COLEGIUL NATIONAL GH. SINCAI BAIA MARECATEDRA DE LIMBA ENGLEZA 14th MAY 2008PROFESOR PROPUNATOR: LAURA POPLESSON PLANDESCRIPTION OF THE CLASS:CLASS: X E ( mate-info, intensiv engleza )NUMBER OF CLASSES PER WEEK: 4hNUMBER OF STUDENTS: 13DESCRIPTION OF UNIT 13: NATURAL WONDERSfrom FIRST CERTIFICATE GOLD COURSEBOOKGRAMMAR: so, such, too, enough, very ( p. 150 )VOCABULARY: animals (p. 156 ), the natural world ( p. 162 )READING: The unexplained power of animals ( p. 154 ), vocabulary: phrasal verbs, exam focus: multiple matching Tsunami! ( p. 160 )WRITING: informal letter ( p. 164 )USE OF ENGLISH: multiple choice cloze ( p. 157 ),The end of the rainbow error correction ( p. 164 )LISTENING: Charlotte Uhlenbroek sentence completion ( p. 158 )SPEAKING: Why people keep pets discussion (p. 156), Quiz: How much do you know about the world around you? (p. 159 ), individual long turn ( p. 163 )NOTES:The total number of classes allotted for unit 13 Natural Wonders is h.The activities that have previously been dealt with are: Reading ( p. 154 ) , Vocabulary 1 ( p. 156), Use of English ( p. 157 )The activities to be dealt with in this lesson are Listening ( p.158) and Vocabulary 1 ( p. 162 )OBJECTIVES:to create interest in the topic of natural wondersto complete an exam-style task ( listening sentence completion )to role-play an interview with a famous conservationistto practice vocabulary related to natural wondersACTIVITY 1: WARM UP BRIEF TALK ABOUT CHIMPS OBJECTIVE: to create interest in the topic of natural wonders CLASS ORGANISATION: group workESTIMATED TIME: 5-7 minutesMATERIALS: handoutsDESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: The students are asked to form groups and talk about a previously dealt-with material ( a handout containing a text about chimps). They are asked to say which piece of information they found most disturbing or shocking and what they could do about it. Representatives from each group report their ideas to the class.ACTIVITY 2: LISTENING SENTENCE COMPLETIONOBJECTIVE: to complete an exam-style taskCLASS ORGANISATION: individual workESTIMATED TIME: 15 minutesMATERIALS: course book (FCE Gold); CD & CD-playerDESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: The teacher informs the students about the task , they have to listen to the recording and complete the blanks with a suitable word or phrase. They listen twice to the same recording so as to check and complete their answers. The answers are then checked with the whole class. ACTIVITY 3: ROLE PLAY - AN INTERVIEW WITH A CONSERVATIONISTOBJECTIVE: to role-play an interview with a famous conservationistCLASS ORGANISATION: pair workESTIMATED TIME: 15-20 minutesMATERIALS: course book ( FCE Gold pp. 187 & 189)DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: The students are told to form pairs and do the task in ex.5 p. 158. They will role-play an interview with a famous conservationist. Student A ( the interviewer ) in each pair goes to page 187 ( to see the questions to be asked ) and student B ( the famous conservationist ) goes to page 189 to see the information s/he will have to use to answer the interviewers questions. The teacher monitorises the pairs and in the end asks one pair to do the interview in front of the whole class.ACTIVITY 4: VOCABULARY PRACTICEOBJECTIVE: to practice vocabulary related to natural wondersCLASS ORGANISATION: individual work, pair workESTIMATED TIME: 11-15 minutesMATERIALS: course book (FCE Gold p. 162 ) & worksheetsDESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: The teacher gives each pair of students a worksheet with vocabulary exercises. In pairs, students solve the exercises in the course book first and the answers are checked with the whole class. Then, depending on the time left, the remaining unsolved exercises on the worksheets are to be done at home as homework.