Lesson Plan

Estimated time: 55
Teacher : Akrame OUAZZA Textbook: Window on the World Level: Common Core
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Unit: 3 Lesson: National, International and Religious Celebrations
Focus: Vocabulary
Topic: Entertainment, Holidays and Celebrations
Integrated skills: Speaking, Pronunciation and Writing
Objectives/standards: By the end of this lesson students will be able to:
 Learn and be familiar with national, international and religious celebrations.
Instructional aids, materials or tools needed: Student’s book, Whiteboard, handout and VAs
References: Student’s book, teacher’s book, Internet
Lesson Outline
Stages Content/procedure: Techniqes Timing Mode of
& work
Materials
Warm  T greets students
Wh-
up  T asks Sts about what they can see in the picture on p.35 5 mins T-S/S-T
questions
 T asks Sts to guess what these people are talking about.
 T elicits the term “celebrations” from Sts based on what they
have discovered from the picture on p.35. T explains to
V.A
students that celebrations are some special days on which we T-S/S-T
celebrate by preparing and eating special foods, having
Presentation

Eliciting
fun…. etc. T-S
25 mins
 T activates Sts’ schemata about some celebrations they know,
W.B
and then elicits from them the types of celebrations.
T-S/S-T
 T distributes handouts that include very nice examples of
celebrations. Handout
 Sts read the examples in the handout.
 T explains these celebrations by giving examples.

 Sts classify the celebrations they have learnt into national, Classifying
Pair work
international and religious ones.
 Whole class Correction.
Practice

Handout 15 mins
 Sts write the special foods they prepare and eat on the day of
Eid Elkbir.
 Whole class Correction. W.B
Individual
work
Production

 Sts write a short paragraph about their favorite celebrations

and why they prefer them. Writing a
individual
paragraph 10 mins
work

Homework assignment: