Lesson Plan School: Liceul cu Program Sportiv Iolanda Balas Soter,Buzau Teacher: Catalina Vrinceanu Grade: 10th Number of students:22 Subject: English language Theme: Can/Could/ May Function: making polite requests Level: elementary Date: Time:50 minutes Competency: students are able to communicate in English for elementary level Language skills: speaking, reading, writing Materials: textbook, picture, cards Teaching methodology: lecture, answer and question,observation Language aims: students will know how to make a spoken and written polite request; students will know certain words that usually are used for making a request Objective: students will know how to ask for something; students will be able to make a polite request; students will be able to make,accept and reject a request
Target language: make a polite request; accept a polite request; reject a polite request
Warm-up Teacher asks studentsthe following: Have you ever asked for a break?; Have you ever asked for a holiday?;When was the last time you asked for something? What was it?; How did you asked?. Aim: to attract students’ attention on the lesson Technique: speaking Interaction: T-Ss Time: 5minutes Students’ activity: they answer the questions Presentation of the new language Teacher writes the target vocabulary on the blackboard separating it into sections titled ‘’Making requests”; ‘’Accepting requests”; ‘’Rejecting requests”. Aim: to focus students’ attention on the new vocabulary Technique:speaking Interaction: T-Ss Time: 5 minutes Students’ activity: they write the new vocabulary in their notebooks Practice Activity 1 Teacher asks a student to come up to the front of the class. She asks the student if he can give her his book using the target vocabulary. Aim: to encourage students to use one of the phrases to accept/reject a request that she wrote on the blackboard Technique: speaking Interaction: T-Ss Time: 5 minutes Students’activity: they answer using the target language
Activity 2 Teacher gives cards to students who then move around the classroom making polite requests to other students. Aim: to encourage students to use the vocabulary listed on the blackboard Technique: speaking Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss Time: 10 minutes Students’ activity: they make polite requests and answer to them Activity 3 Teacher gives students an e- mail . The students read it and identify the polite request. Aim: to encourage students to give their own warnings Technique: reading, speaking Interaction:T-Ss Time: 5 minutes Students’ activity: they read the text and answer the question Activity 4 In groups, the students write their own e-mail.They will ask their coach to give them more free time. Aim: to encourage students to write polite requests Technique: writing Interaction: T-Ss, Ss-Ss Students’ activity: they write the e-mail Time: 10 minutes Activity 5 A volunteer from each group reads the e-mail to the class
Aim: to encourage expressing a request orally Interaction: T-Ss, Ss-Ss Students’ activity: they read their e-mails Time: 5 minutes Activity 6 Teacher asks students to write their own request e-mail as homework. Aim: to encourage writing requests Techique:speaking Interaction:T-Ss Time: 3 minutes Students’ activity: they listen to teacher’s explications Assessment Teacher assesses students’ participation in class discussions and understanding of audience. Aim: to reward students for their activity Technique: speaking Interaction:T-Ss Students’ activity: they listen to teacher’s observations Time:2 minutes
MAKING REQUESTS Can you give me 5 dollars? Could you help me with the homework? May I borrow your bike?
