LESSON PLAN

DATE:

TEACHER:

SCHOOL: L.T. “ION NISTOR”, VICOVU DE SUS

CLASS: 11th

LEVEL: UPPER-INTERMEDIATE

TIME: 50 MINUTES

STRUCTURE: ASSESSMENT

LESSON AIMS

 to assess the student’s progress at the end of unit 8 from Student’s book FCE
Gold Plus, focusing on how adjectives are formed and reviewing the use of
wish, if only, would rather, it’s time for hypothetical meaning.
Students have to: *match sentences.
*fill in the correct adjective derived from the given words.
*complete sentences using the correct form of the verbs in
brackets.
*transform the second sentence so that it has similar meaning
to the first sentence.

POINTS GIVEN ON TOPICS

I. – 20 points
II. – 20 points
III. – 20 points
IV. – 30 points
10 points ex officio

TOTAL – 100 points

TEACHING STRATEGIES

SKILLS: reading, speaking, listening, writing.

METHODS: conversation, presentation, brainstorming, various exercises – multiple choice,

fill in the gaps, sentence transformation, etc.

CLASS MANAGEMENT: individual, pair work.

INTERACTION PATTERN: T – C (class), C – T, T – S, S- T, S –S, T – P (students

working in pairs), P – T.

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE:
  Students have already been aquianted with conditional clauses.

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS:

 Students might find difficulty in understanding the point of the sentence

transformation exercise.
 Some students might feel nervous or be reluctant to exchange their ideas with the rest
of the class.

TEACHING MATERIALS: textbook, handouts, CD player

STAGES OF THE LESSON

STAGE / TIME PROCEDURE

 Greetings and conversations.

ACTIVITY 1
 Teacher checks attendance.
WARM UP  Teacher asks students how they feel.
AIM: to create atmosphere for the new
lesson.

2’

ACTIVITY 2  Two-three students present their

homework.
CHECKING HOMEWORK
 Teacher checks the homework and
AIM: evaluation and checking of how corrects the mistakes if necessary.
students worked at home.

3’

 Teacher announces the objectives of

the lesson and introduces the
ACTIVITY 3
structure by asking the students what
INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW country they would like to visit.
TOPIC Then he shows pictures of three
different countries. Students have to
AIM: to generate interest in the topic, to see
guess the country and fill in the gaps
how much students already know about
of the given sentences.
conditionals.

8’

ACTIVITY 4  After having noticed the structure

and its use, students watch a more
PRESENTATION OF THE NEW
detailed power point presentation of
TOPIC
the conditional type.
AIM: to introduce and present the new  Students pay attention and take
topic notes. .

10’
  Handouts with various exercises are
given to students .
ACTIVITY 4
 working in pairs students have to
PRACTICE FOR CONSOLIDATION listen to a song-Katie Melua-If you
were a sailboat and complete the
AIM: to consolidate students’ knowledge
worksheet according to what they
about the topic.
hear.
24’  students have to choose the correct
tense in order to complete the
conditional clause; students do this
exercise in pairs, discussing the
different possibilities and justifying
their answers.
 students have to complete sentences
using conditionals.
 students have to rephrase some
sentences;Teacher explains what
they have to do, going through the
example with the whole class so that
they understand the point of the
exercise.
 ACTIVITY 6
 Students are asked to do exercise C
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT from the handout.

2’

 Evaluation is used in close

connection with the teaching-
ACTIVITY 7
learning objectives stated at the
EVALUATION beginning of the lesson. It will be
done in grades(very good, excellent)
1’
or in marks(from 1 to 10 in the
Romanian system).

Handout 1

Listen to the song, If I were a sailboat – Katie Melua and complete the spaces. Then listen to the song
and check your answers.

"If You Were A Sailboat"

If you…………. a cowboy I…………… trail you,

If you………….. a piece of wood I…………. nail you to the floor.
If you………….. a sailboat I …………….sail you to the shore.
If you're a river I would swim you,
If you're a house I ………….. in you all my days.
 If you're a preacher I……………begin to change my ways.

Sometimes I believe in fate,

But the chances we create,
Always seem to ring more true.
You took a chance on loving me,
I ……………………a chance on loving you.

If I……………. in jail I know you'd spring me

If I…………….. a telephone you'd ring me all day long
If was in pain I know you…………… me soothing songs.

Sometimes I believe in fate,

But the chances we create,
Always seem to ring more true.
You took a chance on loving me,
I took a chance on loving you.

If I…………… hungry you ……………me

If I was in darkness you would lead me to the light
If I was a book I know you'd read me every night

If you're a cowboy I …………………………you,

If you………………………. a piece of wood I ………………….you to the floor.
If you're a sailboat I would sail you to the shore.
If you're a sailboat I …………………you to the shore