LESSON PLAN

GROUPS: beginners, elementary

TIMING: 100
NO OF STUDENTS: ~ 30 10 students from each group (3 teams)
TYPE OF LESSON: consolidation
TITLE OF LESSON: A HALLOWEEN TO REMEMBER

TOPIC: talking about celebrations, customs, traditions
VOCABULARY: words related to Halloween
FUNCTIONS: expressing positive and negative opinions

AIMS: during the lesson, the students will:
Reinforce thematic vocabulary related to Halloween
Speak about traditions, expressing their own opinions

OBJECTIVES: at the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
Ask for opinion and give positive or negative opinion
Discuss freely about traditions in the British and American cultures

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS: I anticipated the following problems:
Students show lack of interest for others opinions

TEACHING TECHNIQUES: brainstorming, personalized questions, crosswords,
elicitation, comprehension questions, presentation

INTERACTION: individual work, team work

SKILLS: speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary

MATERIALS: video projector, worksheets, posters, markers, CD player, pictures about
Halloween, funky costumes (ghosts, skeletons, witches), pumpkins, apples, candles,
drawings, flashcards

NOTES:
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STAGES OF THE
LESSON

ACTIVITIES
TEACHER & STUDENTS

REASON FOR THE
ACTIVITY
FOCUS ON

INTERACTION

MATERIAL

TIMING

NOTES
1.
WARM-UP

Teacher explains and presents shortly the
programme of the activity
-make students feel
comfortable
-teacher introduces the topic
T S
S S

2
2 LEAD-IN Teacher asks for information about
halloween, builds up 3 groups, give a name
to each team. After that, students are
shown a short film about Halloween, the
story of Jack OLantern
-Check previous knowledge
-organizes the activity
T - S video
projector
10
3. PROJECT
ACTIVITY
Presentation Of costumes, previously
designed by students as project activity.
Students dress up as different Halloween
characters, presenting themselves
-develop creativity
-check discourse
-assisting teachers will choose
the best costumes
Individual
work
10
4. COMPETITION Teacher sets on the board some pictures
connected to Halloween, and compose a
short essay about this custom. Story-tellers
present their short composition.
- find as many words as possible related to
-check writing skills, with the
help of teammates

Team work 20
this celebration
-teacher gives the 3 groups worksheets (
word search, word jumble, riddles)
5. EVALUATION Teacher gives feedback to the 3 teams
announcing the winner.
The best costume is rewarded.
5
6. LETS PARTY! Students play universal children games
(dance with balloons, jump in sacks, run
with spoon, jumping)
-have fun Whole groups 30