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LESSON PLAN

Teacher:Alina SimuSchool:Onisifor Ghibu High School, Oradea

Date: June 1st, 2012Class: 9 C (2 classes per week)Time: 50 minutesLevel: Intermediate L1Lesson:Environmental ProblemsTextbook: Upstream IntermediateExpress Publishing

Aims: to expand students vocabulary related to landscape and environmentalproblems

to familiarise students with various types of environmental issues

to encourage students to express their opinions on recycling

Objectives:

By the end of the lesson the students:

will have listened for specific information will have been able to use the vocabulary related to environmental problems

in a correct way

will have been able to express their opinions clearlySkills: listening, reading, speaking,

Methods: conversation, question-answer, explanation, group work

Previous knowledge:

Students have already read for specific information a text about renewablesources of energy.

Anticipated problems:

Students may have difficulties in expressing their ideas on environmentalproblems, as well as in finding solutions to those problems.

Teaching materials: textbook, blackboard, pictures, hand-outs

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Lesson Stages:

Activity 1: Warm UpAims: to set the students in the right mood for starting the lesson

Skill focus: speakingTiming: 5 min.

Procedure:

T greets the Ss and marks the absents.T asks the Ss to read their homework. (ex. 8/ p. 54)

Activity 2: Introducing the new topicAims: to create interest in the new topic

Skill focus: speaking

Timing: 10 min.Procedure:T shows Ss some pictures of environmental problems that can be encounteredaround us nowadays. T asks Ss to say what the pictures represent. Ss give their

answers and T provides further explanation.T announces the title of the lesson and writes it on the blackboard: Environmental

Problems.

Activity 3: Listening Activity

Aims: to listen to a dialogue on environmental problemsto learn new items of vocabulary related to nature

Skill focus: readingTiming: 10 min.

Procedure: T asks Ss to listen to a conversation between Sandra, Bill and Janet,

three people living on an island where there are all sorts of environmentalproblems. Ss read the problems listed in ex. 31/ p.60 and then listen in order to

match them to the speakers. Ss listen to the dialogue twice. Then they check the

answers. T elicits environmental problems and puts them on the blackboard in a

list.

Activity 4: Reading ActivityAims: to encourage students to analyse texts

Skill focus: reading, speakingTiming: 10 minutes

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Procedure: T explains Ss that they have to insert some specific sentences to the

text they belong (hand-out Reading). Ss work individually; then T elicits feedback.T asks Ss to identify environmental problems and solutions and add them to the

lists on the blackboard. Ss give their answers also expressing the reasons for their

choice.

Activity 5: Speaking ActivityAims: to encourage Ss to express their opinions

to enable students to use various phrases in order to give solutions for

recyclingSkill focus: speakingTiming: 10 minutesProcedure: T tells students that they need to decide upon recycling methods as

suggested in ex. 36/ p. 61 in their books.T elicits useful language to make suggestions: A good idea would be,/ Weshould/ could, Perhaps we should/ It would be a good idea to etc.

As an extra activity Ss are given a hand-out with exercises related to environmental

problems.

Activity 6: Homework Assignment (ex. 34/ p. 60)