LESSON PLAN

Teacher’s name: Daniela Ciubotariu

Grade: 12
Level: advanced
Class size: 15 (group)
No. of hours/week: 4
Textbook: English Horizons, OUP
Topic: The making of a genius
Approach: communicative

Objectives: - to acquire information about the life and work of Salvador Dalí;
- to listen for general understanding;
- to listen for specific information;
- to listen for detailed information.

Teaching aids: - art catalogue;

- Dali’s Diary;
- hand-outs;
- tape;
- blackboard.

Procedure:

Stage Teacher’s activities Student’s activities Interaction Skills Time

- asks Ss. if they keep
a diary and why; - answer the questions .
- asks if diaries are
important for
someone’s life and
Warm-up why; T.-Ss. S. 5’
-asks if they are
acquainted with
famous literary
diaries and elicit
examples.
- asks a S. to read the - read and write their
I. diary entry aloud and answer in their S.-S. R.
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 then the Ss. will copybooks (pair work);
predict what kind of
person might have
written it;
- tells Ss. that both
the previous and the
next fragments are
from Dali’s Diary of
a Genius;
-asks Ss to listen to - listen to the CD and S.-S. L.
the CD for another take notes (pair work);
diary entry and to
note down two things W.
which express the
author’s feelings of
uniqueness;
-distributes each Ss. a - listen to the CD and S.-S. L.
hand-out that complete the gaps with
contains a gapped the missing words;
text necessary for the 39’
completion of their
next task;
-asks what surreal - answer the question; T.-Ss. S.
idea is contained in
the fragment;
- will play the CD for - 1) listen to the CD
another three and write down the
listening tasks. paradox that pleases S.-S. L.
the artist and the way T.-S.
in which he will finish
his painting (pair
work);
- 2) listen and answer
whether the question is S.-S. L.
a usual or unusual one T.-S.
and;
- 3) listen and answer
whether Dali believes S.-S. L.
that a genius is born or T.-S.

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 made and who made
him into a genius.
- shows Ss. an art - look at the photos and
II. album that contains express their feelings,
photos of Dali’s opinions. T.-Ss. S. 5’
paintings.
- Ss. will do ex. II
Evaluation 1.+2./p.119
and - will extract the main W. 1’
homework traits of surrealism

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