Lesson plan

School: Liceul Teoretic Bratca Teacher: Sturz Ioana Course: Just right- upper intermediate (L1) Grade: 11th Lesson: More than a moment Type: Consolidation of language and skills Time: 50 Date: 22nd October, 2009 Skill focus: listening, reading, speaking Aids / Materials: coursebook, handouts, worksheets, CD / CD player Methods: conversation, pair work, group work Aims: to give students practice in listening for specific information to give students practice in reading both for gist and for detail

- to enable students to express their opinions about racism

Procedure Activity 1
Aims: - to check attendance - to check homework ( Describe a photo that brings you nice memories) the teacher greets the students and makes sure the conditions are proper to start the lesson two or three students read their homework

Interaction: T-Ss; S-C Timing: 6

Activity 2
Aim: - to allow students to listen for specific info in order to perform the tasks from exercises 38 and 39/p.24, the teacher plays the CD Track 10 Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss Timing: 10

Activity 3
Aims: - to give students practice in reading both for gist and for detail the teacher asks the students to try to predict the content of the text from the title: More than a moment students work in groups and decide where each sentence from a to g (ex.6/p.18) fits best in the text in pairs, students scan the text in order to find specific information about certain people Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss Timing: 12

Activity 4
Aim: - to check comprehension of words from the text after reading the text, students receive worksheets with words from the text and their definitions and have to match the words to their definitions Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss (pair work) Timing: 10

Activity 5
Aim: - to enable students to express their opinions about racism students have to express their opinions about Hazel Bryans actions as a 15-year-old and as a 55-year-old and think of what they would have done E.g.: What she did at 15 was ugly / racist. What she did at 55 was brave. Maybe I would have had the same reaction. the teacher shows the students a photograph of Nelson Mandela and asks them if they know who the man in the photo is; students receive handouts with information about Nelson Mandela and express their opinions about his actions Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss Timing: 10

Activity 6
Aim: - to assign homework the teacher explains what students have to do as homework Is racism a problem in our country? Give arguments and examples to support your ideas. Interaction: T-Ss Timing: 2 Additional work exercises 10 and 11/ p. 19

Worksheet

Match the words to their definitions:

e.g.: A - c

A. racism
B. segregated

C. composure D. bleachers E. The Congressional Medal of Honour F. outrage

a. the feeling of being clam, confident and relaxed b. a strong feeling of anger and shock at something that you feel is wrong or unfair c. a way of behaving or thinking that treats people belonging to some races unfairly d. the most important military honour in the U.S., given to soldiers who have been extremely brave e. a structure with several rows of seats in a gym or a park where people can watch sports games f. separated according to race, sex or religion

Nelson Mandela

born on 18th July 1918, in South Africa a former freedom fighter who became the first president of South Africa in the post-apartheid1 period

joined the ANC2 ( the African National Congress) in 1942 in the early 1960s, the ANC was made illegal in 1962, Mandela left the country illegally; when he returned to South Africa (after several months), he was arrested and charged with illegal exit from the country; he was convicted and sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment

while serving his sentence, he was charged and found guilty of sabotage 3 and was sentenced to life imprisonment

he spent 27 years in detention before he was released on 11 th February 1990 in 1993, he agreed to accept the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of all the South Africans who suffered to bring peace to the nation

he was president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999

The political system that existed in the past in South Africa, in which only white people had political rights and power; 2 A political party in South Africa that for many years fought against the system of apartheid; in 1994, the ANC formed the first government in South Africa to be elected by both black and white people; 3 Things that are done to stop someone from achieving something or to prevent a plan or process from being successful.