LESSON PLAN

NAME: MONICA OANA POENARIUCLASS: IX EOBJECT: ENGLISH LEVEL: UPPER-INTERMEDIATEDATE: 4th of JUNE 2013TIME: 50 minutesNUMBER OF STUDENTS: 12LESSON TOPIC: HISTORY’S MYSTERIES – MODAL VERBS

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Speaking- productive skill Reading- receptive skill Writing- productive skill Listening- receptive skill

GENERAL AIMS: To arouse the pupils interest in the subject of the new lesson. To improve the students’ vocabulary with words related to: nations, state

& politics, history, mystery. To develop communication during class. To check comprehension. To make students use their previous knowledge. To help students identify various uses of the modal verbs and use

can/could, may/might and must correctly in sentences.

SPECIFIC AIMS:- By the end of the lesson:

Students will be able to compare major events in the history. Students will be able to use vocabulary related to the topic: nations, state

and politics, history, mystery. Students will be able to compare various concepts related to the topic and

discuss them. Students will be able to use modal verbs of speculation in appropriate

contexts.

TEACHING TECHNIQUES: Conversation Questionnaire Questions and answers Discussion Brainstorm

ORGANIZATION OF THE CLASS: pair- work, individual work, debate.

AIDS: textbooks, handouts, dictionaries and blackboard.

1. Activity One- ConversationWarm-up (2 minutes)- organization of the class (the attendance of the pupils)

2. Activity Two - (15 minutes) –reading, speaking & new vocabulary words- The teacher asks the students to match the new words with some photos.- The students are asked to work with a partner and to talk about United

Kingdom using the new vocabulary words.- The teacher asks the students to read a text about the United Kingdom and

then discuss the new words.- A short discussion about the state and politics and introducing new

vocabulary words.

3. Activity Three – (22 minutes) - reading, speaking & new vocabulary words- The students are asked to answer some questions about a picture, from the

lesson, and if they don’t know the answer, to guess.- The students are asked to carefully read a short story about the mystery of

Louis XVII.- The students are asked to discuss and to answer a few questions in order to

solve the mystery of the plot.- The students are asked to read the last part of the mystery and to discover

the solution.- The students must match the underlined words from the text with some

definitions.

4. Activity Four- (10 minutes) – grammar- The teacher introduces a few modal verbs to the students: can/could,

may/might, must.- The students are asked to read some sentences and then to answer some

questions about modal verbs of speculation and deduction (present form).- The students are asked to choose the correct modal verbs in sentences.- The students are asked to fill in the gaps with the right modal verb.- The students are asked to read some sentences and then to answer some

questions about modal verbs of speculation and deduction (past form).

5. Activity Eight (1 minute) - Assessment.