Lesson plan
Unit 6. Holidays and travel School:
Date: Teacher’s
Class: Number present: absent:
Theme of the Lesson: Writing an email about holidays
Learning objective(s) that this lesson is contributing to 6.5.3.1 write with some support about personal feelings and opinions on a limited range of familiar general and curricular topics
6.5.6.1 link, with minimal support, sentences into coherent paragraphs using basic connectors on a growing range of familiar general topics
Lesson objectives To write an email about holidays
To write personal feelings in an email
To use basic connectors “and, so, but, or” in writing an email
Assessment criteria A learner can express feeling in writing
A learner can use basic connectors “but, and, so, or” in writing
A learner can use topic-related vocabulary
Value links Cooperation, respect to each other, collaborative work, lifelong learning
Cross curricular links Geography, Physical Education
Previous learning Surviving in the desert
Plan
Planned timings Planned timings Resources
Beginning
0-2
2-7
Organizational moment
Greeting learners. Learners discuss learning objectives. Teacher focuses learners on the main goal of the lesson.
Warm –up.
A creative and calm activity to get your energetic learners back into the grind is to have them write about what they did and received over break. Learners can get the opportunity to discuss their adventures in a fun writing piece. For instance, ask learners to write about the best gift they gave and what made it so special, or describe their family’s holiday traditions in detail. Here are a few more creative writing prompts.
• What are you most grateful for this holiday season?
• What was your favourite holiday food that you had over break?
• Who was the person you spent the most time with and why? What did you do with them?
• Write about a place that you went over the Christmas break.
• Write about something you did with your family over New-Year break.
PPT Slide 1
http://www.teachhub.com/post-holiday-classroom-activities
PPT Slide 2
Middle
7-12
12-17
17-20
20-30
30-35 Focus on listening
Pre-listening
Teacher introduces some vocabulary to help learners understand the details of the conversation.
1) time off (noun): vacation time away from work
- I don't have much time off to travel during the summer break.
2) to have something in mind (verb): to think about or plan to so something
- Do you have a plan in mind for the weekend
I don't have particular food in mind for the party. I think anything is probably fine for most people.
3) tender (adjective): delicate; also, very loving
- It is a very tender time for the family because of their father's passing.
4) wimp (adjective): a person who does not have courage or is afraid (negative meaning)
- Don't be such a wimp. You need to try new foods. You can't avoid them when you travel overseas.
5) pleasant (adjective): nice or comfortable
- The walk along the beach was very pleasant. We enjoyed the cool breeze and the sound of the waves
While- listening
Teacher plays the recording and learners listen to the conversation and do tasks. Before doing the task let learners read the questions and underline key words in the sentences.
Answer key:
1. A. go to the lake
2. C. is worried about the sun
3. B. going for a bike ride
4. A. go fishing
5. B. have a nice picnic
Focus on writing
Pre-writing
Teacher hands out several samples of emails and asks learners what they are about.
Note: There are three samples of emails in the handout and teacher can distribute them to learners according to their level.
Learners read the emails and discuss with their partners.
Writing
Ask learners to write an email following the structure of samples they have read.
Assessment criteria:
-writes his/her personal feelings
-has at least two paragraphs
-uses basic connectors as: and, but, or.
Post-writing
After learners have finished writing their emails, let them read and discuss them with their classmates. Learners should focus on some questions as
*how do my classmate spend his/her holidays?
*where is he/she planning to go for summer holidays?
*what places of interest did he/she visit?
Audio Track 1
https://www.esl-lab.com/summervacation/summervacationrd1.htm
PPT Slide 3
Handout 1
https://www.esl-lab.com/summervacation/summervacationrd1.htm
Handout 2
http://english-letter.ru/En/How_I_spent_the_summer-Sample_letters_to_a_friend.html
PPT Slides 5-7
PPT Slide 8
End
35-40 At the end of the lesson, learners reflect on their learning:
* What was difficult on this lesson?
* What was easy on this lesson?
PPT Slide 6
DIFFERENTIATION – how do you plan to give more support? How do you plan to challenge the more able learners? ASSESSMENT – how are you planning to check learners’ learning? Health and safety rules
Teacher distributes samples of emails according to the level of learners. Monitoring learners’ while doing different activities during the lesson and providing different types of feedback (on the sport or delayed).
Assessment criteria:
-writes his/her personal feelings
-has at least two paragraphs
-uses basic connectors as: and, but, or.
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