Lesson Plan

Teacher: Serban Andreea Madalina

Date: 20.03.2018
Class: XI A
School: Liceul Teoretic “Alexandru Marghiloman”
Time of lesson: 50 minutes
Textbook: FCE Gold Plus , Longman
Unit/ Topic: Unit 9-A new look
Lesson Aims:
 To read for specific information-gapped text task
 To practise word formation
 To practise speaking
 To review useful vocabulary related to clothes and fashion
Skills: reading, speaking

Materials: textbooks, fashion magazines, large ball of yarn

Methods: communicative approach

Possible drawbacks: - the topic needs careful handling as students could find difficult the gapped text task

Warm Up – 5 minutes
Aim:
 To prepare Ss for the lesson
 To get the group relaxed and allow them to feel ""silly"" with each other

Procedure Interaction Timing

Attendance list T-Ss 1 min
Checking HW 1 min
Pass the Face Ss-T 3 min

Description: This game is just like the game ""telephone"" but instead of
passing a word or phrase around you pass a facial expression. T gets the group in
a circle. Everyone has to close their eyes except the person who has to pass the
""face"". The passer will tap the shoulder of the person next to her, that person
will open his eyes to receive the face. He will then tap the shoulder of the person
next to him and pass the face along. Once you have passed the face you may
keep your eyes open to watch it move around the group. At the end, the original
passer receives the face from the last person in the group and then shows what
the original face was!

Activity 1 (speaking, reading,) -20 minutes

Aims:
 To introduce the topic of the lesson
 To read for specific information-gapped text task
 To practise word formation

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Procedure Interaction Timing
Pre-reading
Before Ss look at this unit T asks them how important they think looks are. Are T Ss 3 min
looks more important than personality? Are good-looking people more socially
acceptable than those who aren’t so attractive? Would any of them consider Ss ►T
having plastic or cosmetic surgery to change the way they look? What features
would they most like to change?
T asks questions related to the people in the pictures provided by the textbook. T
reads the title, subheadings and asks them if they think these people are T Ss
particularly attractive. Why? Why not? Ss ►T 2 min.
Reading
Now Students are asked to read the first two paragraphs of the article, looking
carefully at the sentences before and after gap1. Then T asks Ss to read sentences
A-H and decide which one best fits the gap. When Ss have decided that the
correct answer is C, T points out that this sentence relates to the sentences both Ss - T 2 min
before and after it.
It relates to the previous sentence with a reference phrase(all this refers to
spending £40,000) and to the following sentence because it provides an
explanation(it is hard to say exactly what he looks like because he strikes you as
good-looking but still not quite right)
Ss now work in pairs to decide which sentences fit the rest of the gaps. T advises
Ss to highlight the reference phrases in the sentences such as the three of PW 8 min
them(B) and we(D), and then highlight corresponding referents in the text to
check that they match
Before Ss begin, T points out the importance of punctuation in this text as some
of the gaps are direct quotes, which will affect which pronouns are used.
T allows time to Ss to solve the ex. Finally, pairs swap their answers and check
them.
ANSWERS Ex. 3 1C 2F 3B 4E 5H 6A 7D PW-PW 2 min
Post-reading
In ex 4 Ss are asked to put the words into their correct form. T asks them first to
decide what type of word is missing-noun, adverb, adjective, etc. T goes through
all of them with the entire class: 1-verb, 2-adverb, 3-noun, 4-adjective, 5- T-Ss
adjective, 6-noun, 7-adverb, 8-adverb. Then Ss solve individually this exercise. 2 min
ANSWERS Ex. 4 1-reshaping, 2-pleasantly, 3-appearance, 4-facial, 5-
acceptable, 6-encouragement, 7-enthusiastically, 8-surprisingly Quick Link
As the T shouts out "get into groups of fours," everyone quickly joins in a group Ss- T
of four. At any time, even before the group of four is formed, the leader shouts 2 min
out another instruction. Examples: everyone with same color shoes, everyone
with jeans, everyone with same color eyes, everyone with the same colour of
hair, groups of five, people born in the same month, people with same Zodiac
sign, form a letter Z with groups of 3 people. Groups
4 min

Activity 2 (reading, speaking, writing) – 20 minutes

Aims:
 To review useful vocabulary related to clothes and fashion
 To practise speaking about fashion and looks

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Procedure Interaction Timing
As a follow-up and connecting the reading task to the vocabulary exercise, Ss are
asked to look through all kind of fashion magazines and choose facial features to 5 min
create the ‘ideal face’ and the ‘ideal looks’. In pairs they should choose these PW
features and then present them to the entire class.
Afterwards T asks the to continue working with their partners and try to describe
the clothes that their partner is wearing in as much detail as possible, T ► Ss 4 min
brainstorming as many words as they know- types of clothes, pattern, colour, PW
material and shade, etc. (Someone is wearing a pair of trainers, a pair of trendy
light blue jeans and a wool blouse. She is also wearing a bracelet on her wrist
and a very beautiful necklace.)
Before solving ex.1.p107 Ss are asked to describe what the man is wearing in Ss - T 4 min
each one. Ss should give as any details as possible. They can then match the
description with the picture and complete the gap.
T starts a brief class discussion related to what is considered fashionable
nowadays and how important that is. What is considered fashionable nowadays?
Which shops/companies are considered fashionable or otherwise? Do you have
to spend a lot of money to be fashionable? Can clothes be fashionable on some
people but not on others? Ss - T 4 min
Then T asks Ss to work small groups to choose a new outfit for Stuart. They
have to describe this new outfit in detail, in writing. Each member must come up
with at least a sentence. They should help one another with spelling, grammar,
etc.
2 min
ANSWERS Ex1 1.A-1, B-2 GW
Ex 2 A 1 dark, 2 wool, 3 classic, 4 pale, 5 cotton, 6 silk, 7 leather, 8 slip-on
B 1 bright, 2 round-neck, 3 matches, 4 waterproof, 5 looks, 6 beige, 7
brown, 8 casual.

Homework
To write an essay on the importance of fashion and good looks. 180-200 words. T ► Ss 1 min

The Web Game Ss are arranged in a circle. T gives one S the ball of yarn. S
are asked to say one word related to fashion or looks that has come up during
this lesson. While they hold the end of the yarn with one hand, they then throw
the ball of yarn to another S. That person then states another word on these
Ss-Ss 5 min
topics and then holding the yarn in one hand, the other hand throws the ball of
yarn to another. This continues until everyone has a piece of the yarn and a
"web" forms.

While everyone is still holding their yarn, the T will mention that it takes work to
form this web and the words are used similar to such a web. Then have 2-3 Ss let
go of their yarn, the web falls apart. The T then mentions, that everyone needs to
use words as often as possible in order not to forget them and become part of
their vocabulary, of their ‘web’.