LESSON PLAN Name: Date: 21th May 2012 Class: 5th No.of Ss: 22 Level: Elementary CEF level: A School: Time of lesson: 45 mins Textbook: Snapshot Starter Lesson: My joke’s funnier Aims: To revise the comparative & superlative degree of short adjectives To revise and practise the comparison of irregular adjectives (‘good’, ‘bad’) To learn how to spell correctly adjectives ending in ‘y’, and ‘e’; adjectives that have a short vowel sound To use the question word ‘Which? correctly To ask and answer questions in order to fill in a factfile Objectives: By the end of the lesson the students: will be able to use the comparative & superlative degree of short adjectives correctly; will have revised and practised the comparison of the irregular adjectives ‘good’ and ‘bad’; will have learnt to spell correctly adjectives in the comparative ans superlative forms; will have practised the use of the question word ‘Which? Description: In this lesson, we will talk about describing and comparing animals, people, objects, the weather etc, using short adjectives Teaching techniques/ Methods: Conversation, guessing game, listening, reading comprehension, poster activities, practical activities – fill in chart in a powerpoint presentation Assessment: peer-correction, self-correction, continuous assessment, class tasks Organisation: Whole-class, pairwork, groupwork, individual work Teaching aids: • Laptop, flipchart, flashcards of animals, coloured post-it, blu-tack, powerpoint exercise, handouts, factfile of animals Activity Warmer Consolidatin g previous knowledge 3.Presentat ion/ Practice Aim To assure Ss’ accommoda tion to the English class To check homework – using short adjectives in order to make comparison s, in sentences of their own To check Ss’ knowledge of the rule for comparison s To refresh Ss’ memory concerning some spelling rules (previously -taught knowledge – in the 4th grade) To develop reading Procedure The teacher calls the roll Students describe the weather outside (learnt in the previous lesson); Interaction T – Ss Ss – T Whole class (WC) Timing mins Ss read their sentences T checks the homework, in order to correct mistakes, if any, and jots down the name of the students who have done extra homework; Guessing game: T describes an animal, using adjectives, Ss guess (in order to refresh their memory of different animals); T shows flashcards of two, three animals, at the same time; Ss make comparisons Conclusion: Rule 1: Adj – Adj.+-er – Adj.+est T – Ss Ss – T mins T introduces slideshow T – Ss (Comparing2-spelling) and shows Ss – T adjectives with spelling problems WC Ss try to sum up Rule 2: Adj-y → i+-er, -est; Adje → +-r, -st; hot+t, fat+t, thin+n, big+g - +-er, -est T asks Ss to describe the weather, today, yesterday, two days ago, in terms of ‘good’, or ‘bad’ Ss draw conclusion: Rule 3: good-better-best bad-worse-worst mins Practice Listening practice Reading/Wr iting practice Production and writing skills To consolidate comparativ es Ss are divided into groups; each group receives a cluster handout, slips of paper with adjectives; Ss write the two forms on postits, then, on handout; each group then sticks it on the walls To Books closed, Ss listen to practise conversation (ex.1/page 111), in the use of order to answer the T’s question: comparativ What is important about today? es in (Answer: It’s Daniel’s last day) conversati Ss answer questions about the ons text, books still closed Check answer, by opening the book Ss read the dialogue To assess In pairs, Ss read the Ss’ questionnaire and decide about the performan correct option; ce T checks pairs about their throughout choices the lesson (Answer: colder - 18˚F longest – the Nile hotter - 100˚C taller – WTC heavier – a kilo fastest – cheetah older – cx smallest – Monaco biggest – Jupiter) To develop T introduces Ss to a song, listening “Record Breakers” and writing http://learnenglishkids.britishcounci skills l.org/en/songs/record-breakers To Ss watch the film & listen to the reinforce song the use of T gives Ss a handout “Record comparativ Breakers song”, and a slip of paper Ss – Ss GW (group work) 5-7 mins T – Ss Ss – T WC mins T – Ss mins T – Ss PW (pair work) 10 mins es Assessment Homework assignment with words Ss listen and fill in the missing information in the song Peer-correction: pairs exchange handouts and check answers To assess T shows slideshow again what Ss (slides & 10) have learnt Each S comes and types one form about of adjective comparison T assesses both whole-class & s of short individual work; awards marks adjectives To T gives Ss their homework reinforce assignment handout: Comparatives newly2 T explains task taught/ Ss 1-2 sentences orally revised material T – Ss Individual work mins Individual work