CLP Lesson Plan

 
Teacher/s: Emily Wang
Level:  Elementary 3           Date/Time: April 6th, 8pm-10pm
 
Objectives:
Students Will Be Able To…
1. describe life changes and describe plans for the future. 
2. listen to how people use the comparative and present, past, and present perfect tenses in a
conversation about changes in one’s life. 
3. describe changes in your lives using the comparative and present, past, and present
perfect tenses.                   
                                           
Theme: Describe life changes and plans for the future

Aim/Skill/Microskill Activity/Procedure/Stage Interaction Time

     T-S, T-SS  
Review or Preview (if Review/Preview or Linking/Transitioning S-S, S-SS  
applicable) SS-SS  
Ask SS: Did you know what are the three 10 mins
Emily  stressful changes in our lives? T-SS
 
 Hear three or four SS’s answers SS-T   
 Make some comments

  Purpose/objective/focus:    
Activity 1: 1.1 Pre-Stage:  
Give a list of life-changing experiences I found
2 mins
Discussion about life that commonly happened in our lives, they are:  T-SS
changes   Change schools
  Move to a new house
Emily  Turn 18
   Get a driver’s license
   Graduate from college 
   Get a job 
   Move to a new city 
   Travel abroad
   Fall in love
 Get married
 Have children 
 Retire

Go over new vocabulary with SS

 
1.2. During Stage:
SS-T
Let SS discuss two questions with partner in
the breakout rooms:
1. Which of these events are the most 2 min
important changes? Why?
2. What changes have you gone through in
the last year? Which do you expect to
happen soon? T-SS
5 mins
Let some of SS share their ideas
Make comments on SS
SS-SS
Share my own thoughts with SS
 
1.3 Post-Stage: SS-T
10 mins
 Call on SS
 Ask SS to volunteer 
T-SS
 Make comments on SS’ answers
 Share my own life-change experiences
 with SS (if possible) SS-T
 Ask follow up questions (who can tell
me one thing that you remember that SS-SS
your classmates shared?)

  Purpose/objective/focus:    
Activity 2:  
  2.1 Pre-Stage:
Listening practice  Set the scene: There will be two old friends
T-SS 1 min
who run into each other and “catch up” on
Emily  changes in their lives.
   
  2.2. During Stage:
  Before listening,  let SS think about one
  question: Has Thomas’s life changed for the
  better or for the worse? (for the better)

2 mins
After listening, check answers with SS (play SS-T
the audio again if needed)

T-SS
Let SS look at three statements, and let SS tell
me true or false after listening to the audio for
second time: 1 min

1. Thomas is still in school.

2. His hair is longer than before 2 mins
T-SS
3. He’s in a band.
(false, true, false) why false: (he finished
3 mins
 school, he is in a play) SS-T
Check answers with SS (play the audio again if
needed)
T-SS 3 mins

Let SS look at the scripts

SS-SS
Go over new vocabulary 
Let SS listen to the rest of the audio, and think
SS-T
about one question: what are some other
changes in Hayden’s life? 
(Hayden bought an apartment and got engaged. T-SS
She is going to get married in July)

2.3 Post-Stage:
 Call on SS T-SS

 Ask SS to volunteer 
 Make comments on SS’ answers SS-SS

 Pronunciation correction 
 Let SS explain some words to me SS-T

 Ask the follow up questions: (When

you change something in your life, how
do you feel?)

This section is mandatory

1. Materials:
Textbook, zoom chat box, google classroom, attendance sheet, a pen, and paper, google
slides, audio, audio scripts, google docs
 
2. Anticipated Problems & Suggested Solutions:
1. Problems: SS may not able to complete questions by listening to the audio for once
Solutions: Play the audio again if needed 
 2. Problems: SS may have difficulty understanding some new vocabulary
Solutions: Let other SS help or I explain the definitions to SS by showing some images or
doing body gestures (come up an example sentence to let SS understand better)
3. Problems: SS may have a lot to say about this unit’s topic 
Solutions: Always cut off or adjust my lesson plans 
 
3. Contingency Plans (what you will do if you finish early? need to cut LP? etc.):
If I run out of time, I will move the rest of listening part into next class.