Lesson plan

Teacher: Raducanu Elena Olguta

School: Scoala cu Clasele I VIII, Racovita
Date: 7th May 2012
Grade: 8th
Number of students: 15
Level: Intermediate (L2)
Unit 19: Caught in the Net
Topic: Computer technology and the Internet
Type of lesson: Teaching vocabulary
Skills: speaking, writing, reading, listening
Methods: conversation, explanation, dialogue, exercise
Classroom interaction: individual work, pair - work
Teaching aids: blackboard, chalk, laptop, video projector, handouts
Students book: Snapshot Intermediate, Longman
Time: 50 minutes
Aims:

to check and improve vocabulary

to check and improve pronunciation

to make students confident in themselves when speaking a foreign language

to create a warm atmosphere

to encourage students to get involved in the conversation.

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Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZSPWDMn730
Evaluation: - continue - through activities, observation, error correction
- final - through feed-back
Stage of lesson/

Teachers activity

Students activity

Interaction

Skills and

T Ss

methods
- speaking

Timing

Materials

Aims

used
- blackboard -to

1.

Teacher enters the class greets The students greet the teacher and

Organizational

the students, and then T asks if tell the absentees if there are any. A

introductive part

moment / 2 min.

there are any absentees. Then T student writes the date on the

of the lesson.

asks one of the Ss to write the blackboard and the others open their
date on the blackboard.

notebooks and write the date.

2.

T tells the Ss that today they are

The Ss pay attention to what the T

Warm up /

going to discuss about a new

says.

4 min

topic and to move on to another

unit in the students book. Since

T Ss

- questioning

- chalk

- speaking

- the laptop

watch.

- to assure the
between the

Ss alone

- listening

- the video

Organizational

projector

Moment and the

homework, the T tells them to

document, which they will

the

transition

the Ss did not have any

pay attention to the video

assure

Introduction of
- reading

the New Topic

- the web
site
http://www.
youtube.co
m/watch?
v=eZSPWD
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T Ss

- speaking

Mn730
- blackboard - to inform Ss

3.

T asks the Ss if they liked the

The Ss ask the Ts questions. One of

Introduction of

video they have just watched,

the Ss say that the topic of the

about the topic

the new topic / 4

and asks them what the topic of

lesson is The Internet. The Ss write

they are going to

min

the lesson is. After one of the Ss

the title of the lesson in their

say which is the topic of the

notebooks.

Ss alone

- discussion

T Ss

- reading

- chalk

learn.

lesson, the T writers on the

blackboard the title of the
lesson: Computer Technology
and the Internet. Then T asks
them some questions related to
the computer and the Internet:
a) How many of you have a
computer at home?
b) Do you use the Internet? If
yes, where?
c) On what purposes do you use
4.

the Internet?
The T tells the Ss to open their

Ss open their books and discuss

Using the new

books on page 110 and to scan

with their pair mate. Then one

vocabulary / 25

through the words on exercise 1, student from each pair gives the

min

Group A. Then, in pairs of two,

correct matching and writes on the

Ss will have to match the items

blackboard. Also the other Ss write

interdisciplinary

in the pictures on that page with

in their notebooks.

connection.

the words in Group A. (monitor,

- blackboard - to enrich the Ss`

general
knowledge and

Ss alone

- speaking

- chalk

make an

- writing
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screen, window, keyboard,

Pair work

mouse, mouse pad, floppy disk,

(pair of two

- Ss

- to facilitate the

notebooks

acquisition of the

CD ROM, modem, printer).

Ss try to answer teachers questions

The T asks the Ss how many of

and to give the synonyms and the

these objects do they use at

antonyms required. They write the

- to use and

home or at school.

new words in their notebooks.

consolidate the

In Group B, Ss will find other

Then the Ss write the text in their

Ss` computer

words related to computers and

notebooks and complete the missing

related

the Internet (software,

gaps.

vocabulary.

hardware, online, memory,

Once they have finished, every

website, e-mail, Internet, to log

student will read at least one

- to make Ss

on, word processing, to start up,

sentence of the text.

express their

to connect, to crash, to surf, to

Ss)

- discussion

new vocabulary.

opinion.

print). T asks the Ss if they

know all these words and also to
give some synonyms and
antonyms for some if the words
which the T writes on the
blackboard (e.g log on # log off;
connect # disconnect; to surf =
to navigate; to start up = to
turn on).
The T asks the Ss to write the
text at exercise 1b)/110 in their
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notebooks, and then to complete

the missing gaps with words
5.

from Group B.
T gives every student a handout

Ss complete on the received

Feed back and

where they will have to solve a

handouts.

discussion /

puzzle in no more than five

11 min

minutes. The Ss have to find as

T Ss

- speaking

- the

- to consolidate

handouts

and use the new

- writing

acquired

Ss alone

vocabulary

quickly as possible the eighteen

words related to computer stuff.

The Ss express their own opinions.

- discussion

T asks the Ss some questions:

-to consolidate

How much has the Internet

and use the new

changed your lives?

acquired

Do you think that the Internet

vocabulary

has a good or a bad influence

over you, the teenagers?
6.

T asks the Ss to read the text on

Ss write the homework in their

Homework /

page 111 from the students

notebooks and asks for further

2 min

book and then to answer the

information.

questions from exercise 2/111.

7. Evaluation /
2 min

T appreciates Ss` activity both The Ss also say Good-bye to the

verbally -praising the activity of
teacher.
the Ss- and also by giving
marks.
Then the teacher says Goodbye and leaves the classroom.

T Ss

- listening
- writing

Ss alone
T Ss

-speaking

- the

-to consolidate

students

and use the new

books and

acquired

notebooks

vocabulary
-to increase Ss`
self-confidence
and
encourage
them in their
study of English.