Authors

Name(s): Gül Sinem Oğuz

Ece Ağır
Hazal Ekin Yılmaz
Mehmetcan Alataş
Fehmi Arda Yılmaz
Details
Course
English
Unit title
Science
Grade Level/ Age
8th grade, 14-15 years old
Time
2 lesson hours
Content
Learning Outcomes
8th graders will differentiate between present and past tenses in use.
Students will be prepared and knowledgeable about tenses.
They should refer to basic words used in the field of science and construct new sentences including
various tenses.

Instructional Materials & Media

Posters(infographic), texts, presentation (PowToon)
Learning-Teaching Methods
Teacher- Centered explanation and presentation, Student- Centered tasks (writing activity)
Teaching Activities
Reading sample paragraphs,
Practicing vocabulary by reading the definitions in L1 and L2, repeating out loud and answering
pop-quiz like questions related to vocabulary by teacher,
Writing a small paragraph including the words students have just learned,
Getting feedback by peers and having a small discussion in groups.
Individual Learning Activities Reading and writing paragraphs
Group Learning Activities Feedback in small groups
Summary
Students will write simple descriptions of scientific achievements, learn and use related vocabulary
items in writing, use correct form of irregular verbs in past tense forms and give feedback to each
other in small groups..
Measurement & Evaluation
Reading students’ papers and/or letting them read their papers out loud before forming groups.
Collecting students’ papers to read at home to evaluate specifically after peer feedback and
correction.
Measurement & Assessment Activities for When they are writing, teacher will check them
Individual Performance in a row and when they are done, some of them
will read a few of their sentences to the class.
Measurement & Assessment Activities for To make it a game, group members can spot the
Group Performance mistakes with valid reasons to gain points. At
the end, treats can be their reward.
Homework (optional) They can write the paraphrases of what they
wrote in the class.
Explanation
Students should learn the simple and basic vocabulary related to science as a preparation for
academic writings in the essays. They should read, hear and write the vocabulary instead of
memorizing it. Writing can take role as a base before speaking.
Explanation regarding to the implementation of the plan
Basic vocabulary will be introduced to students with a infographics and PowToon.
After explanations and quick reviewing words, students will write their own sentences including the
freshly introduces words and tenses that have been taught to them in the previous lessons such as
simple past tense or present progressive tense.
In the end, they will evaluate each other’s paragraphs and will be evaluated by teacher.

Contingency Plan: If teacher cannot use materials and aids due to connection problems etc.,
Teacher can change the method by writing the whiteboard aimed vocabulary and phrases, and keep
the track of lesson plan as it is, assigning writing activity, guiding them as they write and form
groups, evaluate them ultimately.