LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: OPREAN ALEXANDRU-FLORIN

LESSON: MYTHS AND LEGENDS

GRADE: 8 th A

DATE: THE 31ST of January 2020

TEXTBOOK: HIGH FLYER, Longman Publishing House

LEVEL: UPPER INTERMEDIATE

LESSON TYPE: acquisition of knowledge

AIMS: improve their speaking skills

to be able to describe a character

improve their vocabulary

TEACHING AIDS: board, handouts, sticky notes, handouts, textbook, PPT, video

METHODS: group work, pair work

Stages of the lesson Teacher’s and students’ Reason for activity Timing
activities
Warm-up activity Box of qualities to stir interest

Homework checking Students are asked to read their

homework and correct the 6 min
mistakes.

The teacher shows some To familiarize the Ss

Lead-in pictures of mythical/legendary with the new topic;
figures ask them to describe the
 characters. 7 min
The teacher writes the date and to activate pupils in
the title on the board. the process of
T shows students a video about learning
myths and legends, then asks
students for feedback.

Teaching new The teacher asks the students to

knowledge read the new text; then, the to check
teacher asks the student if they understanding 10 min
have some unknown words.

She asks the students to solve

some exercises from the to stimulate
handouts – pair work creativity 8 min
Teacher and students correct the
mistakes.

Students will receive some

Controlled - practice pieces of white paper, they are
divided into some groups and
are given the following tasks: to 13min
write a modern myth/legend
about some characters. The
requirements will be written on
the papers.
Production Each leader of the group will
present their work; the best
story will win.

Teacher evaluates the students’

2
 activity and explains their 2min
Assessment and homework : write a project
homework about a legend or a myth to
present to your classmates

Annex

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 Myths and legends

 Match the columns:

A) Myths were created a) in order to punish him.

B) People in northern countries would b) so that he could be a good and wise

king.
light a fire in the middle of the winter
c) so that the true king would be revealed.
C) Prometheus stole fire from Zeus
d) so that the sun could be born again.
D) Zeus attached Prometheus to a rock
e) in order to explain natural occurrences
E) Merlin taught Arthur all he knew
people couldn’t understand.
F) Merlin stuck the sword in the stone
f) so that humans could keep warm.

 Complete the sentences with the right words from the text :
Although myths reflect both ……………………………………………. and
………………………….
in order to understand these and other natural events, they ……………………………..
Legends are stories about ………………………………………… who are famous for doing
something brave or extraordinary.
When King Uther died, Merlin ………………………………..into a rock and said, ‘This
sword is in the stone………………… Only……………………………will be able to pull it
out.’
Some names of the Thunder god, around the world:
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………