LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: DATE: TIME: SCHOOL: CLASS:

Class profile: 12 year-olds, A2

Teaching unit : Module 6: Half-term

Type of lesson : Skills practice

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

Aims and objectives : Practice reading and listening skills; acquire new vocabulary; listen to train announcements; learn how to write a postcard

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: Check that Ss understand half-term. Ss say what school holidays they have. Check SS – T SB 5 min
part

and vocabulary, pronunciation of months of the year if necessary. CD

spark interest CD player

Reading and Exercise 2: Read through the questions with the class. Encourage Ss to say what they know about T – SS
listening Parc Asterix or to guess what it is. Ss look at the photo and guess what each Ss bought. SS – T
comprehension
Exercise 3: Ss look back at the dialogue and complete the Key Expressions.
Present target T - SS
language Exercise 4: Ss work in pairs, using the information on pages 107 and 108. Remind Ss to use the
T – SS
Key Expressions in their dialogues.
Practice target
language SS – T
Main part

SB 30
Revise Everyday Listening - Exercise 1: Read the advice with the class. Elicit examples of situations T – SS CD min
vocabulary and when we listen for specific information. SS – T CD player
target language
in context Exercise 2: Point out the separation of the departures and the arrivals on the information board SS – T board
and the numbering of the answers. Play the recording once and see how many answers Ss have
heard. If necessary, play the recording again for Ss to complete their answers.

Ending the lesson:

Use target
language Your Challenge – Writing: a postcard T – SS SB 10
Ask Ss to read the postcard and order the parts of the postcard. (Exercises 1 and 2) SS – SS min
Final
part

Exercise 3: Look at the table of punctuation marks with the class. Ask Ss to repeat the names of SS – T
the punctuation marks after you.

Homework: Write a postcard – instruct the Ss to follow the given steps