Lesson Plan

Name: Grama Irina Cătălina

Date:the 12-th of January

Form: 3-rd

Level:Beginners

Class size:20 students

Textbook: Way Ahead

Lesson: Similar sounding numbers-Numbers:1-20,multiples of 10 up to 90

Type of lesson: Mixed-Grammar and Pronunciation

Time: 50 minutes

Objectives:

Affective:-to create a pleasant atmosphere for study;

               -to make the students confident in the ability of using the English language;

               -to use English while playing;

At the end of the lesson the students will be able:

Cognitive:-To express orally and in writing numbers from1-12 previously taught;

                -To recognize the numbers from 12-20 and multiples of 10 up to 90;

                 -To understand the difference between similar sounding numbers(the sounds [i] and[i:]  and to correlate pronunciation with the written form ;

                 -To solve task of completion, matching, writing sentences using numbers(addition,subtraction);

                 -To correct what is wrong in speech or in written form,peer-correction

Skills:  Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing

Methods of teaching:

-          Brainstorming

-          Direct Method

-          Game Based Learning Method

-          Communicative Method

Teaching techniques: individual work, pair work, repetition and choral practice, pronunciation, oral correction,addition

Description:This lesson plan is designed to make the students understand the numbers from 12-20 and multiples of 10 up to 90 and the difference between similar sounding numbers(the sounds i and i: ). 

Preliminary lesson planning:

Materials:

-          textbook

-          flashcards

-          worksheets

-          blackboard

-          Bingo cards

I.                   Warm up activity (2 minutes):The poem-Oliver Twist-with numbers

II.                Lead-in(3 minutes)

Purpose:

    To create an appropriate atmosphere for the lesson

    To activate background knowledge –numbers from 1-12.

Procedure:

          T. greets the students and checks attendance.

          To introduces the new lesson,T shows them a picture with numbers and asks them to guess the topic.Ss answer T”s question.To activate background knowledge ,T asks the students if they remember the numbers from 1-12 and then to write them on the blackboard.Ss revise orally the numbers and write them on the blackboard. Ss correct their peers if necessary.

Skills involved:speaking,writing,listening.

Error correction: peer-correction. T-Ss correction

Feedback:T appreciates all the good answers and encourages all the students to participate.

Interaction:T-Ss,Ss-Ss

II. Activity 1-Presentation of the new lesson-12-20 numbers(10 minutes)

      Purpose:

To prepare Ss for the given topic.

           To  recognize the numbers from 12-20;

Procedure:

      T. writes the title of the new lesson and the numbers from 12-20 on the blackboard and asks the students to pay attention on the written form, pronunciation ,making a comparison with their mother tongue. Ss analyze the similarities and differences between the form of numbers from 1-10 and those from 12-20.T underlines the prefixes and the suffix –TEEN with colored chalk and focuses on the pronunciation of the –TEEN suffix.Ss write down on their notebooks the numbers.

Feedback –Ss speak about their comparison and find similarities and differences.

T encourage all the Ss.

Skills:speaking,listening,writing.

Interaction:T-Ss,Ss-T,Ss-Ss.

III.Activity 2 Introduction of the numbers multiples of 10 up to 90.(8 minutes)

Purpose:-to make Ss confident in the ability of using the English language.

              -to recognize the multiples of 10

Procedure:T uses the underlined suffixes from the previous activity and the uses suffix –TY to construct the multiples of 10.T reads the numbers and asks Ss to point and repeat.T focuses on the pronunciation of the -TY suffix. To check their memory,T sneeze and clear the blackboard.Tasks them to remember what number is missing  and to write them on the blackboard.Ss take notes.

Feedback:theSs identify the missing numbers.T offers feedback, encouraging all the students to participate for the next stages.

Skills:speaking,writing

Interaction:T-Ss,Ss-T

IV.Activity 3.Presentation of difference between similar sounding numbers(7 minutes)

Purpose:to make the Ss confident in the ability of using the English language

to understand the difference between similar sounding numbers,to get hold of the proper pronunciation

Materials:flashcards

Procedure:T asks the Ss to find similar sounding numbers.Ss find the numbers and repeat the [i] and[i:] sounds .To check comprehension,T uses flashcards with those numbers and asks the Ss to reproduce orally what they see.T corrects pronunciation if necessary.

Feedback-Ss-the correct reproduction of sounds. T offers feedback, encouraging all the students to ask for the next stages.

V.Activity 4.Practice of previous information-(10 minutes)

Purpose-to solve tasks of completion, matching, writing sentences using numbers;

             -to use English while playing

Materials :Bingo cards(worksheet 1), a bowl

Procedure:T uses at this stage a game ,BINGO. She gives each student a Bingo card with 16 spaces ,a square with four spaces on each line,filledwith numbers from 12-20 and multiples of 10. T explains the procedure and then calls out the numbers.The first students /student who manage/s to complete a line,the grid has/have to say Bingo and we have the winner/s.They receive a prize badge(a happy face).If there are students who encounter difficulty, they have to compare their cards with others of his peers and to spot the error.

Feedback: Ss-the right completion of task.T. offers feedback, appreciating all the good answers,the happy face.

Skillsinvolved:listening,writing

Interaction:T-Ss,Ss-Ss

VIActivity 5 Testing checking comprehension -(8minutes):

    Purpose:to solve tasks of completion, matching, writing sentences using numbers(addition,subtraction).

Materials:worksheet 2

Procedure:T gives each student a worksheet with two types of exercises:the first one is a matching exercise,the second is an exercise with two additions and two subtractions.They have already done these type of exercises,so they are used to them.The difference is that they have to use the numbers they have just learnt.

Ss solve the task and then correct their errors.

Feedback: T appreciates the right completion of task,evaluates their tests

Skills involved:writing

Interaction:T-Ss

VII.Short revision, consolidation

Purpose:to check if all the Ss understood the lesson

Procedure:Tasks the students to tell some numbers in English.

Ss tell the number in English.T finally corrects errors.

VIII.Setting Homework (2 minutes):

Purpose:

           To see if the Ss understood the lesson,to practice more what they have just learnt.

Procedure:

 Students will write three additions and three subtractions with similar sounding numbers.

EVALUATION:T praise the best answers with good marks and evaluates orally the whole class performance.