LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL: TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS “HENRI COANDA”, BUCHAREST

TEACHER: MINERVA IGNAT

DATE:

FORM: 12th grade B

LEVEL: ADVANCED

SUBJECT: TOP DOGS: LEADERSHIP

TYPE OF LESSON: focused on communicating new information

SKILLS INVOLVED: writing

reading

listening

speaking

TIME OF THE LESSON: 50 minutes

COMPETENCES:

- to express their opinions about being a leader

- to pick out devices used to add emphasis

- to give solutions for the burning issue: what makes an effective leader?

- to make difference between a good and a bad leader

MATERIALS: the blackboard, the textbook Prospects Super Advanced, the CD player

Timing Stages of the lesson Classroom

interaction
5 min. I. CHECKING HOMEWORK Ss T
Students are required to report sentences containing relative pronouns.

II. WARM-UP ACTIVITY

5 min. A short, informal talk about leader, leadership.
Possible questions: T Ss
 1. What is a leader in your opinion? Ss T
2. Do you think that you have the characteristics of a leader? Which are they?

LISTENING

15 min. A. Students listen to six soundbites and then some words and expressions are taught. T Ss
Words and expressions:
Ss T
aliens, charm, figurehead, imposing, larger-than-life, mass murderer, prosperous, rise to the
occasion

B. Teacher explains the second soundbite task. It suggests that Ss should try to
5 min. memorise one of the soundbite

READING

A. Students are required to read the soundbites and to pick out devices used to add
5 min. emphasis. T Ss
That’s what I call (a leader)
Ss T
But I think the most important is to (be a really great speaker)
(Physical appearance) is vitally important
(Timing) is crucial
Only then (will we get better leaders)

Teacher makes a list of all the leadership qualities mentioned. Number these
T Ss
5 min. according to students’ opinion (1 for the one they consider to be the most important).

B. Working in a small group of three or four, students choose two good leaders and
one bad leader from the following list. Discuss what made them effective leaders and
8 min. what they might have in common. Ss Ss
The list: Rudolph Giuliani (Mayor of the New York until January 2002), Nelson Mandela/
Margaret Thatcher/ Adolf Hitler/ Abraham Lincoln/ Stalin/ Mao Ze Dong/ John F. Kennedy/
Saddam Hussein/ Franklin Roosvelt/ Martin Luther King/ Julius Caesar/ Lady Diana/ Nicolae
Ceausescu

IV. HOMEWORK
Think of a leader in public life who could do with some advice. Write a letter giving your
2 min. suggestions for more effective leadership and why. Make it look like a real letter (you might
even like to send it).