LESSON PLAN

LESSON PLAN

NAME:

DATE: SCHOOL: OBJECT :ENGLISH

GRADE :12TH GRADE

TOPIC: Across the USA

TIME: 50 MINUTES.

LESSON AIMS

To give students the chance to share the information they know about the USA with their mates

To present vocabulary connected with geographical area and towns

To make the students able to describe a town/city/village

LESSON AIDS

Handouts,

cassette,

map of the USA,

charts,

pictures of the landmarks of some important cities in the USA

STRATEGIES:

Pair-work

Group work

Gap-filling

Project work

SKILLS

Reading

Speaking

Listening

Writing project workPROCEDURE

ACTIVITY 1WARM UP

The students are shown the map of the United States of America and they are asked to answer a few general questions about The USA

1. how many states are there in the USA? (50)

2. examples of states (brainstorming)

3. which is the largest state (area)

(ALASKA)

4. which is the largest state (population)(CALIFORNIA)

5. what are the biggest cities in California and what are they famous for?

(SAN FRANCISCO HIPPIE MOVEMENT)

(LOS ANGELES HOLLYWOOD MOVIE INDUSTRY)

ACTIVITY 2 Vocabulary

The students are given a hadout, a text with missing information about the states of the USA. Before filling in the spaces they are given a list of possible unknown words and expressons from the text which they have to match with their definitions

1. Amazingly

very good, surprising, or impressive:2. Mayor

the official line that separates two countries or regions:

3. Manufacturingthe name given to Washington DC

4. Headquartersthe place where a company, organization, or military

unit has its main offices or its main centre of control5. Skyscraper

to risk money in the hope of winning more if you are

lucky6. Federal districtthe most important elected official in a town or city

7. Gambling

a very tall building containing offices or flats

8. Border

the business of making goods in large quantities, especially in factoriesACTIVITY 3 Pair workThe students are asked to read the text about the USA, and to try to fill in eight blank spaces . Then they listen and check their answers.

The United States of America is the worlds fourth largest country in area.

___________,____________and______________are bigger. Its also the third largest country in population size. Only ___________and __________ have more people. There are 50 states in the union, plus one federal district which is not in any state. This is_________________, the capital city and seat of the government. Two of the states are outside the borders of the main nation. These are _____________ and _____________. Amazingly for such a large country, the USA only has borders with two other coutries, _____________ and ______________. Interestingly the largest state ______________ has the smallest population of any of the states. The state with the biggest population, _______________, is usually associated with computers, sunshine and the movie industry. The largest city is ______________, an important financial centre and also the place where the United Nations has its headquarters.

ACTIVITY 4group work

Students are devided into groups, and each group is asked to pick up a name of a town written on a piece of paper 2 pieces .Then the groups are asked to think of some information about that specific town, than a student from the group will go in front of the class and stick the town in the proper place on the map, and will say the information the group gave.

WASHINGTON

NEW YORK

LOS ANGELES

SAN FRANCISCO

LAS VEGAS

CHICAGO

ACTIVITY 4 group workThey are given some captions and some pictures and they have to match them with the cities. One student reads the caption and the others guess the city and the caption is given to the group that has the city.

New York is the biggest city in the United States, a huge financial and arts centre situated on the east coast of the country. The famous Statue of Liberty is in New York harbour. The United Nations headquarters are situated there.

It is also called The Big Apple

Chicago is in Illinois, west of New York. It is the home of the Chicago Bulls basketball team, the team that Michael Jordan played for. The city is on the shore of Lake Michigan and has some impressive lakefront architecture, designed by Lloyd Wright

San Francisco is situated in Northern California. It has some of the most beautiful bridges in the country, including the magnificent Golden Gate Bridge. Some famous rock bands were from San Francisco

Las Vegas is in the middle of the desert in Nevada, and is the biggest gambling centre in the world. Originally Nevada was the only place in the USA where it was legal to gamble

Los Angeles is in Southern California. It is the second biggest city in the United States of America after New York. It is famous because of the Hollywood. It is located on the Pacific Ocean near the U.S. border with Mexico, Washington The city of Washington has the same boundaries as the District of Columbia (D.C.), a federal territory established in 1790 as the site of the new nations permanent capital. Named after the first U.S. president,

ACTIVITY 5 LISTENING

The students are given a list of words and they have to predict the cities that are conected with the words.

