Lesson Plan

SCHOOL: COALA GIMNAZIAL BRNOVA

TEACHER: MARIA ACIOBNIEI
GRADE: 8th B
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 19
LEVEL: intermediate, 4th year of study; 2nd language
TEXT BOOK: Snapshot Intermediate, Ed. Longman
DATE: 23rd March 2016
TOPIC: Physical appearance
UNIT 13: Guess who?
LESSON AIMS:
- develop ss vocabulary related to physical appearance
- to practise on drawing conclusions using must/ cant
COMPETENCES: By the end of the lesson the Ss will be able to:
- make up sentences using physical appearance adjectives
- guess who are the people some pictures using must/ cant + be
TIME: 50 min
SKILLS INVOLVED: speaking, writing
TEACHING AIDS: Students books, photographs, board.
ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS: Students may encounter difficulties remembering
certain adjectives related to physical appearance.
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: Group work might help and inspire them to recall words
related to physical attributes.
STAGES:
Activity 1: Warm up

Teachers activity Students activity Interaction Skills Timing

T checks homework, if Ss look at the pictures T Ss; Speaking 5 min
any. Teacher tells ss and report back to the Ss T
what they are about to class.
do / the aims of the
lesson: Today were
going to learn some new
vocabulary related to
describing peoples
physical appearance
and draw conclusions
using MUST/ CANT +
BE. T prompts ss to
look at the pictures on
page 76 and asks: What
do you know about these
people and their lives?
(career information,
personal data etc.)

Activity 2: Lead in; Brainstorming activity

Teachers activity Students activity Interaction Skills Timing

T writes on the board Ss close their books T Ss; Speaking 10 min
four headings: Age; and give examples. Ss Ss T Writing
Height and build; Hair; come and write their
Face; Special features. answers at the board.
T elicits one or two They brainstorm all
examples for each the vocabulary they
category. After writing know for that
the examples, Ss open category, then check in
their books and read the the SB. Ss can also use
list for any new the dictionaries to
vocabulary item. T can check new words.
practice on any difficult
pronunciation.
Activity 3: Vocabulary practice

Teachers activity Students activity Interaction Skills Timing

T divides the class in Ss make sentences T Ss; Speaking 10 min
groups to describe the trying to describe the T Ss; Writing
people in the people in the pictures. Ss Ss;
photographs, using the Report back to the Ss T
new vocabulary. Each class.
group must choose two
people. T checks the
descriptions with the
whole class, by eliciting
answers from the
individual Ss. T elicits
answers like:
That MUST BE .
I recognize his/ her
.
(name)
(part of the
body)
In contradiction another
student comes with a
counter argument:
That CANT BE
. His/ her
is
.. .
(name)
(part of the body)
(adjective describing

a part of the body)

Activity 4: Guess who?

Teachers activity Students activity Interaction Skills Timing

T instructs Ss to write, Ss work in groups to T Ss; Speaking 10 min
as a group, a description identify the Ss Ss; Writing
of another colleague on descriptions and guess Ss T
a slip of paper, but DO the identity of the
NOT write their name. person involved.
After writing, the
spokesperson of each
group comes to the front
of the class and reads the
description aloud.

Activity 5: Oral fluency activity- Drawing conclusions

Teachers activity Students activity Interaction Skills Timing

T instructs Ss to listen to Ss work in groups to T Ss; Speaking 10 min
a few details regarding identify the Ss Ss; Writing
famous personalities. descriptions. Ss T
E.g. I am a famous
physicist. I have bushy
white hair, large eyes, a
big nose and a
moustache. I like to stick
my tongue out to people.
Answer: Albert Einstein

Activity 6: Feedback; Assigning homework

Teachers activity Students activity Interaction Skills Timing

T gives some thumbs Ss ask questions T Ss; Speaking 5 min
up to the Ss who regarding the lesson Ss T
managed well during the and/or the homework
lesson, assigning marks
if possible and
encourages the other Ss
that tried to give correct
answers but failed. T
explains homework-ex.
3, page 77.