Tehnological High School, Sngeru

LESSON PLAN

Name: Vasile Mihaela tefania

Date: 22nd of September 2016
Class: 4th grade A
Class level: Beginner
Textbook: Comiel, Ecaterina, Prvu, Ileana, Limba englez. Firm Steps, Corint, Bucureti, 2008
Unit: Meet Sarah and her family
Topic: there is/there are.
Time: 50 minutes
Teaching techniques: conversation, explanation, exercises, games, songs.
Teaching aids: blackboard, textbook, laptop, CD, worksheets, stamp/sticker.
Skills: reading, speaking, listening and writing.
Class management: the roles of the teacher: Controller, Assessor, Organiser, Prompter,
Participant, Resource, Tutor, Investigator. Pupils groupings: individual work, pair work, whole
class.

CLASS DESCRIPTION
Level: Beginner
The pupils are between the ages of 10-11, both boys and girls and they are in the fifth year of
English studying.

TIMETABLE FIT
The class takes place on Wednesday from 8.00 to 8.50 and on Friday from 10.00 to 10.50. The
pupils are generally enthusiastic. The pupils have 2 English classes per week.

AIMS:
1. To give pupils practice in reading short texts on familiar topics.
2. To give pupils practice in writing.
3. To determine pupils to make use of their knowledge while discussing about the using of
There is / There are;
4. To enable pupils to use There is/ There are in solving certain tasks
5. To give pupils practice in speaking on simple topics.

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 ACTIVITIES, PROCEDURES AND TIMING

Activity Aims Aids Interaction Procedure Timing

Organizational T-S T greets the pupils and checks attendance.
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moment
T checks each pupils homework set in the
last lesson.T asks each pupil some question
about their homework sheet, gives a lots of
Worksheets, TS
Warm - up praise and then puts some kind of mark on 5
stamp/sticker S, S, S
the homework sheet (a sticker or a stamp).
After that, pupils put their homework back
into their bags.
The teacher announces the topic of the
lesson and writes the title on the blackboard
There is/There are;
The pupils write the title in their notebooks;
The teacher asks pupils to remember the
singular and the plural forms of nouns,
about the usage of a/an and the difference
between the final s or -es at the end of the
nouns;
The pupils answer to the teachers
Laptop
Lead-in: questions;
CD TS
Listening and 1 The teacher asks pupils to open their 10
Blackboard S, S, S
reading textbooks on page 6 and to look at the
notebooks
image presented on it;
The pupils open their textbooks;
The teacher plays the conversation from the
CD and asks pupils to listen and repeat;
The pupils repeat;
The teacher asks pupils to identify the
persons in the picture and how many are
they;
The pupils answer;

The teacher asks the pupils to mention the

difference in usage of There is and There
are;
The pupils answer;
Introduce The teacher writes on the blackboard the
Blackboard TS
grammar 3 general rule and some examples; 10
notebooks S, S, S
Writing The pupils write on their notebooks;
The teacher asks the pupils to give the
negative form of the verb To Be;
The students answer;
The teacher writes on the blackboard some

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 examples.
The pupils write in their notebooks;
The teacher asks the pupils to solve exercise
2 from page 20 and explains the task;
2 Brainstorming TS The students solve the exercise and write
Writing 10
4 explanation S, S, S the sentences on the blackboard;
The teacher gives further explanation where
necessary.
T asks pupils to work in pairs and ask and
TS answer question by using there is/there are.
Speaking 5 10
S-S T gives an example and the pupils act out
dialogues in pairs.
Then, T makes appreciation about pupils
involvement and explains them how
to solve the exercise they have as they
Close-up T-S homework: pupils will have to write 3
10 sentences about 10 objects located
in their room using There is/There are

POSSIBLE PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS

Some pupils may be too shy to answer even though
they know the answers.
Some pupils may be very distracted from the activities.
Pupils may write incorrectly several words
T encourages them to answer even though they are not
sure of their answer.
T will ask them to take part in the activity and offer
their own examples or T will ask them to act out short
dialogues related to the topic.
T will help them write correctly.

Additional Possibilities
1. T encourages pupils to act out more dialogues on the given topic.
2. T asks pupils to watch an animated video and do the actions which are shown there.
3. T encourages pupils to play some games related to there is/there are.
4. T brings some songs related to there is/there are.

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