Lesson Plan

Form: 5th A, beginners;

Date:
Unit: Its great to be here
Title: The article a/an;
Type:introducing new knowledge
Teacher:
School:

Vocabulary: classroom and other objects.

Grammar: the article a/an and this/that.
Main focus: to use the articles a/an, this/that correctly in sentences.

Objectives:
A) Cognitive objectives: by the end of the lesson Ss will have:
1) used articles correctly in sentences;
2) used this/that in sentences;
3) developed their speaking skills;
4) developed their writing skills.

B) Affective objectives:
1) to create a warm atmosphere in order to offer the background for smooth, easy
conversations between teacher and students
2) to make students confident in themselves when speaking a foreign language.

Skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing

Interaction: T- Ss, Ss-T, Ss-Ss.
Assumed knowledge: - I assume that students have already used the article in sentences
before although they might not know the rules which applies to each article; the students
already know most of the classroom objects.

Anticipated problems: - the students might not know all the objects from the pictures;
- if she thinks it is necessary, the teacher will offer the students guidance in solving
certain exercises;
- some Ss might have problems when working in pairs;
- a few among the Ss may be given supplementary explanations in Romanian.

Assessment activity: the students will be assessed on class participation.

Teaching techniques: conversation, dialogue, exercise, exposing.
Methods of teaching: Communicative Approach
Teaching aids: realia, blackboard, pictures, posters, students notebooks and books.
Time: 50 minutes
Time Lesson stage Ts activity Students activity Interactio Aim Technique Aids Observation
n
5` Greeting, T. greets the Answer Ts greetings. T-Ss -to check presence; Reading/ Students
attendance students, Tell the T. who is -to revise and checking notebooks
& homework checks absent. Read reinforce previous
checking. attendance and homework, correct if knowledge;
homework. necessary.

2` Focus on. T. announces Students listen. T-Ss -to attract Speaking/

the title and studentsattention on exposing
objectives of the lesson;
the lesson.

15` Presentation T. shows the Students answer. T-Ss -to prepare new Speaking Realia
of the new students some Ss-T grammar structures; Question-
knowledge objects and Whole -to focus students answer
asks them: class attention on the new
What is words
this/that?

T. explains the Students listen. T-Ss - to set some rules in Speaking/ Students
students how to Students write the Whole order to use the exposing books
use the articles rules in their class articles correctly;
a/an and notebooks.
this/that. Then
the T. writes Speaking/
the Writing
rules+examples
on the
blackboard.

25` Practice and T. shows the Students make up T-Ss -to practice the Speaking/ Students
consolidatio students some sentences. Ss-T vocabulary as part of Question books
n of new pictures with Whole the lesson answer/ Pictures
grammar different class Writing
structures objects. T. asks
 them to make
up sentences
about each
object using
a/an and
this/that.

T. writes the Students write in their T-Ss -to consolidate the Written
sentences on notebooks. Whole new information; assignment
the blackboard. class

3 Setting Explains the Listen and write down T-Ss Written

homework task. the exercise for Whole assignment
homework. class
T praise the Ss
for their
activity and
rewards them