Lesson Plan “Getting Around”, Intermediate Mid
Objectives:
To learn how to get around in an English-speaking city and how to get help with it from local people. Learn some intonation patterns in connection with getting around. Practice a skit to be performed at tomorrow’s midterm party.
Review of the previous lesson’s warm-up (Idioms of the Day, Commonly Confused Words of the Day, Phrasal Verbs of the Day (3-5 min)
Interactive warm-up: (Idioms of the Day, Commonly Confused Words of the Day, Phrasal Verbs of the (5-10 min)
Overview of today’s lesson theme (How to get help from local people when you need it) (2-3 min)
Group discussion – Ashamed to admit you are lost? (8-10 mins)
Enrichment Part:
English as a stress-timed language – “Birds eat worms” example – 5 min.
Chant “A Bad Day” – (5-8 mins)
Pair Work: Pair up with a partner and practice giving and receiving directions using hand-out patterns and map (7-8 mins).
Practicing a skit, “What a Wonderful Tongue” (a pastiche on a famous Louis Armstrong song "What a Wonderful World")
with an on-the-fly review of idioms and phrasal verbs in it which we have studied. (5-10 mins)
When the sunset comes
Stick to your guns!
Come here and learn!
Don’t leave and run!
And repeat to yourself,
What a wonderful tongue!
You can keep it up,
You can survive.
Hand in your homework,
And justly take five.
And repeat to yourself,
What a wonderful tongue!
Your brand-new four-eyed teacher
With all his song and dance
Is trying to make sure
That you don’t miss your chance
To improve and to shine!
So, be on the ball,
And never fall short
Of your goal!
So, my friend, don’t cry
And don’t object!
You’ll learn much more
Than you could expect!
Just repeat to yourself,
What a wonderful tongue!
Yes, English, my friend,
Is a wonderful tongue!
Oh yeah!
Explaining the homework – Multiple-choice review #3 (2 mins)
Party dish sign-up – 4 mins
Conclusion (pair work): With your partner discuss the new things that you have learned during the lesson
Objectives:
To learn how to get around in an English-speaking city and how to get help with it from local people. Learn some intonation patterns in connection with getting around. Practice a skit to be performed at tomorrow’s midterm party.
Review of the previous lesson’s warm-up (Idioms of the Day, Commonly Confused Words of the Day, Phrasal Verbs of the Day (3-5 min)
Interactive warm-up: (Idioms of the Day, Commonly Confused Words of the Day, Phrasal Verbs of the (5-10 min)
Overview of today’s lesson theme (How to get help from local people when you need it) (2-3 min)
Group discussion – Ashamed to admit you are lost? (8-10 mins)
Enrichment Part:
English as a stress-timed language – “Birds eat worms” example – 5 min.
Chant “A Bad Day” – (5-8 mins)
Pair Work: Pair up with a partner and practice giving and receiving directions using hand-out patterns and map (7-8 mins).
Practicing a skit, “What a Wonderful Tongue” (a pastiche on a famous Louis Armstrong song "What a Wonderful World")
with an on-the-fly review of idioms and phrasal verbs in it which we have studied. (5-10 mins)
When the sunset comes
Stick to your guns!
Come here and learn!
Don’t leave and run!
And repeat to yourself,
What a wonderful tongue!
You can keep it up,
You can survive.
Hand in your homework,
And justly take five.
And repeat to yourself,
What a wonderful tongue!
Your brand-new four-eyed teacher
With all his song and dance
Is trying to make sure
That you don’t miss your chance
To improve and to shine!
So, be on the ball,
And never fall short
Of your goal!
So, my friend, don’t cry
And don’t object!
You’ll learn much more
Than you could expect!
Just repeat to yourself,
What a wonderful tongue!
Yes, English, my friend,
Is a wonderful tongue!
Oh yeah!
Explaining the homework – Multiple-choice review #3 (2 mins)
Party dish sign-up – 4 mins
Conclusion (pair work): With your partner discuss the new things that you have learned during the lesson