Lesson plan

Teacher: Mechenie Marian Bogdan School: coala cu clasele I-VIII Nr.1 "George Usctescu" Trgu Crbuneti Date: 24th May 2012 Grade: 8th Number of students: 28 Level: Intermediate (L2) Unit 16: Struggle for survival Topic: The passive: all tenses with modals, gerunds and infinitives; Type of lesson: acquisition of new knowledge Skills: speaking, writing, reading, listening Methods: conversation, explanation, dialogue, exercise Classroom interaction: individual work, pair - work Teaching aids: blackboard, chalk, handouts, books Students book: Snapshot Intermediate, Longman Time: 50 minutes Aims: to get the students involved in the topic; to give Ss practice in using the passive; to develop students listening skills; to develop students writing skills; to develop students communication skills. 1

Evaluation: - continue - through activities, observation, error correction - final - through feed-back Stage of lesson/ Timing 1. Organizational moment / 2 min. Teacher enters the class greets The students greet the teacher and the students, and then T asks if tell the absentees if there are any. A there are any absentees. Then T student writes the date on the asks one of the Ss to write the blackboard and the others open their date on the blackboard. 2. Warm up / 4 min The T tells the Ss that today they are going to discuss about a new topic but first he has to check their homework. T announces the new lesson and its aims. He writes the title of the new lesson on the blackboard 3. Introduction of the new topic / 4 min (The passive). The T asks the Ss if they heard about Passive Voice, if they know how it-s formed or to give an example. T gives a short example of how to change an active sentence into passive and when it is supposed 2 The Ss say that they learned about it on the roumanian language classes. The Ss write the title of the lesson in their notebooks. T Ss - writing - chalk - discussion - speaking The Ss pay attention to the teacher. T Ss - speaking - chalk notebooks and write the date. The Ss are reading their homework and correct it where is needed. T Ss Ss Ss - reading - speaking - questioning - chalk - to assure the - blackboard transition between the Organizational Moment and the Introduction of the New Topic - to inform Ss - blackboard about the topic they are going to learn. T Ss Teachers activity Students activity Interaction Skills and methods - speaking Materials used -to assure the - blackboard introductive part of the lesson. Aims

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to use the passive. The T hands out Task 1.The sentences and make rules. The T asks the Ss to read the completed rules and translate them. The T corrects and helps the Ss when is necessary. The T tells the Ss to open their the exercise 5/a. The Ss will work in pairs of two in order to solve the exercise.

The Ss are completing the missing words in order to make rules. The Ss are reading and translating the rules, when is needed they are helped by the T.

T Ss

- writing

- to teach the Ss the form and how to use the

Activity 1 / 10min students have to read the

Ss alone

- reading - handouts

Passive Voice so they can solve the future tasks.

T Ss Ss open their books and discuss with their pair mate. Then one student from each pair gives the correct passive form of the verb and writes on the blackboard. The Ss write the correct answer in their notebooks. T Ss Ss alone Pair work (pair of two Ss)

- discussion - reading - speaking - writing - discussion - blackboard - to help the Ss - chalk -handouts - Ss notebooks interact with each other. - to make Ss express their opinion.

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Activity 2 / 15min books on page 94 and to solve

6. Feed back and discussion / 16 min

T gives every student a given a text. They have to read the text and underline the passive sentences in it. The students work individually and then read the passive sentences that they have underlined. T asks the Ss some questions: What time do you think that is used there? Why did you make this choice and are you sure this isnt a continuous tense? The Ss are asked to complete a text with the verbs in the passive (exercise 1, page 103).

Ss complete on the received

T Ss

- speaking - writing

- the handouts

- to consolidate and use the new acquired knowledge.

worksheet where the students are handouts.

- discussion -to consolidate and use the new The Ss express their own opinions. Ss alone acquired knowledge.

7. Homework / 2 min

Ss write the homework in their notebooks and ask for further information.

T Ss

- listening - writing

- the students books and notebooks

-to consolidate and use the new acquired knowledge -to increase Ss` self-confidence and encourage them in their study of English.

Ss alone 8. 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 -speaking