LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL
GRADE 5th
LEVEL starter
TEACHER
LESSON Let`s have a picnic!
TYPE OF LESSON consolidating knowledge
DATE
TIME 50 minutes

COMPETENCES

1. Receptarea de mesaje orale n situaii de comunicare uzual

1.1. Identificarea sensului global al unor mesaje i dialoguri uzuale, clar articulate

4. Redactarea de mesaje n situaii de comunicare uzual

4.1. Redactarea de mesaje simple i scurte

AIMS
At the end of the lesson students will be able to :
1. elicit information about picnics;
2. use the vocabulary related to picnics in different contexts;
3. distinguish a British type of food from a Romanian one.

SKILLS
- speaking
- listening
- reading
TECHNIQUES
dialogues
individual work
- group work
observation
explanation
pair work
RESOURCES
overhead projector
flipchart
blackboard
notebooks
handouts
- coloured cards
- students` books

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS
Students might
- not understand teacher`s explanations and that is why she will use both English and
Romanian languages.

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 - not know the meaning of some words.

ACTIVITIES

WARM UP
AIM *creating a pleasant atmosphere for the English class;
*helping students feel relaxed.
INTERACTION *T Ss
*Ss - T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss How are you today? / Is anybody absent? / Are you ready to
start the English class?;
*Ss answer Ts questions;
ESTIMATED TIME *1 minute

TRANSITION TO
THE NEW TOPIC
AIDS SS homework
AIM *checking if there were any problems with their homework.
INTERACTION *Ss Ss
*Ss T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss what their homework was;
*Ss read their homework;
ESTIMATED TIME *4 minutes

PRESENTATION: A.

1. LEAD IN
AIDS *handouts, blackboard
AIM * eliciting information about picnics;
COMPETENCES 1. Receptarea de mesaje orale n situaii de comunicare
uzual
1.1. Identificarea sensului global al unor mesaje i
dialoguri uzuale, clar articulate
INTERACTION *Ss T
*T Ss
PROCEDURE *T announces that todays lesson is about picnics;
*T writes the title of the lesson on the blackboard;
*T asks students to say as many words as possible
related to this topic;
*T gives Ss a handout and asks them to read it aloud
and see how many words they have previously said
can be found in the text;
*T asks Ss if they know all the words from the text,
and, if there are unknown words, she will write them
on the blackboard;

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 *T asks Ss some questions related to picnics;

ESTIMATED TIME *10 minutes

2. B.
AIDS *students` books
AIM *eliciting information about picnics;
COMPETENCES 4. Redactarea de mesaje n situaii de comunicare
uzual
4.1. Redactarea de mesaje simple i scurte
INTERACTION *Ss Ss
*Ss - T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss to open their books at page 59;
*T asks Ss to work in pairs;
*T lets Ss know they have 3 minutes to complete the
task;
*Ss write the answers in their notebooks.
*T asks Ss to read their answers.
ESTIMATED TIME *5 minutes

DEVELOPMENT/
PRACTICE
AIDS *overhead projector
AIM * using the vocabulary related to picnics in different contexts;
COMPETENCES 4. Redactarea de mesaje n situaii de comunicare uzual
4.1. Redactarea de mesaje simple i scurte
INTERACTION *Ss - Ss
*Ss T
PROCEDURE *T tells Ss that they are going to watch a video and while they are
watching it they have to see if their predictions from the previous
exercises are correct;
*Ss have to write down in their notebooks arguments to motivate their
answers;
*Ss work in groups;
*Ss read their answers.
ESTIMATED TIME *7 minutes
Practice 2

AIDS *flipchart, coloured cards

AIM * distinguishing a British type of food from a Romanian one
COMPETENCES 1. Receptarea de mesaje orale n situaii de comunicare uzual
1.1. Identificarea sensului global al unor mesaje i dialoguri uzuale, clar
articulate
INTERACTION *T Ss
*Ss T
PROCEDURE *T gives Ss some cards and shows them a flipchart sheet;
*Ss have to glue the card they received on the flipchart sheet which has
two columns: British food and Romanian food;
*T checks Ss answers and helps them in case they do not know the
meaning of some words.

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ESTIMATED TIME *8 minutes
Practice 3
AIDS *flichart, coloured cards

AIMS *using the vocabulary related to picnics in different contexts;

COMPETENCES 4. Redactarea de mesaje n situaii de comunicare uzual

4.1. Redactarea de mesaje simple i scurte
INTERACTION *T - Ss
*Ss T
PROCEDURE *T gives students some cards, cards which should be glued on the
flipchart sheet under the right column.
*Ss, one by one, come in front of the class, read the word from their
card and glue it in the right place.

ESTIMATED TIME *5 minutes

PRODUCTION/
FEED-BACK
AIDS *handouts
AIM * using the vocabulary related to picnics in different contexts;
COMPETENCES 1. Receptarea de mesaje orale n situaii de comunicare uzual
1.1. Identificarea sensului global al unor mesaje i dialoguri uzuale, clar
articulate
INTERACTION *T Ss
* Ss - T
PROCEDURE *T gives Ss a handout and gives them 4 minutes to match the words
from column A with their definitions from column B.
*Ss read their answers.

ESTIMATED TIME *5 minutes

Emotional Feedback/
Aims checklist
AIMS *getting feed-back from the Ss
INTERACTION *Ss - T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss to say an adjective or a colour which best describes their
emotional state at the end of the English class.
*T asks Ss to write on a piece of paper one thing that they liked or did
not like at that English class.
ESTIMATED TIME *3 minutes

Assigning Homework
AIM * using the vocabulary related to picnics in different contexts;

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INTERACTION *T - Ss
PROCEDURE *T writes the homework on the blackboard Write a short
composition with the title The perfect picnic.
ESTIMATED TIME *2 minutes