LESSON PLAN

School: SCOALA GIMNAZIALA ,,NECULAI JECHIANUVRINCIOAIA

Teacher: Curmei Ionela
Date:
Grade: 6th grade
No. of students: 21

Time of lesson: 50 min.

Textbook: SNAPSHOT, Ed. Longman 2001
Level: Elementary
Topic: American culture
Unit: 19- THEY WERE SOLD AS SLAVES
Lesson: The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Type of lesson: Vocabulary

Approach: Communicative
Skills: Reading, speaking, writing
Lesson aims: To introduce new elements related to the American history.
To practice reading and speaking skills.
Objectives: By the end of the lesson students will be able to:
-use appropriate vocabulary when talking about past habits;
-express a personal opinions concerning certain historical periods.

Materials: textbooks, notebooks, handouts, laptop, video projector.

Types of Interaction: Teacher-whole class, teacher- student, student-student
Class Management: Whole class, individually, pair work.
Assumptions: In terms of vocabulary students must be familiar with the historical language
register used to describe a certain period. They must express personal opinions and use
appropriate vocabulary when talking about past events.

Anticipated Problems: Students may have some difficulties in contextualizing the events from
an historical point of view, some difficulties in expressing orally and giving arguments for their
choices.
 PROCEDURE

No
.
Stages Aims Procedure Skills Interaction Time
Crt
.
-to create the proper
-The teacher greets the students
atmosphere for the
-The person which is on duty tells speaking Frontal
1. Warm-up lesson; 2 min
whos absent T-S
-to get students
attention.

-The teacher verifies the

-to check feed-back. homework by asking random
students to answer the questions
Homework about Star Wars speaking Frontal
7 min
check -each correct answer is written on writing T-S
the blackboard and students
corrects the mistakes.

-to introduce students -The teacher presents to the

into the topic; students an announcement for
-to encourage sale;
students make -Students make predictions Frontal
Pre-reading writing
2. predictions; concerning the object sold; T-S 5 min
activity speaking
-to get students -The teacher announces the title S-T
involved into the of the lesson and the lessons
topic. objectives
 -to introduce students
to a certain historical -The teacher reads out loud the
period; text The Transatlantic Slave
-to introduce Trade from the textbook; Frontal
3. While reading vocabulary related to -The students read the text reading T-S 9 min
the topic; again, each student reading a S-T
-to practice reading short paragraph.
skills

-The teacher gives the students

-to further practice
handout number one and each
vocabulary;
student marks the sentences given
-to check reading
with true or false; individual
comprehension;
-The teacher asks the students to
-to fill in gapped
solve exercise two, point a, in writing Pair work
Reading sentences;
4. pairs and discover the slave speaking S-S 10 min
comprehension -to skim the text for
traders map. T-S
gist.
-The teacher shows to the
-to allow students to
students a short presentation
express ideas freely
regarding a black period in
on the topic;
history; the slave trade;
-to encourage variety
-The students watch the writing
of interaction; Pair work
Speaking presentation and in pairs answer speaking
5. -to stir students T-S 12 min
activity the questions given on handout
imagination and S-T
number two;
curiosity and to get
-each pair then reads its answers
them involved into
and arguments its choices.
the topic.

-The teacher evaluates the

activity and to what extent what
Evaluation of Frontal
6. -to check feed-back was proposed at the beginning of speaking 3 min
the activity T-S
the lesson was attained.

-to further practice -The teacher asks the students to

vocabulary related to solve exercise number two, point speaking Frontal
7. Assignment 2 min
the topic. b, from the textbook. writing T-S
HANDOUT 1

Answer T(true) or F(false) to the following statements:

1. Liverpool was the most important port for the slave traders.
2. European people were sold as slaves.
3. The slaves were taken across the Atlantic to the Americas and West Indies.
4. The voyage took six to eight months.
5. Conditions on board the slave ships were great.
6. The slaves were fed three times a day.
7. During the voyage people were very healthy.
8. The slave traders made a lot of money.
9. The slaves were forced to work for nothing.
10. The slave trade was abolished in Britain in 1807.
HANDOUT 2

Answer the following questions.

1. What have been the results of slave trade?

2. To what extent the saying history repeats itself is applicable in this case?
3. Are there places in the world where slavery still exists?
4. If so what can we do to stop it?