Designed by: ___________________

Lesson Plan # 1
Main skill: Listening

A. Description of the class

School: UQROO (Universidad de Quintana Roo)
Topic:
Unit: 1
Level: Beginners
Time: 2 hours on Monday, Wednesday and one hour on Friday.
Students’ age: 18 students between the ages of 18-23.
Number of students: 9 girls and 8 boys (all university students).
Students’ description: The students are generally enthusiastic and motivated to learn.
They love teamwork and using tangible and colorful material related to the topic. They
have completed approximately 120 hours of English. The students are wailing to
participate in class
Methods: Cooperative and Communicative Language Learning, Task-Based Content.

Interactions:
 Teacher-students (checking answers, providing basic instructions and
commands).
 Student-student (groups of four).
 Student-class (sharing information)
Skills that will be developed:
 Listening (to express in English what their families usually do during some
festivities in the year).
 Speaking (in order to comprehend and match spelling words).

B. Recent work

 Listening work (listening to a short description of a child’s activity).

 Reviewing the senses that people uses in different activities (smelling,
touching, taste, etc.)
 Speaking and writing about what kind of senses they use in different
scholar activities.

C. Objectives (for details see ‘Contents’ below)

Teacher’s objective:
a) To speak about what children know about some word origins in order to
introduce the topic and promote reading comprehension in order to match
some corresponding words.
 b) To review vocabulary learned on previous lessons and engage students
into the next topic by joining some pictures of celebrations with their
corresponding month.
c) To elicit information about special celebrations that the children’s families
have in each month.
d) To create a good leaning environment.
e) To improve the way I give instructions and my voice volume.

Student’s objectives: At the end of the class, students will be able to:
1. Talk about the origins of some word in English
2. Read about the origin of the name of days and special celebrations in the USA
3. Speak and write about special celebrations (holidays, special days or regular
events) that their families have each month.

D. Contents:
Objective 1: Talk about the origins of some word in English (Estimates time: 10 minutes)
Context: Pre-Activity
Warm-up
Presentation: Creating a good environment, activating background knowledge and
introducing new vocabulary
Activity / Class Teacher’s role Students’ role
organization:

(It’s important to
describe every
activity and the
use of materials
in detail)

Aids: Student Book, board and markers, flash card of some items
Language: Days of the week, words related to internet
Possible  Students may not understand some of the origins of the words
problems and
solutions: (extra explanation/time consuming).
 Teacher must be prepared to explain the topic in a different way and bring
extra material to picture the idea.

Objective 2: Read about the origin of the name of days and special celebrations
in the USA. (Estimates time: 15 minutes)
Context: While-activity
Practice: Reading to get the main idea and specific information and
giving information to relate it to their own experience in their country.
Activity / Class Teacher’s role Students’ role
organization:

(It’s important to
describe every
activity and the
use of materials
in detail)

Aids:
Language:
Possible
problems and
solutions:

Objective 3: Speak and write about special celebrations (holidays, special days
or regular events) that their families have each month (Estimates time: 20
minutes)
Context: Post-activity
Production: Talking about celebrations in Mexico and writing to a foreign
friend about the next celebration in town.
Wrap-up the class
Activity / Class Teacher’s role Students’ role
organization:

(It’s important to
describe every
activity and the
use of materials
in detail)

Aids:
Language:
Possible
problems and
solutions:

E. Additional Possibilities

(This section includes activities to help students to better understand the topic
and to extend their knowledge and practice the vocabulary/grammar or the main
skill during the class)

F. Homework