Fifth semester - praxis

Lesson Plans

Lesson plan 1

Class: 3rd class

Level: starters

Time: 45 minutes

Teaching materials: Happy Street 1 New edition (student´s book, workbook, additional materials – cards with pictures, CD)

Aims: revising vocabulary and basic phrases, introducing new vocabulary

 

Procedure:

  1. Welcoming – greetings, a poem at the beginning (Point to the ceiling, point to the floor, point to the window, point to the door, clap your hands together, one two three, sit down and look at me) – children perform the whole poem and say it alone except the last sentence.  2minutes
  2. Hangman – three words on the board, children fill in the missing letter by using English alphabet.  5minutes
  3. Revising: a) going through the class and each child ask one of these questions: How are you? What is your name? Where are you from? Can I borrow your….? ; I expect also a reaction for: Thank you.        b) using cards for revision vocabulary, numbers, plurals and colours – children are supposed to answer first together as a whole class later everyone separately, they also must answer in the whole sentences.   5+10minutes
  4. Introducing new vocabulary: a) Showing cards with an ice cream, an apple, an orange, a cake, a pear, a banana; trying if somebody knows, then telling myself, they repeat first for themselves then together.    b) Drawing the pictures of new vocabulary to exercise books plus spelling and pronunciation. Two pictures will be given as HW.             3+10minutes
  5. Relaxing part – singing songs from textbook, usually some body exercise learned with it.    8minutes
  6. Final revising of new vocabulary again with cards.    2minutes

 

Lesson plan 2

Class: 3rd class

Level: starters

Time: 45 minutes

Teaching materials: Happy Street 1 New edition (student´s book, workbook, additional materials – cards with pictures, CD)

Aim: revising vocabulary and basic phrases separately and in conversation, indefinite articles

Procedure:

  1. Welcoming – greetings, a poem at the beginning (Point to the ceiling, point to the floor, point to the window, point to the door, clap your hands together, one two three, sit down and look at me) – children perform the whole poem and say it alone except the last sentence.  2minutes
  2. Hangman – three words on the board, children fill in the missing letter by using English alphabet.  5minutes
  3. Revising: a) going through the class and each child ask one of these questions: How are you? What is your name? Where are you from? Can I borrow your….? ; I expect also a reaction for: Thank you.        b) using cards for revision vocabulary, numbers, plurals, colours and new vocabulary from the previous lesson – children are supposed to answer first together as a whole class later everyone separately, they also must answer in the whole sentences.   5+10minutes
  4. Conversation: children are supposed to start practising a conversation in pairs, first I show them what I want when I iniciate a conversation with one of them; I use all the conversation phrases we have already gone through including Greetings, providing basic personal info, colours and numbers. Then I want them to try it in pairs and I go through the class and help them.    15minutes
  5. Revising exercise: workbook p.26 ex. 1, they are supposed to listen and divide pictures into two groups according A/AN    7minutes
  6. Homework: next excercise again aimed to a/an.                    1minute

 

 

Lesson plan 3

Class: 3rd class

Level: starters

Time: 45 minutes

Teaching materials: Happy Street 1 New edition (student´s book, workbook, additional materials – cards with pictures, CD)

Aim: revising vocabulary and basic phrases separately and in conversation, indefinite articles, new vocabulary

Procedure:

  1. Welcoming – greetings, a poem at the beginning (Point to the ceiling, point to the floor, point to the window, point to the door, clap your hands together, one two three, sit down and look at me) – children perform the whole poem and say it alone except the last sentence.  2minutes
  2. Hangman – three words on the board, children fill in the missing letter by using English alphabet.  5minutes
  3. Revising: a) going through the class and each child ask one of these questions: How are you? What is your name? Where are you from? Can I borrow your….? ; I expect also a reaction for: Thank you.        b) using cards for revision vocabulary, numbers, plurals, colours and new vocabulary from the previous lesson – children are supposed to answer first together as a whole class later everyone separately, they also must answer in the whole sentences.   5+5minutes
  4. New vocabulary: children listen a new chant where are introduced new vocabulary, there are also pictures of them so after listening I ask if they know which picture means: pasta, steak, pizza, chocolate. Then we all draw them to the exercise book including spelling, pronunciation and translation.   20minutes
  5. Checking HW   3minutes
  6. Final revising + homework: revising new vocabulary on the cards and giving homework to learn new words.   5minutes

