LESSON PLAN

TEACHER:

DATE:

TIME:

SCHOOL:

CLASS:

11 year-olds, A1

Teaching unit:

Module 7: Television, Last Week in TV

Type of lesson:

Presentation, practice

Sources:

Challenges 1 Students' Book; Workbook; Teacher's Handbook

Aims and objectives:

Talk about TV and film stars; acquire new vocabulary; learn about negative statements in the Past Simple Tense.

Teaching methods:

conversation, presentation, reading comprehension, writing, speaking

Class management:

whole class, individual work, pair work

Teaching aids, materials

and equipment:

students book, workbook, CD; board, chalk, CD-player

Aims and
objectives

Class organization procedures and activities

Interaction

Teaching
aids and
materials

Possible problems
and solutions

TIMING

STAGES

Class profile:

partIntroductory
Main part

Introduce the
topic, elicit ideas
and vocabulary,
arouse interest

Homework check
T SS
Get Ready: Introduce the module and the key words. Check that Ss understand the different TV
programmes presented in the Key Words.

T SS

Exercise 1: Each student tells the class about one good programme and one bad programme they
watched.

SS T

Provide key
vocabulary and
target language
in context

Exercise 2: Ss look at the photos and read the reviews, then Ss answer the question. After checking
answers, play the recording for Ss to listen and read. Explain or encourage Ss to guess the meaning of
any new words. Ask Ss which of these four programmes they think were interesting and which were
boring.

Present target
language

Exercise 3: Ss look at the Word Builder and use the words from the text to complete the table. Check
answers by asking Ss to write the pairs of words on the board.

Practice target
language
Present grammar

Exercise 4: Ss use sentence patterns as in the example sentence. Elicit sentences.

Practice target
language

Exercise 5: Give Ss time to look at the table and complete the sentences. Check the sentences by asking
Ss to write them on the board.

SB
CD
CD player

10
min

SB
CD
CD player

25
min

T - SS
T - SS
S-S

T SS
SS T
SS T

Exercise 6: Ss find more examples of Past Simple negatives in the text.

board
T - SS

Exercise 7: Ss work in pairs and decide whether sentences are True or False. Check answers, correct the
pronunciation of ed ending.

partFinal

Practice target
language

SS T
Exercise 8: Tell Ss to use Past Simple negative verbs to correct statements. In pairs, Ss correct the false
statements.

Ending the lesson:

Use target
language

Exercise 9: Read the list and the example sentences with Ss. Point out that Ss write one negative and
one positive sentence about each part of the weekend. Do the second item (Saturday morning) with the
class. Remind Ss to change the pronouns (my to his) where necessary. Elicit sentences.

T-SS
SS-SS

SB

10
min

Homework: Exercise 10