LESSON PLAN

School: Colegiul Tehnic de Industrie Alimentară Suceava

Teacher: Monica Lepcaliuc

Date: May 2nd 2011

Class: 10th A

Level: Intermediate L1

Lesson: Unit 14 – Elements of Nature

Topic: Elements of Nature and Weather
Duration: 50 minutes

Class organization:
 Individual work
 Whole class activity
Skills:
 Speaking
 Reading
 Listening
 Use of English
Ressources: - Going for Gold Intermediate, ed. Longman, Student’s Book
(Richard Acklam and Araminta Crace)
- Longman Active Dictionary
- Audio CD
- Going for Gold Intermediate, ed. Longman, Maximiser hand-outs

Aims:
a. to focus on vocabulary related to weather;
b. to use the vocabulary related to weather in the correct context;
c. to insert given words and phrases in the right context;
d. to speak freely and with confidence on a given situation;
e. to read/pronounce correctly;
f. to match headings to the paragraphs of a text.
STAGES OF THE TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY CLASS MATERIAL AIM
TIMING ORGANISATION
LESSON
WARM-UP 1’ T greets the Ss and checks the presence The Ss greet the T and the S on Whole class
duty says who the absents are
INTRODUCTION 1’ T announces the topic of the lesson The Ss focus their attention on
(Preparing the Elements of nature and weather the new topic Whole class
students to acquire
the material)
a. Presenting 1’ T announces the activities of the lesson: The Ss focus their attention on Course
the material - READING about the sun the new topic. Whole class book
- VOCABULARY linked to weather
- LISTENING to a song
5’ T asks the Ss some questions about the The Ss answer as they think D
b. Development pictures in the course book, p. 118 (ex. 1) best. Whole class
Course E
10’ T announces that the Ss are going to read a The Ss read the text in turns an Individual book F
text about the sun that’s missing headlines. match the headlines to the
paragraphs.
Ex. 3, p. 119
2 D, 3 B, 4 A, 5E, 6 G, 7 C, 8 F

T draws the Ss’ attention on the diagram The Ss read the phrases and
3’ in ex. 4 p. 119, which contains words from use them to fill in the blanks in Whole class Course A
the article all related to the word sun. ex. 4. book B
C

T asks the Ss to look up other words The Ss use the dictionaries or

7’ related to the word sun. their own knowledge to come Pairs Dictionary
Possible answers: SUNBURN, up with such compound words
SUNBATHE, SUNRISE, SUNSET, or expressions linked to the
SUNGLASSES, SUNHAT, SUNLIGHT, sun.
SUNSHADE, SUNDAY, ETC.

THE WEATHER
 T invites the Ss to concentrate on the
weather outside and asks them questions
7’ like:
- What’s the weather like today? The Ss read through the A
- What was the weather like last phrases and answer the Pairs C
week? questions and complete the Course
table on the board. book
- What’s the weather like usually in
our country in summer/ in winter?
T asks them to refer to the phrases in ex. 1
p. 121 and afterwards to fill in the table
A
with the suitable ones.
B
Hot/cold Sun/cloud Rain/no Wind/no
C
rain wind
It’s sunny Individual
with a
clear sky

T gives the Ss the handouts and asks them The Ss do the exercise and act Pairs Maximiser A
5’ to work in pairs on ex. 1 p.98 it out in pairs. B
(Maximiser), choosing the best word D
related to weather that fits the context.
Then, T asks students to act out the
conversation.
The Ss then listen and check Individual Course A
6’ SONG – Feelin’ so Good their answers. book B
(Jennifer Lopez) Audio CD C
T asks the Ss to fill in the blank spaces in D
the song with the phrases in ex. 1 p. 121
c. Correcting the -T corrects the Students’ mistakes on the -Ss repeat the correct form of Individual/ E
mistakes spot; the word Whole class
-T asks the students to recognize their -Ss correct the written mistakes
classmates’ pronunciation mistakes and
correct them;
-T spots a spelling mistake and asks the
students to correct themselves.

d. Explaining/ T asks the Ss if they understood all the Ss look the new words up in Whole class Dictionary A
translating the words/expressions and if not, asks them to the dictionary
look them up in the dictionary.
new words

e. Homework 1’ T asks the Ss to solve ex. 3 p. 121 at Ss write down the assignment Whole class Course A
home. book B
E

f. Marks 3’ T gives the marks to the Ss writing them

down in the catalogue