 

 

 

Journal

Journal + my reflexion

23/01/2016 14:43

The thing that I was filmed got me a little bit out of concentration at the beginning and I totally forgot for a hangman. The moment I realised that it was too late to do this activity because children are used to for some rhythm and work in some kind of order of activities.  However I do not take it as a big mistake since I used the gain time for oral practising of phrases and vocabulary and also pronunciation connected with them. I like teaching in this class, I teach the starters for the first time and I see enthusiasm in them and real progress every lesson we see each other. There are some students who have already some difficulties and I try to spend with them some time to encourage them. By introduction of new vocabulary I was pleasantly surprised that some children knew all of the vocabulary.  Children looked as they enjoyed the lesson and responded very well, I did all the other activities on time and properly as I planned so I consider this lesson as successful.

Feedback

Lenka´s feedback

23/01/2016 14:44

Hello Maruška,

First of all, thank you for letting me see your lesson. I believe it has been very education for me see it as I have only limit to no experience with young learners.

You were very energetic during the lesson and I was positively surprised that you spoke English though the whole lesson with only a few exceptions. Based on the reactions of the pupils I understand that they are accustomed to lessons only in English and I could see that they understand you and are able to follow your directions.

I think you are a patient teacher and I recognized that you follow some of the recommendations we went through during our course. You encourage your pupils and you seem to have a good rapport with them. You also did not fall to the talk loop and you leave pupils the time to think about their answers. You used visual materials to keep pupils’ attention.

Your lesson was organized and children seemed to enjoy it. I have only a few suggestions, but based on your own experience you are free to ignore it.

  • Forty five minutes is very limited time, but I think you could try to incorporate more types of activities, I thought that there was a lot of drilling. On the other hand, I think it was a good idea to incorporate some of the move-around-activity.

  • I think you could also personalize the vocabulary activity, pupils were learning food related vocabulary – you could ask what fruits they like, or vegetable or what they had for breakfast.

  • I think it would also be good to introduce the activities especially the listening.


As an overall comment I would like to say that my general impression of your lesson is very positive, and I am sure that your pupils will continue enjoying their English lesson in the future.

Feedback

My feedback to Lenka

29/01/2016 20:13

Dear Lenka,

I am very grateful that you let me watch your record. It was useful for me because I also have private lessons and just watch it is completely different experience. I admire you for teaching your own family and staying professional for the whole time.

I liked that the lesson was very well constructed. All the activities were logically linked. Since the aims of the lesson were practising listening and modals verbs you found a very good way how to combine it. What I also appreciate is that you always explain rules properly before the activity and assure of understanding, all the listenings had pre-activities and post-activities,  you give a chance by listening to listen to it again and do not highlight mistakes, just guide to the right answer. You also avoid a loop talk by giving enough time to think the answer through.

Your student is obviously used to using only English in communication throughout the lesson and also repeating the words after you when you correct him. I am a fan of your game at the end; it was a good after working relaxing activity which was still aimed to modal verbs. You also did not miss a final evaluation and feedback.

There are just a few of my hints that ran through my head during watching your video. Obviously they are according to my teaching style so you do not have to take into consideration.

  • You could probably make the lesson more interactive by not giving so much time for preparation. It seemed to me that you lost a lot of precious time on writing all the exercises ahead (before checking). Some of them you could do together and maybe it would give your student more opportunities to practise speaking.
  • I would spend more time on pronunciation and from time to time I wound aim it more on the basic vowels and consonants and practise it on those words that are highly repeated in the lesson.
  • Since you have the student of intermediate level I would try not to translate him an unknown vocabulary into Czech. I would describe it in English. I find this way more efficient to let the student think about the word, it is easier to remember then. He may certainly say it in Czech at the end to make sure.

It was for me beneficial experience to observe somebody´s teaching. Every day we have something to learn. Thank you and keep being as patient as you were during the whole lesson!