LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: DATE: TIME: SCHOOL: CLASS:

Class profile: 12 year-olds, A2

Teaching unit : Module 8: The Spaceship

Type of lesson : Presentation, practice

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

Aims and objectives : Read a sci-fi story; acquire new vocabulary; get acquainted with technological advancements in the world

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
STAGES

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

1
 Check homework.
Introduce the
Introductory

topic, elicit ideas Warm-up: After the class vote, encourage Ss to give explanations for their answers. SS – T SB 10
part

and vocabulary, CD min

spark interest Exercise 2: Give Ss time to work individually, guessing the order of the pictures. SS – T CD player

Revise Exercise 3: Play the recording for Ss to listen and read for gist understanding and to check their T – SS
vocabulary and guesses from Exercise 2. Tell Ss not to worry about understanding words at this stage. When SS – T
target language checking answers, ask Ss to read aloud the section of the story that matches each picture.
in context
Exercise 4: Read aloud the advice. Encourage Ss to say whether they use strategies to help them T – SS
Practice target understand difficult words in a text in their own language. SS – T
language
Exercise 5: Ss find the words in the story and read the sentences before and after each word to help
Practice target SS – T
them choose the correct meaning.
Main part

language SB 30
SS - T CD min
Practice target Exercise 6: Elicit answers. CD player
language SS – SS board
Exercise 7: After checking answers, ask Ss to find the words in the text and read aloud the SS – T
Practice target sentences containing them.
language

Ending the lesson:

Use target
language Exercise 8: Ask individual Ss to read aloud the sentences. Elicit adjectives from the class to SS – T SB 5 min
describe the people. If Ss disagree about suitable adjectives, ask them to give their reasons for their
choice of adjective.
Final
part

Exercise 9: Read aloud the pairs of sentences. Write one pair of sentences on the board. Draw Ss’ SS – T
attention to the change in word order and the use of to in one of the sentences.

Homework: Exercise 10