traditional houses made of?
Present target What were they like? How many storeys did they have? What are houses made of today? What are SS – T board
language they like? Help Ss with any vocabulary they may need.

Practice target Exercise 6: Ask one of the Ss to read aloud the example sentence. Draw Ss’ attention to the use of SS – T
language usually in the sentence. Tell Ss to use usually in sentences for the other things.

Practice target Exercise 7: Check answers by asking individuals to translate the prepositions into L1. SS – T
language

Ending the lesson:

Use target
language Exercise 8: Ask Ss to look at the layout plan and describe it, using some of the prepositions. Use T – SS SB 10
the plan to revise vocabulary of rooms and furniture. Ss draw a simple layout of their home. Tell SS – SS min
Final
part

Ss to make their drawing as simple as possible. Help Ss with any new vocabulary they need.
Ss then show their drawings to the class and describe their homes.

Homework: Project – Read through the stages of the project so that Ss understand what to do.