LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Nicoleta Magala

School: Colegiul National Agricol Carol I
Grade: 11th (L2)
Lesson: Bank robbers
Lesson topic: tories about robberies
Lesson aims:
1! "o get stu#ents to start thinking an# talking about the ne$ to%ic&
2! "o allo$ stu#ents to %ractice s%eaking s%ontaneousl' an# (luentl'
about robberies&
)! "o gi*e stu#ents %ractice in listening both (or gist an# (or #etail&
+! "o get stu#ents accusto,e# to the s%eci(ic *ocabular' o( law & order&
-! "o gi*e stu#ents %ractice in rea#ing both (or gist an# (or #etail!
Evaluation: oral an# $ritten
Methods: con*ersation. listening. rea#ing. #escribing!
Didactic material:
/ te0tbook 1 traight(or$ar#. Mac,illan&
/ C2 %la'er&
/ han#outs
/ traight(or$ar# Inter,e#iate "eachers 3esource C2s / ongs!
The development of the lesson:
Moment
of the
lesson
Class
organization
Activity during the lesson
Teachers activity Students activity
4ar, u% 5reets the stu#ents 5reet back
2ra$
stu#ents
attention
Lockste% Intro#uces the to%ic o( the
lesson Bank robbers 1 stories
about robberies&
6resents the ob7ecti*es o( the
lesson&
6resents the #i#actic ,aterial!
Lea# in Lockste%

Books close#!
Discussion starters8
/ 4h' #o %eo%le rob banks9
/ 2o 'ou kno$ the na,es o(
an' celebrit' cri,inals
(ro, the %ast9
/ :o$ ,an' #i((erent (il,s
can 'ou think o( in $hich a
robber' takes %lace9
/ 4hat are the titles o( these
(il,s in 'our language
(;ceans <le*en. "he
Italian =ob. "he 6ink
6anther)9
/ 4hat can 'ou re,e,ber
about these (il,s9
Ask "s >uestions using
their kno$le#ge!
Listening
acti*it'
Lockste%
6air$ork
The Ballad of Bonnie and
Clyde :an#s out one $orksheet
to each stu#ent. (ol#e# so that
onl' the to% section is *isible!
"ells s that the' $ill hear the
stor' o( Bonnie an# Cl'#e an#
the' shoul# %ut the e*ents in
or#er! 4hole class check!
Asks s to un(ol# the
$orksheet. rea# the song l'rics
an# %re#ict the or#er o(
sections! 5i*es s a (e$
,inutes to ,ake their
%re#ictions be(ore the class
Listen to the stor' an# %ut
the e*ents in or#er! Check
their ans$ers!
3ea# the song l'rics an#
%re#ict their or#er! Listen to
the song an# check their
%re#iction!
check! 6la's the recor#ing so
that s can check their
%re#iction an# $ork out the
correct or#er!
6re/
rea#ing
acti*it'
Lockste% Vocabulary: law & order
Asks s to o%en their te0tbooks
on %age ?2 an# sol*e e0ercise 1
(co,%lete an article $ith gi*en
$or#s) an# 2 (,atch $or#s
$ith their #e(initions)!
6oints out so,e collocations8
/ put under arrest&
/ find so,eone guilt' or not
guilt'&
/ sentence so,ebo#' to
so,ething&
/ guilt' of so,ething&
Checks i( s kno$ #i((erent
(or,s o( the $or#s (noun /
*erb)8 a witness, a suspect,
arrest, a trial, thief, a sentence.
ol*e the e0ercises an#
$rite #o$n the collocations
in their notebooks!
5o to the blackboar# an#
$rite the corres%on#ing
*erbs (or the gi*en nouns!
4hile/
rea#ing
acti*it'
Lockste% "ells the s the' are going to
rea# an article about a cou%le o(
inco,%etent bank robbers $ho
en# u% in hos%ital an# are
arreste# b' the %olice!
Asks s to think o( an
a%%ro%riate hea#line (or the
article! 3ea#s the >uestions
the' $ill ans$er a(ter rea#ing
the te0t!
"ake turns in rea#ing the
article!
A(ter/
rea#ing
acti*it'
Lockste% <licits %ossible titles (or the
article an# tells the, the actual
hea#line8 ! "ears for #o$e
%an$ ro%%ers.
Checks s ans$ers to the
>uestions in e0ercise 2 %age ?2!
Asks s to gi*e their o%inion
regar#ing the 7u#ges sentence
an# su%%ort their *ie$s $ith
"hink o( %ossible titles!
Ans$er the >uestions!
<0%ress %ersonal o%inions
on the ,atter an# ,oti*ate
the,!
rele*ant argu,ents!
:o,e$ork 5i*es the ho,e$ork8 Narrate
the %lot o( the ,o*ie &onnie &
'l"de (1-@/2@@ lines)
4rite #o$n the ho,e$ork!
A!"#$% A & C'(T')A( "*T!S: +*""$! & C(,#!
Although Bonnie 6arker an# Cl'#e Barro$ $ere goo#/looking. the'
$ere *iolent robbers an# *er' ba# %eo%le! "heir career together $as (airl'
short! "he' onl' ,et in 1A)@ an# $ere both #ea# on 2) Ma' 1A)+! A(ter
the' ,et. the (irst cri,e the' co,,itte# together $as one a(ternoon in a
to$n calle# a*annah! "he' robbe# a sho%. an# ran a$a' 1 then stole a car
an# hi# until things $ere >uiet! "he' ,o*e# on to robbing banks! Cl'#e
shoute# that %eo%le shoul# %ut their han# u% $hile Bonnie collecte# the
,one'! ;ne ,an trie# to sto% the,! "he' shot hi,!
6olice tr'ing to catch Bonnie an# Cl'#e an# other (a,ous celebrit'
cri,inals o( the 1A)@s ha# %roble,s because each A,erican state ha# its
o$n %olice (orce that generall' #i#nt $ork o*er state lines! "his hel%e# lea#
to the (or,ation o( the BBI (Be#eral Bureau o( In*estigation 1 a nation$i#e
(orce)! Bonnie. $ho $as onl' + (oot 1@ inches (1!- ,eters) tall. $as ,arrie#
to a ,an #oing a --/'ear/%rison sentence!
Because o( their cri,es the' $ere soon calle# %ublic ene,' nu,ber
one! "he' kne$ that their success $oul#nt last long an# that the' $oul#
#ie soon! ;ne #a' the' $ere caught in a tra%! "he' $ent $alking an# si0
BBI guns shot the, #ea#!