G. K.

CHESTERTON

TEACHER: LUPU CRISTINA

TEACHER: Lupu Cristina

DATE: May 26th 2008
CLASS: 6th B
SCHOOL: Scoala cu clasele I VIII Valcanesti
TIME OF LESSON: 50 minutes
TEXTBOOK: English G 2000

UNIT 8 A Trip Abroad

LESSON: Holidays

Lesson aims:

To develop students vocabulary related to holidays;

To discuss and express opinions about different pictures;
To develop students ability to write about their holiday choices;
To read a text using the correct intonation and pronunciation;
To present and practice Past Tense Continuous

Materials:

Textbook
Notebook
Blackboard
Tourist map
Worksheets

Procedure:

Warming up activity:

The teacher introduces the students the topic they are going to discuss by
trying to enrich the students vocabulary related to holidays. The students are
asked to try to define the term, find synonymous words, talk about the different
types, the possible destinations and also discuss about the means of transport. The
teacher helps them with any necessary words or expressions.
Timing: 5 minutes
Interaction: Teacher Students

Activity 1:

The teacher together with the students discuss upon G. K. Chestertons

quotation: Travel broadens the mind. The teacher encourages the students to
talk about the unknown places they have visited, the new people they have met
there and about the new things they have learned from this unforgettable
experience.
Timing: 5 minutes
Interaction: Students Teacher

Activity 2:

The teacher asks the students to imagine they are tourists in a beautiful
foreign country but they can only stay there for a day because of some unexpected
problems at work that are calling them back home. Because of their sudden
change of plans, they will have to do their best to see the most beautiful and
important attractions in the city in just one day. They are given a tourist map by
the travel agency with the 10 most beautiful attractions but they will only have to
choose 3 of them, the ones they prefer to visit most. The teacher explains their
tasks clearly. The teacher assesses their work and helps them with words and
expressions where necessary.
Timing: 15 minutes
Interaction: Student Student (group-work)
Students Teacher
Activity 3:

Before reading the text, the students are asked to guess about the people in
the pictures and about the things that have happened.
The students take turns in reading the text using the correct pronunciation
and intonation. The teacher explains the unknown words and writes them on the
blackboard.
Timing: 10 minutes
Interaction: Students Teacher

Activity 4:

The students are introduced with the Past Tense Continuous by being asked
to look for any unknown tense in the text. The students are encouraged to say as
much as they can about the new grammar structure and are asked to search for
more examples in the text and their owns. The teacher assesses their work and
prompts them in finding as many examples as they can. The teacher writes the
examples on the blackboard.
Timing: 10 minutes
Interaction: Students Teacher

Activity 5 (feedback):

The students are given some worksheets with some information about Past
Tense Continuous and are asked to fill in the exercises with the correct form. The
teacher explains their tasks clearly and assesses their work.
Timing: 5 minutes
Interaction: Student Student (pair-work)