Cambridge CELTA TEACHING PRACTICE LESSON PLAN

Trainee:___Khalil HABBARI_Date:__21/07/2016__ TP number: __5__

Class Level: Elementary

No of students___10_____

Please circle as appropriate: Language focus

Skills focus

MAIN AIM:
By the end of the lesson, learners will have recycled their knowledge of, and will have practiced there
is, there are through productive activities.

SUBSIDIARY AIM:
The learners will have practiced controlled speaking, through a find the difference activity.
The learners will have practiced controlled writing, through an interactive writing activity.
CONTEXT
Expressing what places are in a town/ in the country.

VOCABULARY
Places in a town/the country

POINTS YOU WANT TO WORK ON IN YOUR TEACHING (Personal aims)

Giving clearer instructions
Better rapport with ss
MATERIALS NEEDED
Teacher produced worksheets, with images from:

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TEACHING PRACTICE LESSON PLAN

TIME
1 min

STAGE
Lead-in

10 min Eliciting
grammar

AIM
To get
learners
motivated
and get their
attention
Learners will
have recycled
their
knowledge of
There
is/There are

PROCEDURE
T greets Ss with enthusiasm, to motivate
them for todays activities.
Hello, ladies and gentlemen. How are we getting
on today, everybody doing great?
T writes on the board: Tell me what is in
Reszwick? Is there a lake? Etc.
There is a lake.
Theres a lake.
There are two hotels.
There are some hotels.
There are lots of hotels.
T: Does everyone understand?
SS reply, T clarifies if somethings unclear.
(some= a small number of hotels, lots of= a
big number of hotels)
T: Good! Now, how can we ask questions about
this? (If I want to know if there is a lake?), and
how would the answer be.
(Is there a lake? Yes, there is.)(Are there ANY
hotels? Yes, there are some/lots.)
SS reply, T asks students who reply to write
on the board.
T: We cant say: Therere
We cant answer with: Yes, theres.

22 min Grammar
speaking
practice

Learners will
have done a
productive
practice
(speaking) of
there is and

Okay, everyone got that? Great! Onto the next

activity.
T labels half the students green, and the
other half red. (Note to self, use a
highlighter after printing/copying to highlight
the words green and red on the sheets in
their respective actual colours.

INT
T-S

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there are

T: Please rearrange/put your chairs like this

(back to back), all the greens sit on this side (to
the right), and all reds sit on the other side. (to
the left)
T demonstrates the find the difference
activity with Mohamed Amine:
T: Are there mountains? (on your sheet)
Z: No there arent any!
T: There are mountains in my sheet, but there
arent any in Mohamed Amines sheet. So thats
ONE difference. (the first difference)
Now, you ask me, Mohamed Amine.
Z: Is there a lake?
T: Yes, there is
Thats not a difference, we have the same thing.
So I need to ask him another question to find
another difference.
Let me know when you think youre done.
SS do the activity.
T: If youre done, change to the other side of
your sheet and do the same for the other
picture.
SS oblige.
T: Everybody, times up! How many differences
did you find in the town picture?
And how many in the country picture?
T writes on the board, Town: 4, Country: 2
T: Well done, everyone! Good job!

27 min Grammar
writing
practice

Learners will
have done a
productive

T: Someone to read the text on the board

please.

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practice
(writing) of
there is and
there are

Do you like it? You want to visit Paris now right?

Your English speaking friend asks you what is
and what isnt in a city. or a look at the
vocabulary on these sheets. Use it to write
about a city that you know (other than
Casablanca),
.

Paris is a beautiful city. In Paris, there are two very big airports,
lots of good hotels and lots of museums. There are some beautiful
squares, some interesting shops, some expensive cafs and
restaurants, and some nice parks. There is also a river called The
Seine.
However, there isnt a beach, and there arent any mountains in
Paris.