EFL Lesson Plan

Infinity English College

Teacher: Melody/Eilis
Date/Session: 16/02/2015 session 1
Level: Intermediate
Materials Used: SB
Objectives: By the end of the lesson students will be able to: form nouns from adjectives and
verbs/ read for specific information and pronounce new vocabulary items

Stage

Interactio
n

Activity

Materials
used

Time

Objective

Warm up

Pair work

Students are asked

to talk together
about SUCCESS.
They are asked :
WHAT IS
SUCCESS AND
WHAT MAKES US
SUCCESSFUL?
Students are asked
to download a word
cloud app which
enables them to
brainstorm and
create wordclouds
in a second. They
have to insert their
ideas into the
generator and
create a pdf picture
in the end- they
can send to DOS
for printing and
putting on the wall

mobile
phones

15-20
min

to introduce
the subject of
the class and
allow
latecomers to
arrive

SS brainstorm for

SB pg.46 ex.

Presentatio

Pair work

to practice
multimedia
literacy
to practice
speaking

10 min

to practice

ideas on how to get 1

a good job in 21st
cent?

speaking and
introduce the
text

Practice

T-SS
Individual
work
S-S

SS read the text

individually and
check their ideas in
the text. Then they
decide if the
sentences given
are true or false.
Students compare
their answers in
pairs and then
check with the
teacher

SB pg. 46-47
ex. 2 + 3

15 min

to practice
reading for
gist and
specific
information

Fee
Practice

S-S

SS talk about the

most useful tips
given by the author
of the text

SB pg. 47
ex. 4

5 min

to practice
speaking
/activate new
vocabulary

Presentatio
n

T-SS
S-S
SS-T

SS copy the box

from ex. 1 into their
notebooks and fill
in the gaps with
vocabulary items
from the text. Then
students compare
their answers in
pairs + check with
the teacher

SB pg. 47
ex. 1
Vocabulary

10 min

to introduce
word
formation

Practice

T-SS

SS practice the
stress in the words
given and then fill
in the gaps with the
correct noun from
the previous
exercise

SB pg. 47
Pronunciatio
n Box and
ex. 2 a

10 min

to practice
pronunciation
and the use
of new
vocabulary
items

Free
Practice

S-S
SS-T

SS discuss if the
quotes given are
true or false

SB pg. 47
ex. 2 b

10 min

to practice
speaking

Feedback

T-SS

Providing students

NA

5 min

to provide ss

with good and bad

examples of the
language. Revising
the class and
referring to learning
outcomes

with feedback
on the most
common
mistakes

Anticipated Problems and Solutions:

Students might not have a phone with them - pair them so that they can use one phone with a
camera per pair
Students might not have the access to wifi- can leave the class to download the app.

Homework: Send the pics with wordclouds to evak@ibcollege.com for printing