1

LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Roxana – Delia Onit

Grade: 4th
Level: elementary
Frequency: 2 hours / week
Textbook: Firm Steps 4, Ed. Corint
Lesson: Jobs
Type of lesson: acquiring new information (Vocabulary and Grammar) and practising
communicative skills (Speaking)
Skills: reading, writing, speaking, listening1
Purpose: the purpose of this lesson is to introduce jobs to pupils
Didactic strategies:
 Methods and procedures: observation, reading aloud, translation, match and say,
make sentences, questions and answers, didactic games, conversation practice
 Organization: pairwork, lockstep, individual work
 Materials and equipment: textbook, OHP, blackboard, audio files, coloured chalk,
notebooks
Objectives:
1. To create interest in the topic of jobs and to introduce vocabulary related to these
to Ss
2. To use the target language in communication
3. To enrich pupils’ vocabulary and general knowledge
4. To practise vocabulary / grammar spoken and written
5. To apply the information received from the teacher in a verbal exchange
6. To verify reading comprehension through a text-related task
7. To promote self-correction gestures and peer correction
8. To identify and select the necessary information in order to carry on with a task
9. To enhance cooperative learning among pupils
10. To allow structured feedback at the end of the lesson
Timing: 50’

PROCEDURE

Recent work: the students have been studying the ‘s Genitive through discovery
activities followed by language practice

Warm-up Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss

Timing: 6’
Speaking

Aims: 2, 7, 9

__________
 2

1 The listening skill is ensured by pupils listening to audio files, to the teacher and to their colleagues during the
cooperative learning process
 The pupils and the teacher greet each other
 The pupils present their homework orally
 The teacher has the role of an observer and interferes only if necessary
 Peer observations and corrections are encouraged

Lead-in Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss Timing: 10’

Speaking, reading and writing

Aims: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8

 T writes the title on the blackboard and elicits what it is about; Ss translate it
 T asks Ss to work in pairs and brainstorm names of jobs
 T indicates exercise 1 on page 14. Ss read the names of the jobs and translate
them
 Then, Ss are told to match the pictures to the words. The new words are read
aloud, translated and written on the blackboard.
 T asks Ss to make up sentences with the new words
 Then, T tells Ss they are going to speak about jobs

Activity 1 Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss; Pairwork Timing: 10’

Listening and speaking

Aims: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9

 T points to exercise 2B on page 14

 T explains that Ss have to fill in the gaps with names of jobs
 Following the example, Ss must work in pairs and say: A nurse takes care of
patients.
 Ss add three more jobs of their own to the list
 Ss report back to the class at the end of the activity

Activity 2 Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss; Timing: 10’

Writing and reading

Aims: 2, 4, 7, 8, 9

 T begins this activity by directing Ss’ attention towards the third exercise on page
15
 Ss have to guess the name of each job by looking at the hints in the book
 Then, Ss build sentences using the clues. They read aloud and translate the new
sentences
 3

 Other Ss are paying attention to correct any possible mistakes

 T has the role of an observer and a feedback provider

Activity 3 Interaction: Ss-Ss; Pairwork Timing: 8’

Speaking and writing

Aims: 2, 4, 7, 8, 9

 Ss are told to look at exercise 4 on page 15

 T tells the class that they are going to choose the correct answer
 Ss have to work in pairs and follow the example offered by the teacher
 Ss write down their answers as in: Who works in a hospital? A doctor.
 Ss report back to the class in the end

Follow-up activity Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss; Timing: 6’

Speaking and writing

Aims: 2, 3, 10

 Together with Ss, T quickly revises the new structures taught during this lesson
 T encourages Ss’ feedback at the end of the lesson
 T assigns the homework for the next English class: exercise 6 on page 15. Ss must
choose the correct word to complete the sentence.