Lesson plan
The class
Size & composition: 21 children
Level: beginners the third year of learning English 2x45 min per week
Subject: Let's celebrate
Coursebook: Eko and friends 3
Aims:
to revise names of months of the year and seasons
to sing a song - when's tour birthday?
To read about other children around the world
To write about favourite month
To learn about celebrations in different parts of the world.
Language content:
names of months of the year
vocabulary connected with birthday; card, birthday cake, party, celebrate, candles, presents, guests etc.
names of seasons of the year
Personal aims:
keep speaking English
Anticipated problems
too many activities and problems with their execution
Materials:
flashcards
poster
activity book
course book
STAGE |
PROCEDURE |
TIME |
FORMS OF WORK |
MATERIALS |
Opening |
Checking the register to note down who is present and who's absent
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1 min |
Whole class |
Class register |
Warm-up |
Simon says game . the teacher firstly demonstrates children following actions - touch your toes, touch the ground, jump three times etc. these actions they will find in the song during the lesson |
2-3 min |
Whole class |
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presentation |
The teacher asks children to enumerate names of months
The teacher presents them the poster with months and objects connected with birthday ( cake, presents, balloons, candles etc.) . They have a conversation about their own birthdays The teacher asks the question “when's your birthday” to some pupils. The teacher presents the song - when's your birthday. Firstly they listen to it, then they read loudly all together the text of it, and after that they sing the song with the cassette.
Children are to choose a friend from the class and asks him/her a question about birthday - it's like a chain. The teacher asks some questions about different celebrations:
the teacher asks children to open the books and look at the pictures to describe them. Ask: what can you see? What do they celebrate? What is their favourite month? Etc. Then they are to read quietly and match pictures with descriptions. After that the teacher plays the cassette and they check their answers.
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1 min
3 min
1 min
5 min
2 min
3 min
5 min |
whole class |
Poster with names of months and birthday's objects
The coursebook
The coursebook
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Practice |
They read the text loudly all together, then individually.
The children are to do a survey - they move around the classroom and ask their friends when their birthday is and in response they get name of season and month
Children sing the song with doing actions
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3 min
7 min
2 min |
Whole class
In pairs
Whole class
|
Coursebook
Activity book |
Production |
Children write about they favourite month and explanation why drawing pictures as an illustration |
5 min |
individually |
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The aims of the lesson were achieved; the class reacted properly and nicely. As I supposed, children didn't have enough time for all the activities - the last one was started in the lesson but they had to finish it at home.