Foundation TEFL: William Newman Lesson Plan

Topic:

Discussing Your Habits

No. of Students:
Levels of Students:

6
Intermediate

Lesson Aims:
By the end of this lesson, learners will be able to:
1. Use common vocabulary related to habits.
2. Talk about their habits, as well as the habits of others.
As much as possible, this lesson will focus on real habits and situations from the students lives. When appropriate
fictional or hypothetical examples may also be used.

Personal Aims:
As a teacher, I want to get to know my students better. I can use this lesson to find out more about their lives
outside of the classroom. This is particularly important because I have several students that are fairly new to
the class.

Language/Skills Focus:
1. Vocabulary related to habits and daily life.
2. Function: ability to tell about oneself and ones life and habits.
3. Function: ability to ask others about habits

Main Task:
Students will describe their habits in spoken and written form. They will write a brief paragraph about their habits.
After completing their paragraph, they will turn in their paper, without writing their name on it. The papers will then be
redistributed and students will have to stand up and find the writer of the paragraph that they have been given. They
will have to ask questions about the paragraph in order to find the writer.

Anticipated Problems and Solutions:

Language, Instructions, Timing, etc.
1. Some students might be reluctant to talk about their habits, particularly if they are bad habits.
2. Some students might be reluctant to communicate with others.
3. Students may have trouble forming questions.
4. Students may have trouble writing their paragraphs, particularly with regard to spelling.
Assumptions:
Previous Learning, Learning Styles, etc.
Previous Learning
Students should be familiar with most of the grammatical forms and constructions needed for this activity. They should
be able to form sentences in both the present and past tense. They should also be able to form basic questions. Their
writing skills should be sufficient for writing a brief paragraph.

Learning Styles
Visual The power point presentation will be the primary visual resource used in this lesson. Gestures will also be a
common method of illustrating many habits.
Auditory Students will practice their auditory skills through listening to and interacting with their teacher. They will
also speak to each other, both as part of a group discussion and through completing the spoken part of the
communicative activity.
Kinaesthetic The spoken part of the communicative activity will involve moving about the room to talk to other
students.
Individual/social As individuals, the students will write about their habits. They will then interact with each other to
find out who wrote which paragraph.
Reflective/impulsive The written element of this lesson will be primarily reflective. The spoken element will be more
impulsive.
Analytic Through writing about their habits, analytic students will be given a chance to think about how the language
works.

Contingency Plans/Flexibility:
Additional options you have prepared
Will be included in the Flexibility section of the lesson plan.
Supplementary Materials (attached):
Power point slides introducing the material and explaining the instructions for the activities.

Timing/
Interacti
on

Stage :

Aim of Stage:
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Procedure:
Instructions, whiteboard, teacher language, etc

Assessment:
CCQs, ICQs, Test Qs etc.

Flexibility:
Options, Alternatives,
Extensions

5 min.

Warmer

Students will get

ready to begin using
English. Students
will think about ways
of introducing
themselves and
describing
themselves.

Teacher will begin by introducing himself,

including mentioning several habits.

Can you introduce yourself

to the class?

Teacher may talk about the

habits of a celebrity or
fictional character.

Model:
My name is Will and I teach English. I also
drink lots of coffee and eat hamburgers.

Do you have any habits?

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This example may be shown on the first slide of

the power point, including perhaps pictures of
the teacher doing the described actions.
After introducing himself, the teacher will ask
individual students to introduce themselves in a
similar manner, hopefully including a habit or
two.

1 min.

Set
Objectives

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To make students
aware of the purpose
of the days lesson.

Slide 2:
Lesson aims:
1. Learn about common habits
2. Lean to talk about our habits

10 min.
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Present new
vocabulary
and expand
upon the
concept of
habits

To introduce new
vocabulary and give
students a better
understanding of the
concept of a habit.

Slide 3:

Matching activity

What are habits?

Are there good habits and

bad habits?

To practice talking
about habits.

Teacher will explain that all of the images and

terms included in slide depict common habits.

Slide 4 (Slide given, includes pictures of

common habits)

In pairs students will match the pictures with the

descriptions.
After students have completed the matching,
the class will go over the images.
The teacher may ask if any of the students have
any of the habits presented in the slide.
Are there good habits and bad habits?

Do you have any of these

habits?

Teacher can talk about

habits not listed in the slide.

Which are good and which are bad?

15 min.
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10 min.
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Written
To allow students to
portion of
reflect on their own
communicati habits and how to
ve activity
describe them.

Slide 5:
Write a paragraph describing your habits.
Include at least 5 habits. Be sure to include
both good habits and bad habits. Do not write
your name on the paper.

To give students time

to describe their
habits in writing.

Teacher will monitor the students as they write.

Students will probably have questions about
habits that the teacher can answer.

To give students an
opportunity to ask
questions
individually.

After the students have completed the writing

assignment, the teacher will take up the papers
and redistribute them to other students.

Spoken
To practice speaking
portion of
and communicating
communicati in English.
ve activity
To practice talking
about habits.

Slide 6:
Read your new paragraph. Think about who
might have written it. Stand up and find the
person who you think wrote it. Ask them
questions about their habits to see if they wrote
the paragraph.

To practice critical
thinking and
deductive skills.

Teacher will monitor the students interaction to

ensure that they are using English to complete
the activity.

To ensure that all

students were able to
complete the
assignment.

After all of the students have found the student

that wrote their paragraph they will sit down.
The teacher will ask each student about the
habits of the person who wrote their paragraph
and the class will try to guess the writer.

5 min.
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Discussion
of results of
communicati
ve activity

4 min.
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Conclusion To give students a

of class and final chance to ask
feedback
questions.

Written paragraph can be

turned in at the end of class
for assessment.

Who do you think wrote your

paragraph?
Did you find the person that
wrote your paragraph?

This portion of the activity

could be repeated if
necessary, so long as the
class had not discussed the
results as a group yet.

Who do you think wrote this

paragraph?

Feedback on written and spoken portions of

communicative task.
Announcements

To complete
classroom tasks such
as taking role or
assigning homework.