Lesson Plan

Unit 15:

Say Cheese!

Teacher: Iordache Diana

Class type: Elementary level pupils (4th grade)
Frequency: 2 hours/week
Textbook: Splash!IV, Longman
Type of lesson: Acquiring new information (Vocabulary)
* The lesson provides grammar practice of Present Simple & Past Simple
Skills: Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening
Purpose: The purpose of this lesson is to provide students with the vocabulary r
elated to photography (cameras and films), at an elementary level.
Didactic strategies:
Methods and procedures: conversation, explanation, dialogues, describing things;
Organization: class work, pair work, individual work;
Materials and equipment: textbook, handouts, pictures, flash cards, framed drawi
ngs done by the children as homework from the previous lesson;
Lesson Aims:
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create interest in the topic of photography; to promote discussion;

raise expectations and involvement in the reading task;
read in order to confirm expectations;
study relevant words for the topic;
ask and answer questions using Present Simple and Past Simple;
practice vocabulary spoken and written;

PROCEDURE
Recent work: The students have been studying:
Present Simple and Past Simple introduced by discovery activities followed by la
nguage practice.
Language related to photography (a small amount of information) in the previous
Unit 14: The Competition (p. 58) in the textbook.
lesson
Warm-up
Timing: 5
Speaking

Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-T

Aim 1: to create interest in the topic of photography; to promote discussion;

T. asks the Ss. to remember the previous lesson
The competition (What was it about
?);
T. points to the drawing on the blackboard showing a photo camera as encountered
in the photo studios;
T. encourages the Ss to discuss about cameras and photography (Romanian & Englis
h)
T. asks pupils if they own cameras: (What kind of photos do they take? What kind
of camera would they like to have?);
T. writes the title of the new lesson on the blackboard: Say Cheese! and says that
it is an expression generally used by photographers in England and America to a
muse the photographed person;
Activity 1
Timing: 15
Reading

Interaction:T-Ss; Ss-T

Aim 2: to raise expectations and involvement in the reading task;

Aim 3: to read in order to confirm expectations;
T. asks the Ss. to open Pupil s Book at page 62;
T. asks volunteers to read;
T. teaches the new vocabulary by writing it on the blackboard and giving the Rom
anian versions while the students are reading each text;
T. asks the Ss. to write the new words in their notebooks;
T. asks the Ss. some questions so as to check the degree of understanding;
(Ex.: What opens when you press the button on top of the camera?
Key: the shutter
Who took the first photograph?
Key: Joseph Niepce
What kind of cameras can look inside people bodies?
Key: X- ray cameras
What do you need to take secret photos?
Key: very small cameras)
Activity 2
Timing: 15
Writing; Speaking

Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-T; pair work

Aim 4: to study relevant words for the topic;

Aim 5: to ask and answer questions using Present Simple and Past Simple;
I. A Modern Camera (Splash - Activity Book p. 43); 5
T. asks Ss. to work in pairs, to read the passage and find the missing words;
T. checks the answers with the whole class and corrects the possible mistakes;
Key: When you press the button on top of the camera, the shutter opens to le
t the light through and onto the film. The film records the picture.
II. A Photo Competition; 10
T. asks some Ss. to talk about some photos that they have brought especially for
the lesson;
T. asks the other Ss. to pay attention, ask questions about the photos and award
prizes (Explanation: Which picture did you like the most? Which was the best?
Which presentation was the best?);
Activity 3
Timing: 10
Writing

Interaction: individual work

Aim 6: to practice vocabulary spoken and written;

T. gives each student a worksheet having a drawing of a photo camera;
T. asks the Ss. to indicate the components that they have learned about;
T. checks the answers with the whole class by asking a student to complete the d
rawing that she has previously stuck on the blackboard;
T. asks the other Ss. to correct the mistakes if any;
Homework: The T. asks the Ss to write about their favourite photo. (Helpful que
stions: What
does the picture represent? When was it taken? Is it a coloured or a black and
white one? Was it taken with a simple or a digital camera? etc.)

Assessment: T. appreciates the Ss. that were active during the entire lesson and
gives advice
to the less active ones;