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Lesson Plan

Mentor: Ctlina G
Teacher: O. V.
School: Mihai Eminescu Highschool Iai
Date: the 23
rd
of November, 2012
Grade: 11
th

Number of students: 14
Level: advanced
Lesson: The Book of the Century
Time of lesson: 50
Skills involved: Integrated skills
Material: textbook
Type of lesson: Reading Comprehension
Method: Communicative Approach

Aims:
To encourage students to communicate in English in a natural way;
. To encourage students to state their own opinions related to the subject;
. To guide students into understanding the meaning of the given text;
To work on vocabulary and ideas students can use outside the class;

Objectives:

By the end of the lesson the students will be able to:
Express their opinions and reactions regarding the text, using adequate vocabulary and
phrases;
Summarize the main idea of the text;
Speak about the latest book they have read, expressing their likes and dislikes;
Use a variety of vocabulary related to the topic;
Assumptions:

Students dont know they will be expected to read the text because they usually read the text
at home and discuss in the classroom; hopefully this wont put them off but will raise interest;
Students should be familiar with some information from the text, from their own life
experience;
Students might have difficulties with some of the vocabulary; T provides it on slips of paper
and explains if necessary.



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Interaction: TSs, SS, SSs;

Students enjoy the interaction patterns; they are used to working in pairs or groups and they
enjoy doing this kind of activity, with T being only monitor and resource;

Class Management:

Teachers activity in the classroom is basically student centered;
The lesson also involves free activities (students expressing their own opinions referring to
the topic of the lesson);

Attending Strategies:
Ts role: conductor, standing front centre for presentation, making sure that the lesson goes
on according to plan, to capture the students attention, to be prepared to manage unexpected
issues.
Ts attitude: friendly attitude, moves around the class, keeps eye-contact encouraging Ss to
speak;
T encourages the students to use self correction, lets the others correct their classmates but
also interferes when necessary with her own correction;
. T always tries to provide positive feedback, encouraging Ss to participate bu also corrects
language errors (during or after the act);

Procedures


Nr.
crt
Stage Time Teachers activity Students
activity
Comments
and rationale
1. Warm -up 1 . greets the Ss and introduces
herself;
tells Ss the topic of the lesson;
a pleasant
atmosphere
is hopefully
created;
2. Lead-in 10 . asks the Ss whether they like to
read books or prefer to see the
film adaptation;
writes on the blackboard a word
related to the text and asks the Ss
to predict what they are going to
talk about next.

Ss state
their
opinions
freely
regarding the
topic of the
lesson.
.T hopes to
get a reaction
from the Ss
thus
encouraging
them to share
their
thoughts
with the
others;
3. Pre-
reading
5 . T asks the Ss if they have read
the book or seen the film and
discuss what they thought of them.
. this activity
also helps
them relate
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to their
background
knowledge
and their
own
experience.

4. Reading 5 announces they are going to read
a text and gives clear instructions
about what they are going to do
next.
. asks the Ss to read one
paragraph in pairs, negotiating the
meaning.
. asks the pairs to find the main
idea for their paragraph.
. tells the Ss they are going to
explain the underlined words and
some expressions together with
the main idea.
.Ss pay
attention to
the Ts
instructions;
.T gives clear
instructions
to the Ss
about what
they are
going to do
next and
wants them
to understand
what their
tasks are.
5. While-
reading +
Follow -
up
Speaking
20 . provides help if necessary; each pair
reads one
paragraph
and
comments
upon it;
. Ss help
each other to
explain the
given words
and
expressions;
. this activity
is meant to
check if Ss
have
understood
the main
ideas of the
text; thus
creating real
communicati
on;
Ss can
evaluate their
own
background
knowledge;
.Ss can ask
the T for
further
information;
6. Reading
Comprehe
nsion
CAE
10 involves Ss in a multiple- choice
reading comprehension activity
(ex. 1 D, page 29);
helps Ss understand the
techniques used in this kind of
activity;

match the
answers;
motivate
their choices,
making
reference to
the text and
finding the
clues;

. Ss are
interested in
CAE exam
and this
activity
provides
practice for
them;

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7. Homewor
k
personalizes the topic, by
involving Ss in working on
activity 4, page 29 (talk about the
latest book they have read).
. Ss state
their own
opinions
regarding
activity 4.
by
personalizati
on it has
been created
the perfect
environment
so that the
learning
process could
take place.