VASILE GOLDI NATIONAL COLLEGE, ARAD

TEACHER: PCURAR EMANUELA

LESSON PLAN
Date
Class
Number of
Ss
Level
Time of
lesson

11th January 2016

11 D
35
Advanced
50 min

Textbook
Unit
Title/Topic of
the lesson
Type of lesson

Gold Advanced Plus

3
What makes us tick
Vocabulary

AIMS: -to extend Ss` knowledge of personality adjectives

-to extend idioms to describe personalities
AIDS/MATERIALS:coursebook, blackboard, notebook
STAGES OF THE LESSON
Activity

Ti
mi
ng

Aims

Procedures

Skills

Interactio
n/class
managem
ent
T-Ss

Activity 1
Organizing
the class

3
min

- The teacher greets the students and

checks attendance
- the students greet and prepare for the
lesson

Speaking

Activity 2
Checking
homework
and previous
knowledge

5
min
.

T-Ss
S-S

7
min
.

- The teacher asks Ss about their

homework
- The teacher assesses the homework
- The teacher checks Ss homework or Ss
interevaluate while switching copybooks
and listening to the correct solutions of
homework
- Ss listen, check or interevaluate the
homework of deskmates
-The teacher announces the new lesson,
writes on the blackboard the topic, title,
key structures( What makes us tick)
- The teacher explains the new focus of
the new lesson (vocabulary)
- The teacher writes the term reality Tv on
the blackboard and asks what ss

Speaking
Active
listening

Activity 3
Transition to
the new
lesson

-to create a
relaxed /a
proper
atmospher
e for
teaching
the new
lesson
-to check
previous
knowledge
-to give Ss
feedback
on their
knowledge
and
homework
-to create
interest in
the new
lesson
- to
familiarize
Ss to the

Speaking,
active
listening,
writing

T-Ss

new lesson

Activity 4

10
min

-to enrich
vocabulary

Activity 5

11
min

-to practice
speaking

Activity 6

12
min

-practice
speaking
with
adjectives
of
character

FINAL
ACTIVITY

2
min
.

Homework
assignment

understand by it (real people, not actors,

in real situations) and if they know any
examples (Bog Brother)
- T asks the Ss how people are chosen on
the Big Brother and why.(ex 1/30)
-Ss read the profiles from ex 2/30 and
underline the personality adjcetives.
- T checks the answers

Reading

T-Ss

Writing
Speaking

Ss-Ss
T-Ss

- Ss discuss briefly who they they think

has the best reason for wanting to take
part to the competition(ex 3.1./31). This
leads naturally into the discussion in task
2/31 where Ss select 5 personalities and
explain why.
- Ss report their decision to the whole
class.

Speaking

In groups
of 3

-Ss should use the vocabulary learnt to

describe their character.

Writing

.
- T explains the meaing of unknown
adjectives and compares them.
(sensible/sensitive;
sympathise/empathise)
-Ss also mention if they think the adjective
is positive, negative or either