LESSON PLAN

TEACHER:

LESSON: MYTHS AND LEGENDS

GRADE: 8 th

TEXTBOOK: HIGH FLYER

LEVEL: UPPER INTERMEDIATE

LESSON TYPE: acquisition of knowledge

AIMS: improve their speaking skills

to be able to describe a character

improve their vocabulary

TEACHING AIDS: white board, piece of white papers, sticky notes, handouts, textbook,
PPT

METHODS: group work, individual work

Stages of the lesson Teachers and students Reason for activity Timing
activities
Warm-up activity Discussion to stir interest

Homework checking Students are asked to read their

homework and correct the 6 min
mistakes.

The teacher shows some To familiarize the Ss

Lead-in pictures in a PowerPoint with the new topic;
presentation and ask them to
 describe the characters. 7 min
The teacher writes the date and
the title on the board.

The teacher asks the students to

read the new text; then, the
Teaching new teacher asks the student if they to activate pupils in
knowledge have some unknown words the process of
writes the definitions of myths learning
and legends with examples and 10 min
characteristics.

She asks the students to solve

some exercises from the to check
Controlled - practice handouts - individual work understanding, 8 min
Teacher and students correct the A1/A2
mistakes.

Students will receive some

pieces of white paper, they are
divided into seven groups and to stimulate
Production are given the following tasks: to creativity, A1,A2,A3
write a modern myth/legend
about some characters. The
requirements will be written on 13min
the papers.
Each leader of the group will
present their work; the best
story will win.

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 Assessment and Teacher evaluates the students
homework activity and explains their
homework : each student will
receive a sheet of paper which
contains the requirements: To 2min
make five sentences about the
legend of Robin Hood and two
questions from ex. 4/43.

Annex

Myths and legends

Match the columns:

A) Myths were created a) in order to punish him.

B) People in northern countries would b) so that he could be a good and wise

king.
light a fire in the middle of the winter
c) so that the true king would be revealed.
C) Prometheus stole fire from Zeus
d) so that the sun could be born again.
D) Zeus attached Prometheus to a rock
e) in order to explain natural occurrences
E) Merlin taught Arthur all he knew
people couldnt understand.
F) Merlin stuck the sword in the stone
f) so that humans could keep warm.

Complete the sentences with the right words from the text :

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 Although myths reflect both . and
.
In order to understand these and other natural events, they
..
Legends are stories about who are famous for doing
something brave or extraordinary.
When King Uther died, Merlin ..into a rock and said, This
sword is in the stone.Onlywill be able to pull it
out.
Some names of the Thunder god, around the world:




Create a mind map of characteristics you could include in your description of a hero.
Make sure you include adjectives to describe it.