Bridge SAN FRANCISCO, cosmetics LOS ANGELES, criminal gangsCHICAGO, desert LAS VEGAS, European, film industry LOS ANGELES, French NEW ORLEANS, gambling LAS VEGAS, get married LAS VEGAS, Hollywood LOS ANGELES, jazz clubs NEW ORLEANS, lake CHCAGO , natural harbour SAN FRANCISCO, , windy city CHICAGO

They listen to the cassette to check.

The students listen to the cassette for the second time and they have to find out where the following things happen or happened

a. a mayor avoided having confrontations with local criminal gangs

b. Canadians went there when they were driven out by the British

c. People go there to get married and its a place where you can go gambling

d. Old rock bands lived and worked there

ACTIVITY 6

Project work Group work

Students are given charts and are asked to make a project in groups about a city from the USA. They can use the photos they have and the text captions, and all the information from the lesson. A student from each group will present the project

Possible problem : The students do not finish the project during the class, so they will have to finish it at home and present it in the beginning of the next class

HANDOUT 1

MATCH THE WORDS WITH THEIR DEFINITIONS

9. Amazingly

very good, surprising, or impressive:10. Mayor

the official line that separates two countries or regions:

11. Manufacturingthe name given to Washington DC

12. Headquartersthe place where a company, organization, or military

unit has its main offices or its main centre of control13. Skyscraper

to risk money in the hope of winning more if you are

lucky14. Federal districtthe most important elected official in a town or city

15. Gambling

a very tall building containing offices or flats

16. Border

the business of making goods in large quantities, especially in factoriesHANDOUT 2

PAIR WORK

FILL IN THE BLANK SPACES

The United States of America is the worlds fourth largest country in area.

___________,____________and______________are bigger. Its also the third largest country in population size. Only ___________and __________ have more people. There are 50 states in the union, plus one federal district which is not in any state. This is_________________, the capital city and seat of the government. Two of the states are outside the borders of the main nation. These are _____________ and _____________. Amazingly for such a large country, the USA only has borders with two other coutries, _____________ and ______________. Interestingly the largest state ______________ has the smallest population of any of the states. The state with the biggest population, _______________, is usually associated with computers, sunshine and the movie industry. The largest city is ______________, an important financial centre and also the place where the United Nations has its headquarters.

HANDOUT 3

New York is the biggest city in the United States, a huge financial and arts centre situated on the east coast of the country. The famous Statue of Liberty is in New York harbour. The United Nations headquarters are situated there.

It is also called The Big Apple

Chicago is in Illinois, west of New York. It is the home of the Chicago Bulls basketball team, the team that Michael Jordan played for. The city is on the shore of Lake Michigan and has some impressive lakefront architecture, designed by Lloyd Wright

San Francisco is situated in Northern California. It has some of the most beautiful bridges in the country, including the magnificent Golden Gate Bridge. Some famous rock bands were from San Francisco

Las Vegas is in the middle of the desert in Nevada, and is the biggest gambling centre in the world. Originally Nevada was the only place in the USA where it was legal to gamble

Los Angeles is in Southern California. It is the second biggest city in the United States of America after New York. It is famous because of the Hollywood. It is located on the Pacific Ocean near the U.S. border with Mexico, Washington The city of Washington has the same boundaries as the District of Columbia (D.C.), a federal territory established in 1790 as the site of the new nations permanent capital. Named after the first U.S. president,

WASHINGTONNEW YORK

LOS ANGELES

LAS VEGAS

CHICAGO

SAN FRANCISCO