Lesson Plan

Teacher: Gavril Loreta

Date: 15th of March 2012
School: National College, Iai
Class: IX A (4 h/week, intensive)
Number of students: 31
Level: Upper-intermediate
Coursebook: Upstream
Topic: Passive Voice Applications / Exercises
Lesson Length: 50 minutes
Skills: Speaking, Reading, Writing, Listening
Lesson Aims:
Students will improve recognition of the differences between the passive voice and active voice with particular attention paid to the present
simple, past simple, and present perfect passive forms.
Students will inductively review passive form structures.
Students will be aware of the difference between active and passive voice.
Students will practice the use of the passive voice.
Students will understand when and why passive voice is used.

Objectives: by the end of the lesson Ss will be able to :

Understand the passive form in simple present and past.
Produce passive sentences in meaningful situations.
Recognize passive forms.
Use passive voice (all forms) in context.
Differentiate between active and passive forms.

Aids: handouts, notebooks, blackboard

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Time Lesson Stage Teachers activity Students activity Focus Interaction Aims
2 Warm-up T greets the students and asks Ss greet the T and answer the Ts S T-Ss To introduce Ss into the
them how they are. questions. Ss-T atmosphere and to the
lesson.
5 Lead-in T introduces the topic of the
lesson by handing to the Ss
some very simple worksheets S T-Ss
(two texts written with different Ss are active in answering and come To introduce the topic of
symbols and images). T ask Ss to the board to write down their the lesson, raise
to look at the symbols and answers. expectations and trigger
sentences and to resolve the response.
requirement).Ss have 2 to look
over the task.
T asks students to participate
on completing the task given Ss-T
and invites them to come to the
blackboard to write their
answers.The other students in W
the class write down the
answers directly on the
handouts given be the T.
T also corrects the students
when the case.
When the exercise is done, T
write down the title of the
lesson on the blackboard.
15 Contextualization T gives to the students
handouts with exercises on the Individual To practice past tense in
Passive Voice: Ss complete the tasks and make any W work context
1.Fill-in exercises necessary corrections. S T-Ss To compare the active and
2.Choose and learn exercise Ss are paying attention to the active Ss-T passive forms

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 3.Changing the active and their corresponding passive form.
sentences into passive ones
paying attention to some
several changes.
T checks the answers with the
whole class; corrects and gives
positive feedback
25 Practice Ex 171/146
(controlled and T gives handouts to the Ss. Ss read the sentences given and they R T-Ss To identify the passive
semi-controlled) T asks Ss to complete the task resolve them. Ss-T forms and the past tense of
from the handouts given.T puts The resolved sentences are written on W the verbs in brackets.
a S to read out loud the the black board by the Ss. Ss-Ss
requirement. When needed, Ss can correct their T-Ss
The sentences from this other colleagues and explain. S Ss-T
exercise wil be made by the Ss,
with the Ts help, when the
case.
For each sentence a S will go
and write down on the
blackboard.The other Ss in the
class write down in their
notebooks.

Ex 174/148
T asks Ss to complete
individually the task given.
The Ss also write the correct
answer on the board.
Ss complete the task, listen and at the T-Ss To use the passive forms in
same time check. R the given context.
L
Ss pay attention to Ts explanations S Ss-T
and complete the task. W

Ex 178/151
T asks Ss to complete the task

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 in pairs. Ss complete the tasks and make any T-Ss To consolidate the passive
T gives them 2 minutes to necessary corrections. W Ss-T forms.
watch over the exercise and S Pair Work
them puts one S from a team to
go say the right answer (in this
case the blackboard wont be
needed)
3 Homework The Ss will have the free will to T-Ss To develop writing skills
chose from the handouts to
make for homework another 4
exercises that have left undone
in the hour class.