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LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: Dana Vasii

DATE: 16. 04. 2013
GRADE: 11th
COURSEBOOK: “FCE Gold”
TOPIC: “Breaking the law”
RESOURCES: Blackboard, coursebook, task-sheets, images
TIME: 50’

OBJECTIVES: Producing oral and written messages according to specific circumstances of communication;

By the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

1. Identify and use crime-related vocabulary in appropriate contexts;

2. Produce oral presentations regarding situations that have to do with court laws and punishments;
3. Complete a gapped text with words and phrases related to injuries and compensation;
4. Produce written texts using vocabulary related to crime and in a news report.
 Stage Time Teacher’s Activity
Class 1/2’ The teacher makes sure he
organization students are ready for the
English class.
T. introduces the topic by
playing The Clash’s song
”Bankrobber” after having
handed out to the ss. the
lyrics of the song.
Lead in
2/3’ Words related to the topic of
Discussion
the lesson were taken out and
the ss. will be required to fill
them in.
T. elicits the words related to
the topic of the lesson.
T.hands out worksheets
containing images of several
illegal actions and the
random list of the names of
the crimes. Ss. are supposed
to match pictures with the
Pre-Reading 3/5’ corresponding crime.
The worksheet also contains
definitions of the crimes
which T asks Ss. to associate
with the names they attached
to the pictures.
Reading 1 4/4’
T. elicits the word ”murder”
and lets the Ss. know that the
reading text is a Sherlock
Holmes story about a murder
Students’ Activity Skills Interaction Stategies Obs.
Ss. listen to the song and
fill in with the missing
words.
L TSs
Elicitation
SS
S
Ss. analyse the words and
offer suggestions as to he
topic of the lesson.
Ss. take a look at the
images and match them
with the criminals
enlisted randomly.
TSs
Individual
S work
Ss. associate the SS
definitions with the
names designating the
criminals ant take turns
making full sentences of
the provided prompts.
R TSs Individual
Ss. read the text silently S work
and say the names of the
characters and their role
in the story.
 case. Ss. are required to read
the text so as to be able to
name the characters and the
nature of their relationship.
Reading 2 5/10’ T. asks Ss. to look over the Ss. scan the text and Scanning
text again in order to answer answer the
the questions following the comprehension
text. sentences.
Ss. are required to work in Ss. take turns presenting TSs
S
teams of 3-4 in order to their theories and
figure out who the killer debating on the
really is. controversial issue and
discussing motives.
Follow –up1 6/5’ Vocabulary practice Ss. read the underlined Team-work
1.T. points out the underlined words in the text and ther
words in the text and refers the ones in the list in the
to the words in the coursebook and, working
coursebook on page 144, in teams of two,
asking Ss. to put them in the complete the two
two categories they can fall columns with law court
in: law courts and sentences related words and the
and punishments (leaving out punishments.
the criminals as the TSs
S
associated vocabulary has SS
already been tackled).

The ss. are asked to go back

to the worksheet and put the Ss. read the words and
actions that follow the provide the right order.
apprehension of a suspect in
the right order. .
Feedback 7/8’ Speaking
T. asks S.s to get into groups
of 4-5 and appoints one of
the cases included in ex
2/145 asking them to figure
out the type of punishment
that would be appropriate in
each case.
Follow-up 2 8/10’ Listening
T. asks Ss. about the
strangest cases when people
claimed compensation for
injuries.
T. lets ss. know they will
listen to a recording about
some people who tried to get
compensation for injuries.
T. plays the recording the 1st
time asking ss. to complete
with a word or short phrase.
T plays the recording once
more in order for the ss. to
check their answers.
Ss. get into groups and Group-
analyse the case that was work
assigned to them and the
spokesperson delivers the
chosen punishment
consistent with the R TSs
offence and justify their S SS
choice and then check to
see what the actual
punishments were on pg.
188
Individual
work
Ss. mention some cases
the are aware of.
Ss. first read through the
gapped sentences and
answer the questions
before listening to the R
text. TSs
L
S
Ss. listen to the recording
and complete the gapped
texts.
Ss. listen again and check
their answers.
Assigning 9/3’ Ss. will have to write a news
homewor and report starting from
assessment headlines which are provided
in the coursebook (ex 5/146)
using vocabulary taught
during the lesson