LESSON PLAN

Teacher’s name: Rogojină Alexandra-Maria

School: Gymnasium School no. 5 Vaslui
Date: November 29th 2017
Grade: 4th D
Level: Beginner
Textbook: Booklet
Unit: 5 - I’m going to school!
Topic: Present Continuous
Time: 50 min
Type of lesson: Introducing new knowledge lesson
Skills developed: reading, listening, speaking, writing
Methods and approaches: a) main method: communicative approach
b) elements of: Audio-Visual Approach and Audio-Ligual Approach
Techniques: explanation, conversation, observation, identification, description, pair work, brainstorming, guiding questions
Aims:
- Listening for specific information and writing them
- Inferring situations or participants
- Predicting outcomes

Objectives:
a) Cognitive: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
 distinguish between Present Continuous and Present Simple;
 employ correctly the revised grammar topic
 practice vocabulary related to the topic in sentences of their own;
 infer situations and participants.
b) Affective – Developing students’imagination and autonomy in learning English
Teaching aids: textbook, notebook, whiteboard, coloured markers
CLASSROOM INTERACTIONS: Whole class, Individual work, Pair work.

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 LESSON STAGES
Stages Teacher’s activity Student’s activity Interaction Skills Time Purpose
I.Warm-up 1) Teacher greets students and calles the role 1) SS answer T-SS Speaking 3’ 1) To check presence
2) Activity: What’s your favourite subject? Whole
2) SS answer class Speaking 2) To create a relaxed
Lockstep atmosphere
II. Checking 1) T asks the students to read their homework; 1) SS take turns and answer T-SS Speaking 5’ 1) To check correctness of
homework 2) The teacher corrects the homework and 2) SS listen and correct their T-S Reading the homework
gives further explanation where necessary homework S-T Writing 2) To check understanding of
the previous taught
material
III.Feedback T appreciate the progress SS listen T-S Speaking 1’ To let SS know how well they
and T-SS worked
evaluation

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 IV. 1) T asks guiding questions SS answer T-SS Speaking 37’ To provide the context for
Introducing Review new grammar information
new 2) T announces the topic of the lesson and Conversation To activate background
material writes the title on the blackboard Present SS write the title in their knowledge
(and Continuous notebooks To activate an appropriate
practice) 3) T asks SS to remember that Present vocabulary
Continous is used to express an action that SS are paying attention T-SS Speaking To help SS predict outcomes
is happening in the moment of speaking, a Listening
temporary action or a developing one
4) T asks SS to give an example in comparison
with repeated actions SS answer SS-T Speaking To check understanding rules
5) T writes on the whiteboard the general rule
and some examples, explaining how is SS write on their notebooks T-SS Listening To develop knowledge and
formed the –ing form of a verb Writing understanding of using
6) T asks SS to solve Ex. 2 from page 44 Present Continuous
7) T verify the SS’answers SS write on their notebooks SS-T To use Present Continous in
8) T explains how to use the negative form for SS take turn and answer T-SS Writing solving certain tasks
Present Continous and writes on the SS write on their notebooks Speaking To develop abilities to make
whiteboard the general rule Explanation use of Present Continous
9) T asks SS to solve Ex. 3 from page 44
10) T checks the SS’answers SS solve the exercise on Lockstep Reading
11) T explains how to use the interrogative their notebooks Speaking
form of Present Continous and writes on SS take turn and answer SS-T Writing
the whiteboard the general rule SS write on their notebooks T-SS Speaking
12) T asks SS to solve Ex. 6 from page 45 Listening
T asks the SS to form pairs with their S-S Pair work
deskmate SS write on their notebooks Brainstorming To engage students in short
13) T asks SS to read the dialogues SS answer T-SS Reading conversation
Feedback The teacher gives feedback on the students’ SS listen Lockstep Listening 2’ To let SS know how well they
activity worked To provide feedback
Homework The teacher assigns the homework and The students take notes Writing 2’ To reinforce knowledge
explains the task Ex. 5 page 45 To provide further practice
worked