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Lesson Plan

School : Vasile Scurtu Parva, Secondary School

English teacher : Aneta Pop
Topic: I can sing, I can dance, I can hop
Form : the 3rd A, 1st year of study
Type of lesson: acquiring new information
(CAN- expressing ability)
Skills : speaking, writing, listening
Purpose: The purpose of this lesson is to review the language taught previously(action
verbs) and to introduce and practice the verb CAN expressing ability.

Aims :
to recycle the language taught previously (parts of the body, action verbs)
to practice vocabulary related to the topic
to enable the students to use expressions such as I can/(I
cant)What can you do?
to enrich their vocabulary with verbs(skip the rope, drive a car, cook)
to practice their speaking, writing, listening skills
to consolidate the target language making up a poster, working in
groups, singing English songs
to give Sts confidence in their ability to use the English
language
to end the lesson in a fun atmosphere
Time: 45 min.
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Didactic strategies:

methods and procedures: ice-breaking, conversation,

explanation, dialogues, listen-and-do activities, role-play,
singing and miming, making up a poster

materials
and
equipment: handouts, flashcards,
worksheets, glue, puppets, large drawing boards (larger then
A3), P.C. , video projector (a short cartoon What can you
do?), audio cassettes, CD player

organization: class work, individual work, group work

Anticipated problems :
Some students may be shy to speak English (or to mime). The teacher will encourage them to speak English
(and to have fun, miming).If they remain silent, they are less likely to learn. T. will explain to them that it is better
for them to risk getting something wrong, than not to say anything. All learners need to experiment and make
errors.

Notes:
This is a high energy lesson which is great fun and allows my students to pick up the structures
quickly.Parts of this lesson can be used in other lessons as energy burners (especially the song I used
many times in the past: Hop to the tree).

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Lesson Procedure

ACTIVITY 1 : WARM-UP
AIMS :

to get things started, wake up tired Sts and prepare brains, mouths, ears and eyes for English
to generate interest, to make pupils relax
PROCEDURE

INTERACTION

Sts start singing Hello song to

establish a relaxed, anxiety-free atmosphere in T-S
the classroom.
Sts sing a song, shake their hands, dance
and mime:

TIMING

2 min

Hello, hello, hello

Hello, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hello
Hello, how are you?
Hello, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hello
I am fine, thank you!
Lets move to the music! (ACTIVITY RAP):

Frontal
Speaking
Listening

3 min

Hello, again and its time to listen and move to the

music. Are you ready? Okay, lets go!
Stand up, please. Yes, please stand up.

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And sit down, all sit down.

And stand up, stand
up.
And sit down, all sit down.
And stand up, please.

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dancing

Good. Thank you.

Now raise your arms and up and down. (4X)
Go on, dont stop and up and down and up and down.
Thank you.
Dont sit down now. Lets go on.
Now snap your fingers. First your right fingers, then your
left. Listen. (snapping fingers)
Its easy.
Now its your turn right, left (6X)
Thank you. Youre doing fine!

move to the music

listening
miming

Now clap your hands. Here we go one, two. (5X)

Now clap your hands again and count to ten.
Count to ten in English.
Ready, steady, go: one, two.ten. Thank you and
back from ten to one. Ten, nine..one. GOOD.
Now sit down, please. Sit back and close your eyes. Okay.
Please, close your eyes. Yes, close your eyes and listen to
the music. Relax.

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ACTIVITY 2: CHECKING

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AND PRACTICE THE PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE

AIM:
to recycle and practice the language taught previously (parts of the body, action
verbs)
PROCEDURE

INTERACTION

All right, everyone! We are not here to relaxbut dancing

having fun! Sowe need more action now:

TIMING

5 min

Stand up!
Sit down!
Clap your hands!
Stomp your feet!
Snap your fingers!
Blink your eyes
Smile!/ Hop!/ Jump!/Spin!
Walk!/ Run!/
Play football!/
Play basketball!
Play tennis!
Play the piano!/ Play the violin!
Play the quitar!/Play the drums!
Ride a bike!/ Ride a horse!
Skate!
Fly!
Swim!

Very good! Now Lets play Teacher says!

This is the game Simon Says but using the word

teacher instead. T. goes straight into the game no
explanations necessary by saying Teacher says touch
your(head). T. does the action and makes sure
everyone else follows along. She does a few more touch
your eyes, touch your toes, etc. Then at some point T. gives

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command without the Teacher says part - e.g. Touch
your eyes but
teacher touches her ears. Play the game
faster and faster. When a student makes a mistake they
have to sit the rest of the game out.)
Teacher says:

Touch your head!

Touch your body!
Touch your legs!
Touch your eyes/ ears/ mouth/ nose!
Touch your shoulders!
Touch your knees!
Touch your toes!
We end this activity by singing Head and Shoulders song.

(Appendix 1)
ACTIVITY 3: PRESENTATION & PRACTICE listening, speaking,
writing activity
AIM:
to present and activate the vocabulary of the lesson
to develop the pupils listening skills
to practice their speaking / listening/ writing skills
to enable the students to use expressions such as I can/ (I cant)
to enrich their vocabulary with action verbs (skip the rope, drive a car, cook)
to give Sts confidence in their ability to use the English language
PROCEDURE
INTERACTION TIMING
Teacher teaches "Can you ..?", "I can "
Great song! I can touch my knees, too. And I can touch my
toes! Can you all see me doing this? Watch me!
T-Ss
(Teacher touches her knees/ toes)
10 min
I can do a lot of things. Look! Hear, on this blackboard, are
some pictures representing things that I CAN do, and on the
Listening
other blackboard you can see what I CANT do.
T. also shows children some pictures of her (using a video
projector).

