2nd LESSON PLAN – Time

Created by Tea Liović Holas and Mirna Prusina

UNIT: TIME

SUBUNIT: Months/days/seasons/festivals

Age group 13-14 years old

Time: 90 minutes (two periods)

Resources/Materials: Word cards Computers Handouts Projector Notebooks

New language: dawn, dusk, St. Patrick’s day, autumn, spring, evening ,midnight, New Year,

Learning outcomes:

Pupils should be able to:

1. sort out the words in appropriate groups2. reproduce in English all the words mentioned under “New

language”3. name days of the week, months of the year, seasons and

parts of the day4. describe some dailiy routines5. make a comic

Time Procedure

2’

5’

10'

5’

10’

IntroductionIn the beginning students are explained that they will have a block lesson conducted by two teachers, English and ICT teacher. They were explained that some parts of the lesson would be done on computers with the help of their ICT teacher.

MotivationTeacher asks students if we are talking about time and not about telling the time, what can we talk about? Students give their suggestions (days/months/ dates/seasons.)Students are projected a spidergram on the board, with different subtopics of time- days/months/seasons/ festivals/ special days and parts of the day.After that they are given different words like : Wednesday, evening, autumn,May,Mother's day, Christmas, and they have to come to the board and put the words in the correct place, where they think they belong. After all the words are on the board we checked if everything is in the right place, and make corrections where they are necessary.

Also students have to decide what preposition will they use with each group of the words-IN, ON or AT-for example will they say : ON Monday, AT Monday or IN Monday. They saay their answers,and the teacher writes it on the board.

Students are than asked to say one more word for each group of the words.

Main partActivity one- After students mention examples for all the group of words they will deal with each group of words individualy. First they have to revise days of the week and months of the year. They do it by doing wordsearch they aready have on their computers. Wordsearch is made in puzzle-maker. After they finish they have to answer some questions ( What is your favourite day of the week and month of the year, and why?)

Whole class

Whole class

Whole class

Individual work

In pairs

15’

5'

15'

8'

Activity two- Next step was talking about seasons. Students have to name all the seasons and then say what months belongs to which season. They have to name three months for each season. Also they have to explain what is their favourite season and why.When we checked what month belongs to which season, students get the handout about different seasons. They are doing it in pairs. On the handout students have the description of summer, spring, autumn and winter,but some words are missing from the texts. Missing words are written in the middle of the handout, and students have to put them in the correct text to get the right description.

After they finshed students read their answers to check if they did it correctly.

Activity three- Students will talk about festivals and special days in each season. Students have to think about what festivals or special days do they know in each season( for example-winter-Christmas, or spring-St.Patrick's day). Also they have to say which festival or special day they prefer and why.

Activity four- Students are first watching a song „ Good Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night“- from the youtube. After watching it they have to say which parts of the day they hear and also which activities are mentioned for each part of the day.

Following activity is an exercise in which they have to connect correct part of the day with its definition. The exercise is created in Hot Potatoes. After they finish they can check their answers and correct them if they have any mistakes.

Activity five- Students have to name parts of the day in the correct order-dawn, morning, midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night and midnight. On whiteboard they have a picture projeceted .In the picture they can see different parts of the day so they can check if they put them in the correct order.

When they write all parts of the day, they have to write some activities for each part of the day, so things they usually in each part of the day….for example: in the morning I have breakfast.

Whole class

Pair work

Individual work

Individual work

Whole class

Individual work

15’ Evaluation: in the last activity students combine art, ICT and English. They have to register on Toondoo, and after doing that they make a comic about their daily routines. They have to make pictures, and add some text to describe what they are doing in each picture.

Individual work