Lesson plan

Teacher: Zamfir Elena Daniela

Date: 17.04.2018

School: ‘Nicolae Balcescu’ High School, Flamanzi

Form: the 1st grade

Level: Beginner

No. of students: 18

Textbook: Fairyland 1B, Express Publishing

Unit: My food

Topic: types of food

TIME: 50 minutes

Type of lesson: Teaching vocabulary and developing communication abilities

Skills: listening, speaking, writing, reading,

Aims of the lesson:

1. teach vocabulary related to types of food and expressing food preferences: tea, pizza, apples, popcorn, ice cream, cola/I
like...yummy/ I don’t like...yuk
2. practice the newly-acquired vocabulary;
3. develop communicative and interpretative skills;
4. develop listening and speaking skills;
COMPETENCES:

A. Cognitive competences:

2.2 Express personal preferences related to the food items in the lesson( I like…yummy/I don’t like…yuk)

1.3 Develop interest and general comprehension of videos and songs in the English language

2.1 Reproduce short and simple songs – Do you like broccoli ice cream? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frN3nvhIHUk- Super
Simple Songs)

2.2 Create short texts to express personal information ( food preferences)

4.1 Participate in group projects and create and write short texts ( I like / I don’t like poster)

B. Affective competences:

a) to create a warm atmosphere;

b) to help students enjoy speaking English.
Class management: pair work, group work, whole class, individual work;

Teaching aids: Ss’ books, worksheets, interactive board , CDs , posters, computer

Teaching techniques: anticipation, eliciting, drills, song, ball game, explanation, mime, observation, role play,

Methods: Communicative approach

Resources: textbook , Activity book, different internet resources

Location: language laboratory

 Stage of Procedure Materials Interaction Time Aims
the lesson

1.Warm- Teacher greets the Ss and takes out Donald Food T-Ss 5’ To set the atmosphere and get Ss
up Duck from her bag , holding 2 small bags, one flashcards involved in the topic
containing the food items they learnt the Ss-T
and lead- previous day and the other the new Donald Duck to revise some of the vocabulary
in vocabulary. T elicits the words for the first acquired in the previous lesson
bag vocabulary.

2.Presenta T opens Donald’s second bag and presents the Flashcards Class 10’
tion and new food items, one at a time. Ss repeat work
To introduce new vocabulary and drill
practice of individually and as a whole class.
Individual it
the new
vocabular T plays a ball game to have the Ss repeat the work
y words again but this time T adds on new
vocabulary expressing preferences (I like / I
don’t like yummy, yuk) and mimes the facial
expression.

Ss repeat the new vocabulary

T checks pronunciation

3. Teacher tells Ss to open their books on page Individual 4’

Listening 17(as she writes the number on the bb) and work
Interactive To listen for specific details and
and listen to a recording in order to do exercise 2.
board Frontal practice the new vocabulary
writing T explains that they have to draw a happy or a
practice sad face, above the food items, according to CD
what they hear.
PC
After they listen, they come to the interactive
board to do the exercise in order for all the Ss
to verify their work
4. Stress T plays a song on the internet (Do you like Interactive Whole 5 To practice the new vocabulary in a
breaker broccoli?) Ss listen to the song once and then board class pleasant way and get the Ss interested
they sing along. in watching English videos by
PC themselves

5.Follow- T throws the ball at some Ss and asks: Do you Ball T-Ss 10’ To get the Ss to practice the new
up like pizza? vocabulary by themselves in order to
Small Pair work raise their self confidence
Ss answer: Yes, I do/No, I don’t flashcards

T tells Ss to ask each other the same questions

for 2 minutes using the new vocabulary and
small flashcards while she moves around to
monitor and help Ss.

6.Class T divides the class into teams of 3 and tells Worksheets Group 10’ To get Ss to socialize and cooperate in
/Group Ss to choose 3 favourite food items and 3 order to acquire the new vocabulary
project items they hate and glue them on the poster work through interesting project work
worksheet they receive and then display it on
‘The food the Food Poster. Ss select the food items and
we one St comes to the front of the classroom and
like/don’t sticks it on the Food Poster.
like’

7. T asks Ss to close their eyes as she removes poster T-Ss 5’ To close the activity in a fun way and
Feedback one group’s worksheet from the poster. Then maintain Ss’ interest throughout the
and she asks Ss questions about it. activity
consolidati
on of the Ss receive special stickers for their To praise their efforts
language performance

8. Setting T gives homework ex 1 page 51 where they textbook T-Ss 1’ To provide further written practice
homework have to write the food items for further
practice