Lesson Plan

Date: 14.12.2023
School: Școala Gimnazială „Iacob Negruzzi” Trifești
Module II
Teacher: Ungureanu Rada-Elena
Grade: 5th grade
Textbook: Limba modernă 1 Engelză, clasa a V-a, Art Klett 2019
Unit: “There’s a huge garden”
Lesson: There is/ there are
Type of lesson: mixed
Time: 50 min.
Lesson aims:
Cognitive Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. to introduce the topic of the lesson and raise expectation;
2. to internalize the new topic by activating the students’ knowledge of the context;
3. to enrich Ss’ vocabulary;
4. to determine Ss to make use of their knowledge while discussing about the usage of There is / There are;
5. to develop knowledge and understanding of There is / There are;
6. to practice There is/ There are in solving certain tasks;
7. to develop abilities to make use of There is/ There are;
8. to provide further practice;

Affective objectives:
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 1. to engage the students in a short conversation;
2. to create a pleasant atmosphere;
3. to improve the students’ ability to use the new information in different types of exercises;
4. to stimulate students’ imagination and creativity;
Skill focus: integrating all skills with special focus on grammar and English in use.
Methods and techniques: conversation, explanation, brainstorming, question – answer, matching exercises, discussion, fill – in
exercises.
Learning activity: individual work
Previous knowledge: students have already been acquainted with most of the vocabulary and grammar that comes across this lesson.
Anticipating students’ problems:
 some students might need further help and extra indications in solving the tasks and they may also need some of these
indications to be given in Romanian;
 some students might feel nervous and reluctant to participate in the activity, so they may need assistance;
 some students may encounter problems with connecting and connection;

Aspects I particularly need to be aware of: the students to understand everything the teacher says and asks;
Teaching aids/ Materials: board, laptop, video projector, textbook, Wordwall.net, liveworksheets.com, YouTube

Stages of the Methods and

Teacher’s activity Students’ activity Interaction Skills Aims
Lesson techniques
1.Warm-up 1. The teacher greets the class, asks the Students answer the TT listening Conversation Checking the

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 children how they are, the teacher
presence and
checks who is absent. The class prepares
introducing
for the lesson.
students in the
2. The teacher tells the students that they
teacher’s questions subject.
will play a game named “Last Letter Brainstorming
1 min. Word Chain” which is the English speaking Question-
Students and teacher Activating
version of Romanian “Fazan”, to answer
play the game. vocabulary for
activate their previously acquired
the lesson.
vocabulary. The next student has to say
a word which starts on the last letter of
the word given by the teacher.
2.Checking speaking Reading - Checking
Teacher asks the students to take turns Students read their ST
homework conversation understanding
and read their homework. homework.
2 min. of the problem
To let students
3. Feed-back Teacher offers feed-back to students. know how they
Students listen. TT listening explanation
1 min. worked at
home
1. The teacher shows the Ss a video on
plural and singular.
Identifying and
Then reinforces the rules on using the
revising
plural: - S vs –ES
4. Lead-in grammar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
activity; Students listen elements
v=lD1OaD4FBqM Listenin Explanation
checking already
2.The teacher asks the students: ST g Question-
previous Students answer the learned.
How many pets you have? speaking answer
knowledge questions
How many brothers or sisters do you
5 min. Creating
have?
interest in the
How many red pens do you have, how
topic.
about blue ones?
The students answer the questions.

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 Teacher tells the students they are going
to talk about “there is and there are” and
the differences between them. She
shows them a PowerPoint presentation
and discusses the following questions
while watching: Students listen to the
1. What is the singular of a teacher presentation
noun? Give examples. while
2. What is the plural? Give Listenin
examples. Students read the
g Explanation teaching new
5. Teaching new 3. “A/an” can you explain the information presented TT
Speakin Conversation grammatical
material difference? and take notes in their
g Question- structures
20 min. 4. A short review of the verb “to notebooks. ST
Writing answer
be” in the Present Tense
5. When do we use “there is” Reading
Students watch the
and when do we use” there you tube video and
are”? Teacher gives examples pay attention to the
and explanations. explanations given.
The teacher presents the following you
tube presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=pqKWe0E91tc

6. Practice 1. Using pictures, the teacher will ask ST Speakin Fill –in
10 min students to match them with “there is” Students answer. g exercises exercising the
or “there are” on the board. Students solve Writing Matching new grammar
2. The teacher will ask Ss to solve the exercises and provide Reading exercises through games
following exercise: evidence of doing so and
https://www.liveworksheets.com/w/en/ by sending the screen worksheets.
english-second-language-esl/79974 shot of the score they
3. The teacher opens two games on got.
Wordwall named

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 There is/there are:
https://wordwall.net/resource/3739252/
angielski/there-isnt-arent

https://wordwall.net/resource/2423332/
there-there-welcome-1-unit-8
1. The teacher tells the students that they
are going to watch a video about the
singular and the plural uses of the verb
to be aka “there is/there are”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=jLIF7NNqFfo Consolidating
Listenin Fill – in
The students have to solve orally ex 1 Students watch the the new
g exercises
and 1 page 54 from the textbook. you tube video and grammatical
Speakin
7.Consolidation 2. The students listen to the teacher’s pay attention to the structures
ST g Discussion
10 min explanation about the explanations given, in through
Writing
affirmative/negative and interrogative order to solve the explanation
Reading Matching
forms of “there is/ there are’’ and short following exercises. and practice.
exercises
answers.
3. Then the students will play a simple
game where they practice the use of
“THERE IS AND THERE ARE”
https://www.liveworksheets.com/w/en/
english-second-language-esl/245228
The teacher gives feedback by
8. Feedback Letting know
congratulating the students and Conversation -
and evaluation Students listen TT listening students how
encouraging the less talkative ones to explanation
1 min they worked.
speak more.
9. Assigning The teacher tells the students that their Students listen TT listening Conversation - Give students
homework homework is to solve some worksheets explanation further work to
1 min on regarding what they have learned encourage

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 practice of the
today.
new learned
grammar.

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