DEF 4 Aprilie 2016 Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

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Lesson Plan

Teacher: Pcurar Emanuela

School: Colegiul Na ional Vasile Goldi

Classes: 9th gradeDate: 4th of !ril "#$%

Te&t'oo( : )!stream *ntermediate

+esson To!ic:Penny Wise, Pound Foolish,reading-

Time: .# min

+esson aims:

to !ractice reading for s!ecific information

to introduce ne/ 0oca'ular1

to !ractice s!ea(ing s(ills

2aterials: te&t'oo(s

2ethods: con0ersation3 e&!lanation3 e&am!les

Activity 1 : Warm-up

Aim: to lead in the students3 tal(ing a'out sho!!ing for !resents3 to the to!ic of

the lesson

Procedure:

T as(s Ss ho/ often the1 go sho!!ing3 /here the13 their !arents or

their friends go sho!!ing ,at su!ermar(ets3 de!artment stores3 sho!!ing centres3

online- and ho/ do the1 !a1 ,in cash3 '1 credit card3 '1 che5ue-

Ss ans/er the 5uestions T as(s them if the1 en6o1 'u1ing !resents and /hat /ould the1 'u1

for their si&1earold 'rother7'est friend7grand!arents7'oss on their 'irthda18

Ss ans/er could 'e related to 6e/eller13 an anti5ue ornament7cloc(3

clothes3 a CD3 a !iece of art ,!ainting-3 an e&!ensi0e !en3 a diar13 a leather /allet3 a

'unch of flo/ers3 'ath oils etc8

Interaction: indi0idual /or(

Timing: .

Activity 2: Speaking and ListeningAim: to introduce the ne/ to!ic of the lessonPenny Wise, Pound Foolish'1

e&!laining the !ro0er'

Procedure: T reads out the title of the unit and e&!lains the meaning of the

!ro0er' ,!eo!le /ho are careful /ith small amounts of mone1 are often /asteful

/ith large amounts-


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T elicits from Ss other !ro0er's the1 can thin( of related to sho!!ing

and mone1 ,You get what you pay for!; A penny for your thoughts!; A fool and his

money are soon parted)

T e&!lains un(no/n 0oca'ular1 if necessar1

T e&!lains that Ss /ill listen to !eo!le tal(ing a'out their 'est e0er

gi0en !resent and the1 /ill ha0e to identif1 the !resent and the !erson /ho ga0e

the !resent to them8

Ss listen carefull1 and ans/er the 5uestions

T as(s the Ss /hat /as the 'est !resent e0er gi0en to them3 /ho ga0e

the !resent to them and on /hat occasion8

Ss ans/er the 5uestions

Interaction: T8Ss3 SsT

Timing: $#

Activity 3 : eadingAim: to loo( for s!ecific information regarding some characteristics of !ersonalit1

/hile (no/ing someones star sign

Procedure: T as(s Ss to loo( at the ;odiac sign and e&!lains them that there are

t/el0e signs of the ;odiac and that their star sign de!ends on their 'irth date8 T

as(s 5uestions such as:Do you take your zodia seriously or you onsider it as ust

fun" Do you think you an know some#ody #y simply knowing what their star sign

is"

Ss elicit ans/ers

T as(s Ss /hen /ere the1 'orn3 /hat is their star sign and then

descri'e their !ersonalit18

Ss ans/er the 5uestions

T as(s Ss /hat the1 ta(e into consideration /hen the1 choose a

!resent for someone

T8 as(s Ss8 to scan the te&t and find out if (no/ing someones star

sign can hel! in deciding on an a!!ro!riate !resent8

T e&!lains that the1 ha0e to read the article again and for 5uestions

$$4 the1 ha0e to choose from the star signs


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Activity ! : Writing

Aim: to introduce ne/ 0oca'ular1 regarding some characteristics of !ersonalit1

Procedure:

T allo/s Ss t/o or three minutes to read the te&t again and as( Ss to

e&!lain the /ords in 'old '1 gi0ing e&am!les or s1non1ms8 Then3 T as(s Ss to find

o!!osites of the highlighted ad6ecti0es8

Ss /rite the s1non1ms in their note'oo(s

T interferes if necessar1

Interaction: !air /or(

Timing: $#

Activity " : Speaking

Aim: to identif1 the characteristics of each star sign

Procedure: Ss are as(ed to /rite notes a'out the characteristics of each star signand their a!!ro!riate !resents

Ss /rite notes in their note'oo(s and then !resent them to the class

Interaction: grou! /or(

Timing: $#

Activity # : Assigning t$e $ome%ork & 'eed-(ack

Procedure: Collect information a'out Chinese horosco!e and find the similarities

and differences8

Timing: =

)eed(ack and evaluation: T goes throughthe 0oca'ular1 learnt one more time

eliciting it from the Ss8

The T gi0es an e0aluati0e feed'ac( to the class3 mar(ing the Ss

/ho !artici!ated the most and those /ho ha0e gi0en good ans/ers8

Interaction: TSs

Timing:"

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DEF 4 Aprilie 2016 Penny Wise, Pound Foolish