LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL – SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NICULESTI

GRADE – 8th
LEVEL – INTERMEDIATE
TEACHER – SOCELEANU AMALIA-IONELA
LESSON –LINKERS: ALTHOUGH, BUT, HOWEVER, BECAUSE, SO
TYPE OF LESSON – ACQUIRING NEW KNOWLEDGE
DATE – the 21st of November 2017
TIME – 50 minutes

COMPETENCES
1.4 Executarea unui set de instrucţiuni clar articulate, cu viteză normal
3.5 Realizarea unor legături logice dintre paragrafele unui text scurt, pe baza cuvintelor de
legătură

AIMS
At the end of the lesson students will be able to :
1. elicit information about linkers;
2. use linkers in sentences of their own;

SKILLS
· speaking
· reading
TECHNIQUES:
· group work
· observation
· explanation
· pair work
- individual work
RESOURCES:
· blackboard
· notebooks
· handouts

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS
Students might
- encounter difficulties in using the correct linkers.

ACTIVITIES

WARM UP
AIM *creating a pleasant atmosphere for the English class;
*helping students feel relaxed.
INTERACTION *T – Ss
*Ss - T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss How are you today? / Is anybody absent? / Are you
ready to start the English class?;
*Ss answer T’s questions;
ESTIMATED TIME *2 minute
 TRANSITION TO
THE NEW TOPIC
AIDS SS’ homework
AIM *checking if there were any problems with their homework.
INTERACTION *T – Ss
*Ss – T
*Ss-Ss
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss what their homework was;
*Ss tell T that they had to create a poster of their imaginary club in
groups. T asks each group at a time to come in front of the class and
present their posters.
ESTIMATED TIME *7 minutes

PRESENTATION: A.

1. LEAD)
AIDS *blackboard
AIM *learning about linkers
COMPETENCES
INTERACTION *T – Ss

PROCEDURE *T announces that today’s lesson is about linkers.

*T writes the title of the lesson on the blackboard;
*T writes on the blackboard the following:
“ These words are used to connect two ideas.
They can be classified into two groups:
1. words that contrast ideas: although, but,
however;
2. words that explain why: because, so.”
ESTIMATED TIME *6 minutes
2. B.
AIDS *handouts
AIM *eliciting information about linkers
COMPETENCES
INTERACTION *Ss – Ss
*Ss - T
PROCEDURE *T gives Ss some handouts (appendix 1);
*T asks Ss to work in pairs and do exercise1
*T lets Ss know they have 5 minutes to complete
the task;
*Ss write their answers on the handout, then they
check their answer as a whole class ( peer
correction)
ESTIMATED TIME *7 minutes

Practice 1

AIDS *handouts; charts; flipchart

AIM *practicing linkers
COMPETENCES
INTERACTION *Ss - Ss
*Ss – T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss to do exercise 2 on their handouts.
*Ss work in pairs;
*Ss fill in the gaps.
ESTIMATED TIME *7 minutes
Practice 2
AIDS handouts

AIMS Practicing linkers

COMPETENCES
INTERACTION *Ss – T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss to work in groups of four and complete exercise 3. Ss
work in groups. After they have finished, the leader of each group
comes to the blackboard and write the phrases they have made up.

ESTIMATED TIME *10 minutes

4.

AIDS *handouts
AIM * correct the mistakes
COMPETENCES
INTERACTION * *T – Ss
Ss- T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss to do exercise 4. They have to correct the mistakes and
write the correct form of each sentence.
* individual work
T checks the answer with the whole class.
ESTIMATED TIME *7 minutes

Emotional Feedback/
Aims’ checklist
AIMS *getting feed-back from the Ss
INTERACTION *Ss - T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss to say a colour which best describes their emotional state
at the end of the English class.
ESTIMATED TIME *2 minute

Assigning Homework
AIM *using linkers
INTERACTION *T - Ss
PROCEDURE *T tells Ss they have to do exercise 6, page 38 from their
textbooks. She explains them they have to write a short
paragraph criticising one aspect of their hometown, using
the linkers.
ESTIMATED TIME *2 minute