Reinbold-Matyas Orsolya Date: 16th November 2020

Liceul Teoretic „Németh László”

LESSON PLAN

Description of the class:

Grade: 8th
Number of students: 8
Level: Intermediate

Description of the unit:

Coursebook: Limba modern 1, Engleză, Clasa a VIII-a, artKlett
Unit: Hard Times
Topic: past events, school events
- unit projected for 4h
- previously tackled: talking about the past, comparing past with present, narrative
tenses

Description of the lesson:

Title: Hard Times
Skills: reading, peaking, writing, listening
Aims: by the end of the class Students will be able to
- to describe a picture
- to talk about personal experience using the structure used to
- to develop speaking skills (discussion about changes in education)

Warm-up
Objective 1: create a proper environment for the lesson and introduce the new topic
Activity / class organisation: the Teacher shares a picture and 3 questions about primary
school years. The pupils describe the picture and answer the questions about school
memories.
Do you remember your primary school days?
What specific memories do you remember most?
Did you enjoy going to school?
Aids: electronic devices, Teacher’s presentation
Language: vocabulary related to school, personal feelings
Possible problems: pupils may encounter problems in expressing their own feelings and
remembering primary class memories.
Estimated time: 10 minutes

Objective 2: deduce the difference between Simple Past Tense and Used To
Activity / class organisation: the teacher asks students to read four sentences.
I used to be in the school soccer team, but now I don’t even know if I remember how to
play.
When I was in primary school, I used to sit at the back so the teacher wouldn’t ask me
any questions.

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 I didn’t use to like history in school, but I love it now. Did you use to like history when
you were in school?
When we were kids, our parents didn’t use to drive us to school. We used to walk or ride
a bike every day.
Ss read the sentences and answer two questions:
1. Do these sentences show the difference or similarity between the past and the
present?
2. Do they refer to regular past actions or one-time events?
Aids: electronic devices, Teacher’s presentation
Language: the structure Used To to express pass actions
Possible problems: pupils may encounter problems in deciding what does used to mean.
Estimated time: 10 minutes

Objective 3: learn the structure Used to , affirmative, negative, interrogative

Activity / class organisation: the T presents the affirmative, negative and interrogative form
of Used to and reads examples.
Ss read the sentences and write them in their notebooks.
Aids: electronic devices, Teacher’s presentation, notebooks
Possible problems: pupils may find it difficult to form the negative and interrogative form
Estimated time: 5 minutes

Objective 4: practice the new structure

Activity / class organisation: the teacher explain that students have to correct some
sentences. Students read the sentences, find the mistakes and correct them.
Aids: electronic devices, Teacher’s presentation, notebooks
Possible problems: pupils may not find the mistakes
Estimated time: 10 minutes

Objective 5: active listening

Activity / class organisation: the teacher shows a video about schools and education in the
past. Students watch and listen attentively, then decide whether the sentences are true or
false.
2.25’ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUuJ4kQaOZM
Aids: electronic devices, Teacher’s presentation, notebooks
Possible problems: pupils may not find it difficult to solve the task while they watch the
video.

Estimated time: 10 minutes

Objective 6: communicate using the new structure; give feedback
Activity / class organisation: the teacher presents two questions and pictures. Ss answer the
questions.
What has changed in education in your country?
What has changed in your own life?

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 Aids: electronic devices, Teacher’s presentation, notebooks
Possible problems: pupils may make mistakes; they may use the past form of the verbs after
used to
Estimated time: 5 minutes

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