Lesson Plan (III)

TEACHERS: Agoşton Carmen

SCHOOL: Liceul de Arte, Baia Mare

DATE: 21.05.2013

CLASS: VII B

NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 25

LEVEL: Pre - Intermediate

TOPIC: Unit 16: They used to hide here – Lesson 1: Smuggling in Cornwall

TEXTBOOK: Snapshot Pre - Intermediate

STRUCTURES: Forming verbal nouns by adding –ing to the verb (verbal nouns refer to the activity)Forming nouns by adding –er/-or (they refer to the person performing the activity)

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VOCABULARY: Word building from different parts of speech

SKILLS:Reading comprehensionWritingSpeaking

MAIN RESOURCES: Textbook, workbook

TEACHING MATERIALS: Blackboard, notebooks, textbooks, worksheets, crossword,

TEACHING TECHNIQUES: Explanation, observation, picture exploitation,

EVALUATION TECHNIQUES: Continuous, the teacher keeps record of the students’ performance during discussion activities and individual activities

MAIN OBJECTIVES: A. Affective Objectives:

a) To create a warm/pleasant atmosphere for study

b) To help students enjoy speaking English

c) To give students an active role in the process of teaching/learning

B. Cognitive Objectivesa)To enrich students’ vocabularyb)To teach word formation techniques (suffixation –er/-or, transfroming a

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verb into a verbal noun by adding the –ing suffix)c) To practice word building and using new words in appropriate contexts

Nr. Lesson Stage Teacher – Student Activities Interaction

Timing

Materials

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Activity 1Warm up

Activity 2Lead in

Teacher introduces herself to the students, she asks students: ‘’How are you today? / Is anyone absent?’’

Teacher gives each student a worksheet containing a crossword. She explains them that they have to read the definitions from the worksheet and try to fill in the right answer, and if they complete the crossword correctly they will discover the word from the column AB (smuggler), Appendix 1.

Teacher – students,

Students - teacher

Teacher - students

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6’Worksheet

with crossword

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After the students finish the crossword, the teacher verifies the crossword with students and corrects them if necessary.

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Materials

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4.

Activity 3Pre-reading

activity

Picture exploitation

Activity 4

Teacher asks students to open their books at page 92, look at the pictures on the page, and guess what the text is about. Teacher asks students the following questions:

What are the people doing? What are they smuggling? Can you approximate the date of these

pictures?(18th, 19th century) How do you know? (by the clothes

people wear, objects)

Teacher asks students to read the text

Teacher –students,

Students - teacher

Teacher -

5’

5’

Textbook

Textbook

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Reading activity

silently. students

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Materials

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Activity 5Post –

reading activity

Activity 6Vocabulary: word building from different

parts of speech.

Teacher asks students if they understood the text and if necessary she explains the unknown words. Next, she tells students to do the exercise 1a from page 93, where they have to read the text again and in pairs of five, to guess the meaning of the words, then match the word with its synonym or definition from the worksheet they have received during the reading activity. Appendix 2 Students are asked next to answer True or False to the statements from exercise 1b from page 93. (1T, 2T, 3F, 4T, 5T, 6F)

Teacher writes the example from exercise 3, page 93 (smuggle-smuggling-smuggler) on the blackboard. Students are asked to explain the meaning of the three words and the difference between them as parts of the speech.

Teacher – students,

Students – teacher,

Students - students

Teacher – students,

Students – teacher

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4’

Textbook, worksheets

Textbook

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Nr. Lesson Stage Teacher – Student Activities Interaction

Timing

Materials

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8.

Activity 7Word

building practice

Activity 8Feedback

Based on the students conclusions a general rule for word formation is made: We can form verbal nouns by adding – ing to the verb, verbal nouns refer to the activity; while nouns formed by adding –er/-or refer to the person performing the activity. Teacher gives the example on the blackboard (paint – painting - painter) and asks students to do the same thing for the rest of the words from exercise 3 a, page 93. Students work individually to fill in the chart on their worksheet. Appendix 3 The teacher checks if the students completed the chart correctly. Students are asked to do exercise 4 from page 93 from their textbook. Answers are checked with the class: 1).paintings, 2).cooker, 3).heating, 4).driver, 5).cooking, 6).singing, acting, 7).builder, 8).heater. In order to get feedback from students about

Teacher-students

Students-teacher

Students - students

Teacher - students

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3’

Textbook, worksheets

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and homework

the lesson and to make them practice at home the new vocabulary, students will be asked to do at home exercise 1,2 from page 64, from Language booster.

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Appendix 1 – Crossword – Fill in the blank spaces from the next crossword and you will discover on column AB the word used to define: ''To import or export without paying lawful customs charges or duties''.

1. ............ ignorance is a state in which you do not know about something unpleasant or worrying, so it does not make you unhappy. 2. A person that climbs, especially a person who climbs mountains is called a ………...... 3. A ship that can travel both on the surface of the water and under water is called a ……….... 4. A person who seeks money and expensive gifts from other persons is called a gold ...... …….5. Something that causes a strong feeling of dislikes or disgust is being called ...... ………..6. People who perform in a circus, wear funny clothes and make people laugh by doing silly things are called ...... ………

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7. ................ is a warm piece of clothing that covers your upper body and arms. 8. Something that is extremely unusual and likely to shock people or make them laugh is ...............Answers: 1. blissful, 2. climber, 3.submarine, 4.digger, 5.repugnant, 6.clowns, 7.sweater, 8.outrageous.

Appendix 2 – exercise 1a/93

Transport – take something from one place to another

Goods – things you buy and sell

Arrest – policemen…you when you do something wrong

Capture – catch

Slippery – difficult to hold on (in this case because the grease had been applied)

Contraband – something you are not allowed to bring into the country

Grease – you use this in machines to help them operate properly

Lace – a decoration for clothes

Gallop – go very quicly (for horses)

Duty – money you pay when you bring some things into the country, e.g. wine

and tobacco

Command – an instruction or order

Obbey – do what you are told to do

Dissapear – go away where you cannot see it

Disguise – to make something look different so people do not know what it is

Trick – confuse someone so they do not know what you are doing

Top hat – a tall hat worn for very formal occasions, at certain times in history

Barrel – a round wooden container for drinks

Bootlegger – a smuggler (they hid things in their boots)

Dirt – something not clean

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Cover – to put something, e.g. a blanket over another thing

Customs officer – person who checks you pay tax/duty on your things at ports

and airports

Appendix 3 – exercise 3a, page 93

COOK ACT DRIVE HEAT BUILD SING

VerbVerbal noungerund –ing form

Noun (-er / -or)

Answers: cook-cooking-cooker, act-acting-actor, drive-driving-driver,

heat-heating-heater/heating, build-building-builder, sing-singing-singer,

paint-painting-painter

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