LESSON PLAN

School: Liceul Tehnologic Traian Grozavescu

Teacher: Bianca Barbulescu
Date: 29th April
Topic: Phone Messages
Grammar: Adverbs of manner: quickly, badly, slowly, carefully, nicely,
awfully, safely, easily, heavily ,fast, hard, late, early, well.
Vocabulary: verbs and phrases connected to telephoning: Hold on, Wrong
number, The lines engaged, cardphone, coin phone booth, etc.
Grade: 7th
No. of classes/week: 2
Objectives:
O1- to revise vocabulary for communication;
O2- to introduce language needed for using a telephone;
O3- to provide practice of expressions for phoning;
O4- to give practice in the use of adjectves and adverbs of manner;
Skills:
SPEAKING
Writing
Reading
Organization: individual work, pair work.

Methods:

Conversation
Observation
Exercise
Didactic narration

Aids: textbook, whiteboard, handouts, toy telephone.

Bibliography:
Harmer, Jeremy, The Practice of English Language Teaching, Longman,
1991.
Alavina Achim, Ecaterina Comisel, Felicia Dinu, Loretta Mastacan, Roxana
Popovici, Elena Teodorescu, Teachers Book 7, Oxford University
Press,1998.
Activity 1: WARM-UP(5)
O1: - to revise vocabulary for communication
Skills: Speaking
Class organization: individual activity;
Materials: textbook
Procedure: Teacher asks the students how do radio, television and telephone
influence communication among people. Teacher tells students to open their
textbook and sets exercise 1 as a competition.
Activity 2: Lead-in( 10)
O2- to introduce language needed for using a telephone
Skills: Speaking, writing
Class organization: Whole class, Pairwork
Materials: textbook, toy phone, board

Procedure: Teacher asks students questions related to communication.Teacher

refers students to the picture on page 68 and helps them identify the type of
telephone and the way it can be operated: either by coins or by phone cards.
Teacher uses a toy phone to explain vocabulary. Teacher announces the title of the
new lesson and writes it on the board, then Teacher writes the new words.
T asks Ss which of the instructions in ex. 2a for phoning come first. Ss number the
rest of the sentences in the correct order in their notebooks and compare their
answers in pairs as they finish.T elicits the answer.
T asks one student to come out and, using the toy phone, to give a demo following
the instructions in the right order. Other Ss check their own answers.
Activity 3: Matching( 10)
O2- to introduce the language needed for using a telephone
O3- to provide practice of expressions for phoning
Skills: Writing
Class organization: individual
Materials: textbook
Procedure: T tells Ss ex.2b is a matching exercise and allows them to read the
words, clarifying any unknown words. T writes them on the board.
T directs Ss to the first half of a sentence and elicits the second half.
Activity 4: Grammar presentation (10)
O4- to give practice in the use of adjectives and adverbs of manner
Skills: Writing
Class organization: Individual
Materials: textbook,board.
Procedure: T elicits how adverbs of manner are formed from adjectives. T writes
the general rule on the board.

Activity 5: Grammar practice (5)

O4- to give practice in the use of adjectives and adverbs of manner
Skills: Writing
Class organization: Individual
Materials: textbook
Procedure: T refers to the rubric in ex. 3b/ page 69 and does the first example with
them to make sure they know how to accomplish their task.
T asks Ss to do the rest of the sentences by themselves.
Activity 6: Written evaluation ( 9)
O4- to give practice in the use of adjectives and adverbs of manner
Skills: Writing
Class organization: individual
Materials: handouts
Procedure: T asks the Ss to do exercise from the handouts. T sets tasks, gives
examples and monitors the work.
Activity 7: Homework
Materials: handouts
Procedure: Exercises from the handouts .T explains their task.