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Look! I can dance/ cook/ climb a tree

T. takes out two more flashcards for the actions fly and
ride a bike. All the students sit down. T. pulls out the
Jump flashcard. says I can jump point to herself and
nod her head. Then jumps and again says I can jump. Sts
repeat and do the same action. T. does the same for
another flashcard (e.g. run). Then pulls out the "fly"
flashcard. Looks surprised and shakes her head, saying
No. I cant fly. Motion trying to fly but falling on the
ground. T. can also asks some students Can you fly?
some are bound to say Yes, but T. looks shocked and
says: No. No I dont think so.. Next does a few more
actions (turn around, hop) and then pulls out the ride a
bike flashcard. Again, says I cant ride a bike and
motion trying to but falling off. Then T. finishes with the
remaining flashcards.
Now, pulls out a flashcard (e.g. hop) and says to the class
Can you hop?. Encourage everyone to say, Yes, I can
hop and show you how. T. does this with all of the
flashcards try and encourage some to say they cant do
some actions (e.g. ride a bike, swim and especially fly!).
I can sing! Listen! (T. sings a song) Can you sing? Children sing
BIG/ LITTLE song. (Appendix 2)

Listen and do

Listening

Wow! We can do a lot of things! Lets see what a pumpkin

can/cant do!
- T and Sts watch a short cartoon (Learn English - Actions):

First pumpkin, come in.What can you do?

I can run. I can jump. I can swing.
Can you fly?
No, I cant. I cant fly.
Sorry. Next. What can you do?
I can throw a ball. I can climb. I can catch.

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(watching the
cartoon)

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Can you catch an elephant?

No, I cant. I cant catch an elephant.

Next. What can you do?
I can Kick . I can hit. I can fight.
Can you fight a monkey and a crocodile?
No, I cant. I cant fight a monkey and a crocodile.
Too bad. Next. What can you do?
I can smile. I can cry. I can walk .
Can you swim?
No, I cant. I cant swim.
Sorry. Next pumpkin.What can you do?
I can sleep. I can drink . AndI can eat.
Can you eat a tree?
Yes, I can. I can eat a tree.

- Yeah! Hes the one! Get him in here.Take him. Well take him.

ACTIVITY 4: PRACTICE and REINFORCEMENT

AIMS:
to practice their speaking and writing skills
to build confidence, to work in groups
to practice and consolidate the target language by making up a poster
to stimulate Sts imagination and creativity
to enable the Sts to use expressions such as I can..
PROCEDURE
APPLICATION 1.
I guess you liked the cartoon. Now itt time to work!
INDIVIDUAL WORK writing and miming
-T. distributes Sts. worksheets with the verb CAN. (Appendix 3)

INTERACTION

IW

TIMING

10 min

Please, complete the sentences for each picture,

writing can:

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-Sts. work individually:

I can sing.
I can draw

Writing

APPLICATION 2. GROUP WORK

-When the Sts have finished writing their workfiles, they have to work in

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groups .
-T devides the class into groups of 4.
-Each group will receive a large sheet of paper (larger than A3), and an
envelope with some labels and pictures (action verbs)
-T explains the task. Sts have to write down their names and to stick the
pictures/ activities on the paper. After that, they stick the labels with the right
action verb under each picture.
-T models the task providing a visual aids. (Appendix 4) As they work in
groups they listen to songs in English:

St St
Speaking
Listening
T-Ss

Can you clap?

Can you do it?
Can you swim?
Can an elephant jump?
What can you do?
I can sing, I can dance, I can hop
I can run
ACTIVITY 5 : FEED-BACK- What, what, what can you do?(Singing-and-do
activity.) MIME
AIMS:
to consolidate vocabulary related to actions

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to have fun while studying English language , singing and role-playing

INTERACTION
PROCEDURE
TIMING
-When the Sts have finished writing their names and
10 min
sticking all the pictures and the right labels, they come in
front of the classroom and talk about activities they can/
cant do.
Sts sing and mime like this:
(the tape is playing, too)
What, what, what can you do?
What, what, what can you do?
What, what, what can you do?
What, what can you do? (Appendix 5)
One child will be the reporter:
Alex, what can you do?
I can play football!
Show us.
(Alex mimes playing football.)

T-Sts
Speaking
singing
miming
Sts-Sts

What, what, what can you do?

What, what, what can you do?
What, what, what can you do?
What, what can you do?
Ionel, what can you do?
I can play basketball!
Show us!
(He mimes playing basketball.)
What, what, what can you do?
What, what, what can you do?
What, what, what can you do?
What, what can you do?
Maria , what can you do?
I can ski!
Show us!

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(She mimes skiing.) and so on
gives a golden medal to all the
After each moment teacher
active children. The colleagues will applaud.

ACTIVITY 6 : ENDING THE LESSON

AIMS:

to assign Sts homework

to evaluate Sts work
to end the lesson in a fun atmosphere
PROCEDURE
HOMEWORK:
T. assigns the homework by giving clear instructions. (Appendix 6)
ASSESSMENT:

INTERACTION

TIMING

5 min

T. appreciates the Sts that were active during the entire lesson and
give advices to the less active ones.
All Sts will get a GREAT WORK diploma and a smily face to T-Sts
remind them of this funny lesson.
Speaking
Listening

Sts finish the lesson in a fun atmosphere. They listen a very funny
song: HOP TO THE TREE, dancing and miming.
I can dance
I can sing
I can hop, hop, hop
I hop to the tree
And then I stop.
Hop, hop, hop to the tree
Hop, hop, hop to the tree
STOP, HOP, STOP, HOP.
(They mime dancing, singing, hopping to the tree, playing the drums and dance)

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