LESSON PLAN

Teachers name: PRMI Date: May 9-th, 2011 School: Scoala cu clasele I-VIII, L. A. Grade: 5-th Level: beginner (L2) Text book: English 2000, Editura ALL Unit topic: A Trip to the Zoo Lesson: The End-of-Term Party Type of lesson: listening comprehension Skills: receptive skills Language function: present simple tense and present progressive tense Method of teaching: communicative approach Teaching aids: textbook, cassette, tape player, blackboard, two sets of worksheets Time: 50 minutes

Aticipated problems: Students may be panic when they are listening the tape because they are not accustom to the voices on the tape. Teacher must be prepared to repeat sequences of the tape.

ACTIVITY 1

CHECKING HOMEWORK

Aim: to check students work and review the present forms of verbs Method: conversation Timing: 10 Interaction: T-Ss, S-T; lockstep

Procedure: Students had to use present simple and progressive in an exescise from their textbook-Robby, the house robot- He does lots of jobs but today hes doing lots of silly things Teacher asks one of the students to read one or two sentences from their notebook and the other students to listen and say if they agree with the choice. If students do not understand the correct forms they may write it on the board.

ACTIVITY 2 WARM-UP

Aim: to warm students up to create a positive attitude Methods: conversation, dialogue Timing: 5 Interaction: T -Ss, S-T ; lockstep

Procedure: Teacher asks students if they like parties and if they wear a special costume for this. They have to remember Halloween-party when they wore a fancy-dress, and what costumes they were disguised.

Aim: to warm students up to create a positive attitude Methods: conversation, dialogue Timing: 5 Interaction: T-Ss, S-T ; lockstep

Procedure: Teacher asks students if they like parties and if they wear a special costume for this. They have to remember Halloween-party when they wore a fancy-dress, and what costumes they were disguised.

ACTIVITY 3 LEAD-IN

Aims: to introduce the new topic;

to create expectation and arouse the students interest in the topic of the listening text; Methods: dialogue, conversation; Timing: 10 Interaction: T -Ss, S-T; lockstep

Procedure: Teacher asks students about pupils and teachers from Kingsway Highschool they know, and their trip to the zoo, then teacher shows the picture from the textbook with a party. Teacher asks students what animals are the costumes and what pupils are in disguise. Teacher writes on the board the pupils and the teachers and students have to write the animals they recognise:

Jenny Sally Nick Debbie Sita Sanjay Ben Mr. Martin

tiger tortoise monkey rabbit lion cock crocodile (snark) black cat

Miss Hunt

ACTIVITY 4 LISTENING TO CONFIRM EXPECTATION

Aim: to listen to identify key information needed in solving a task; Methods: explanation, conversation, dialogue; Timing: 10 Interaction : T-sS, S-S, S-T ; pairwork

Procedure: STEP 1 Teacher directs comprehension task.

Teacher asks students to close their textbook and they are going to listen to a tape with the end-of-term party at Kingsway Highschool. They are grouped in pairs and they have to complete a True- False exercise while they are listening. The text is divided in six sequences. After each sequences the tape is stopped and replayed if necessary. Students get the worksheets. Teacher asks one student to read aloud the sentence and make sure students understand what they are going to do.

STEP 2

Students listen for the task

Students listen to the tape and teacher play the tape twice for each sequence and stop the tape after each sequences as students complet their task.

STEP 3

Teacher directs feed-back

Students check their answer with each other first in pairs. Teacher helps them to see if they have completed the worksheets with the right answers. Teacher may play the cassette again for sequences student do not find the right answer.

ACTIVITY 5

LISTENING FOR COMMUNICATIVE TASK

Aims: to promote free and spontaneous language use; to identify the listening words in a written text Methods: conversation, explanation, dialogue

Aim: to warm students up to create a positive attitude Methods: conversation, dialogue Timing: 5 Interaction: T -Ss, S-T ; lockstep

Procedure: Teacher asks students if they like parties and if they wear a special costume for this. They have to remember Halloween-party when they wore a fancy-dress, and what costumes they were disguised.