LESSON PLAN 1

Size of the class: 30

Age group of the students: 14

Level of proficiency: Pre-intermediate

Title of the lesson: Countries & Nationalities
Duration of the lesson: 70-80 minutes

Equipment needed:  Flash cards, world map, board, worksheet

OBJECTIVES;

1.By the end of the lesson students will be able to practice their knowledge about countries and nationalities.

2.By the end of the lesson students will be able to discuss their ideas by using group and pair work activities.

3.By the end of the lesson studentswill be able to create a new context by using their productive skills.

Pre teaching(15-20 mins)

Activity

Teacher enters into the classroom and greets the students. Teacher brings a world map in form of world , and asks students that how many of you want to go abroad, students answer and this time she asks where do you want to go and writes students answers on the board. Then teacher marks the answer of the students on the map and shows it to the class. Then asks continents  and capitals of these countries. Students answer and if they dont know teacher helps and gives clues to students.

At the end of this activity teacher gives worksheet to s tudents. They  have to find 24 countries in a word search. After they complete this task they check answers with their teacher.

  

     

While – teaching(25-30 mins)

Activity

In this group activity, students play a guessing game to practice countries and nationalities. Teacher divides class into the groups of 3.Teacher prepare flash cards for each group of three students. Teacher begins the activity by picking a country that is not on the cards, e.g. Italy, and explains to the students that they are going to play a guessing game to practice countries and nationalities.Teacher tells them to listen and work out your country and nationality. Make three sentences about your chosen country that covers the same information on the cards. As teacher speaks, writes the sentences on the board.

Example:

I come from a country in Europe.

The currency is the euro.

The capital is Rome.

Teacher elicits the answers and writes them on the board, e.g. You come from Italy. You are Italian. If students don’t guess the answer, teacher gives an extra clue, e.g. My country is famous for spaghetti and pizza.

Next, teacher puts the students into groups of three and give each group a set of shuffled cards. Tell the students to place the cards face down in a pile. Students take turns to pick up a card and make sentences. Teacher reminds them not to let the other students see their card, and encourages the students to use full sentences and follow the written example on the board. The first student in the group to guess the answer, giving both the country and the nationality, wins the card. The winner is the student with the most cards at the end.

Post-teaching(20-25 mins)s

Activity

In this activity students work in pairs.The teacher sets the scene and tells the students invent a country in a new continent , wants to students find a name, currency, capital ,culture, language, taboos, population, music, laws, and etc for this new country. Then they wil prepare a brochure to describe their country, when they finish, each pair present their brochure and the teacher hang the brouchure which is the most liked to the class.