Lesson Plan 1- edmodo - CALL 2015 TASK

LESSON PLAN

Date: 31/12/2014                                                     
Name of the Pre-service Teacher: Alberk ÖZDEMİR
Size of Class: 36
Age group of the students: 16
Level of proficiency: Pre-intermediate
Title of the lesson   : Theme 1, People and Society-Different Lifestyles (Yes You Can A2.3 student’s book)
Duration of the lesson: 80 minutes

Vocabulary: ''doctor, hospital, high-school, underground, off day, spend, get up, rest.''
Equipment needed: pictures related to the topic different lifestyles, enough photocopies of fill in the blanks exercise, teacher’s book, whiteboard and marker.

Objectives:

1- Within 15 minutes the students will be able to recognize the vocabulary items related to ‘’Different Lifestyles.’’                                                                                             
2- By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to discuss about their daily lives with their friends.                                                                                                                       3- By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to create sentences using words related to the topic ‘’Different Lifestyles.’’

PRESENTATION          

Warm-up (15 minutes)

The teacher greets the students, and asks how are you, what you did yesterday etc. After, in order to create a context the teacher tells the students that now I will show you some pictures and you will tell me what do you see in the pictures. Then the teacher starts to show the pictures one by one and asks the students what do you see in the pictures. After the students responded the questions, the teacher writes each word on the board one by one. After the students answered what they see in the pictures, the teacher continues with the main activity. By this way, the teacher prepares the students for the main activity.

While-activity (45 minutes)

   

 As a main activity the teacher first tells the students that, there is a reading text about the two people’s daily lives. But firstly, I will read the text and you will just listen to and watch me carefully to easily understand what it is about. Then the teacher reads the text aloud with demonstration. Then the teacher tells students that now you will read the text for two times individually. At the first reading you will read the text quickly to understand it in general and you don’t have to understand each word, you have 10 minutes. After, the teacher mentions about what the students are going to do the teacher lets the students read the text. While the students reading the text for the main ideas, the teacher walks around the class, monitors them and helps if they need. After 10 minutes, the teacher asks the students that are you finished reading, if they say yes the teacher asks the students to share their ideas and thoughts about what they understood from the text, if not the teacher gives students 2 minutes extra time. While some of students sharing their ideas about the text the teacher writes them as phrases such as ‘’Cameron-young doctor, Chase-high school student’’ on the board one by one to help students easily remember the main ideas. After some of the students shared their ideas about the text, the teacher tells them that, now you will read the text quickly again individually but this time you need to find specific details in the text, you can use a dictionary for the words you don’t know and if you are confused with a point please ask me, you have 10 minutes. While the students reading the text for specific details the teacher monitors them and helps if they ask or need. After ten minutes, the teacher asks the students are you finished if they say yes the teacher asks them to share what they found in terms of specific details in the text, if not the teacher gives them 2 minutes extra time to finish reading the text. While the students sharing their ideas about the specific details the teacher writes them on the board. Later the teacher tells the students that, there is a chart about the text and you need to complete it according to the information you found in the text, you will work individually, you have 10 minutes. While the students trying to complete the chart the teacher walks around the class, monitors them and helps if they need. After ten minutes, the teacher asks the students that are you finished, if they say yes the teacher checks the answers with them, if not the teacher gives them 2 minutes extra time. After the teacher checked the answers with the students, he tells them that now please compare your daily life with Cameron’s/Chase’s lives by yourself, you have 5 minutes. After five minutes, the teacher asks the students to share their ideas voluntarily. After some of the students shared their ideas, the teacher tells the students that now you will discuss about Cameron’s and Chase’s daily lives by comparing them, you need to write at least 3 sentences and discuss your sentences with your partner, you will work in pairs. Then the teacher writes an example sentence on the board to help students understand what they need to do. After the teacher wrote the example, he says that you have 5 minutes, you can start. While the students writing the sentences teacher monitors them and helps if they need or ask. After five minutes the teacher asks the students are you finished if they say yes the teacher asks the students to share their ideas if they want, if not the teacher gives them 2 minutes extra time. After some of the students shared their ideas, the teacher moves onto the post-stage.

Post-activity (20 minutes)

As a post activity the teacher first tells the students that, now you will work in pairs, you will read the article again and write a short dialogue between Cameron and Chase talking about their lifestyles. After you wrote the dialogue, act it out with your partner then change your roles and act it out again, you have 10 minutes. While the students trying to write dialogues the teacher walks around the class, monitors them and helps if necessary. After ten minutes, the teacher asks the students are you finished if they say yes the teacher asks students that are there any volunteers to act out the dialogue in front of the class, if not the teacher gives them 3 minutes extra time. Later, the teacher tells the students that there is homework for you. You need to go and find two different people in your family, talk with them and compare their lifestyles by writing at least five sentences about them. After the teacher mentions about homework, he asks the students that am I clear, do you have any questions? If students have questions the teacher answers them, and then finishes the lesson by saying see you in next lesson!