Lesson Plan

Teacher: Elena-Diana LuncaşuDate: April, 18th 2013Form: 6th GradeLevel: BeginnersLesson: Favourite Foods Text book: World Class, LongmanTime: 50 min

Aims: By the end of t he lesson, students will be able to:

Cognitive: Name types of food; Classify types of food; Describe what they see; Talk about likes and dislikes.

Affective: Create interest in the topic; Stimulate their imagination; Be confident in them when speaking a foreign language.

Approaches: Communicative and Discovery Approach

Techniques: Brainstorming; Raising Questions, Elicitation, Oral Drill Activities, Description, Conversation, Anticipation, Debate

Materials: Blackboard, Hand-outs, Using Realia, Notes, Worksheets, PPT Presentation

Stage of lesson

Teacher’s activity Students’ activity

Interaction Skill Time

I. Warm-up 1. Teacher greets the students and calls the roll

- ss answer T-SS Speaking 1 min

2. Teacher holds an object in her hands so as students cannot see it and starts a series of questions for students find out what it is:-Would you like to know what this is?- Can you guess? It is something to eat, very tasty, round, it is not sweet... (teacher answers students’ questions and gives hints)

- ss ask question to identify the object

- one ss receives the hamburger as a prize

T-SS Speaking 2 min

II. Homework 1. Teacher checks homework

- ss answer and correct their homework

SS-TSS-SS

Speaking ListeningWriting

5 min

III. Lead-in 1. Teacher starts a conversation on the object that is brought in the classroom (the hamburger): Do you all like hamburgers? What are they made of? Where can we buy them from? Are there any fast-food restaurants in our village?

- ss answer T-SSSS-T

Speaking 2 min

IV. Feed-back

1. Teacher offers feed-back and encourages students to participate.

- ss listen T-SS Listening 1 min

V. Introducing

new-material

1. Teacher writes the title of the lesson on the blackboard and shows students a picture from the PPT presentation, after announcing the aims of the lesson. (Appendix 1)

- ss write down and watch at the PPT presentation

T-SS Listening 1 min

2. Teacher encourages students to debate whether the food on the top of the pyramid is healthy or not.

- ss debate - SS-SS Speaking Listening

5 min

3. Teacher invites students to play a short game: Watch and Tell:- students form three groups and receive a bag of small notes (Appendix 2) with different food items;- students have to categorize them and write their answers on their notebooks;- the leader of each team comes at the blackboard and report the teams’ answers

- ss work together

T-SSSS-SS

Speaking Writing

5 min

4. Teacher checks students’ answers, inviting them to the blackboard.

- ss report their answers

SS-TT-SS

Speaking ListeningWriting

2 min

5. Teacher hands School menus (Appendix 3) to each team and asks them to create a menu for the school – to write down some of the food they would like to eat in the school cafeteria (if they had one).

- ss work together

T-SSSS-T

Speaking Writing

5 min

6. Teacher checks their answers and ask students to pay attention at the dialogue between three children talking about their likes and dislikes (Appendix 4)

- ss report their answers

SS-TT-SS

Speaking ListeningWriting

2 min

7. Teacher reads the text out loud and asks students if there are any unknown words and translates it with help from the students.

- ss listen T-SSSS-T

Listening Speaking

2 min

8. Teacher invites students to read the text (pair-work) and corrects them if necessary.

- ss read SS-SSSS-T

Speaking 5 min

9. Teacher, as an example, chooses two types of food and makes up sentences to fill in the Likes and Dislikes Chart written on the blackboard and explains the information on it. She gives students hand-outs (Appendix 5) and asks them to choose their likes and dislikes in order to write them down in their worksheet.

- ss listen and write on their notebooks

- ss write

T-SS

SS-SS

ListeningWriting

6 min

10. Teacher invites students at the blackboard to write their sentences and asks students to correct their classmate’s answers.

- ss report their answers

SS-TSS-SS

Speaking ListeningWriting

2 min

11. Teacher briefly revises the lesson and asks students if there is any piece of information they did not understand.

- ss listen and answer

T-SS ListeningSpeaking

1 min

VI. Feed-back

1. Teacher offers feedback and thanks everyone for the lesson.

- ss listen T-SS Listening 1 min

VII. Homework

1. Teacher announces the homework and explains what there is to be done: students must ask other students from school about their likes and dislikes on types of food and write down on their notebooks three most wanted foods.

- ss take notes T-SS ListeningWriting

2 min

Appendix 1

The Food Pyramid

- Students are asked to debate whether the food on top of the pyramid is healthy or not.

Appendix 2

Watch and Tell

- The following flashcards are handed to students (randomly) in a bag and they have to categorize them into: Fruit; Drink; Vegetable; Meat; Sweets/Desserts.

Appendix 3The School Menu

- Students have to make-up a menu for their school cafeteria

Appendix 4

Read the dialogue between Samantha, Jessie, Brandon:

Samantha: Hello, guys! I’m starving. What’s on the menu today?

Jessie: Hey, Sam! Not much, actually. There are some beans, veggie stew, and my favourite: mashed potatoes and sausages.

Brandon: I love sausages, too, but I don’t mind the potatoes. I really like peas, but there aren’t any today.

Samantha: Peas?! No, thank you! I don’t really like them. I like the fresh salad. It looks good!

Jessie: Hey, look! There is milk. I love milk!

Brandon: I hate milk! I like freshly squeezed orange juice, though. Sam, would you like a fresh glass of orange juice?

Samantha: Thanks, Bran, but I don’t like it. I’d love a soda, instead!

Read the dialogue between Samantha, Jessie, Brandon:

Samantha: Hello, guys! I’m starving. What’s on the menu today?

Jessie: Hey, Sam! Not much, actually. There are some beans, veggie stew, and my favourite: mashed potatoes and sausages.

Brandon: I love sausages, too, but I don’t mind the potatoes. I really like peas, but there aren’t any today.

Samantha: Peas?! No, thank you! I don’t really like them. I like the fresh salad. It looks good!

Jessie: Hey, look! There is milk. I love milk!

Brandon: I hate milk! I like freshly squeezed orange juice, though. Sam, would you like a fresh glass of orange juice?

Samantha: Thanks, Bran, but I don’t like it. I’d love a soda, instead!

Appendix 5

LIKES AND DISLIKES

Choose types of food to complete the chart below:Begin your sentences with:

I really like… I hate…

I don’t mind…I love…

I don’t really like…I like…

Positive 100% ………………………………………………….……

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Neutral 50% ………………………………………………….….…

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Negative 0% ………………………………………………….…….