Lesson Plan

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL: Colegiul Naional Agricol Carol I

TEACHER: Nicoleta Mgal
CLASS: a-IX-a A
LEVEL: Intermediate
DATE: the 23rd of May 20013
LESSON: MODAL VERBS expressing ABILITY, PERMISSION, PROHIBITION
RESOURCES:
Front runner
The overhead projector
Visuals
Audio CDs
PowerPoint Presentation
Worksheets
Board
SEATING ARRANGEMENT: Horseshoe
CLASS PROFILE: This is a classroom made up of 24 students. They generally pursue their
learning goals enthusiastically and respond well to material which is relevant and involving. The
teacher must constantly encourage them to respond to texts or situations with their own thoughts
and experiences and, most importantly, give them tasks which they are able to do, otherwise
theyll get demotivated. They usually react positively to activities prompted by pictures or cues
and they appreciate a supportive classroom atmosphere.
Teaching Aims:
- To make the students use the modal verbs Can, May and Could in sentences of their
own;
- To have the students eliciting the contexts where the modal verbs Can, May and Could
appear;
- To make the students see the difference between the modals Can and May;

- To get the students interested in the subject;

Learning Aims:
- The students should express themselves freely and make statements on their own;
- They will identify the modal verbs Can, May and Could and the meaning they convey.
- Students will be able to generate their own sentences using the modal verbs
Aids: book, blackboard, chalk, worksheets, computer, video projector.
Evaluation:
- continue - through analyzing Ss answers;
- final through worksheets;
Anticipated problems:
- Some students may have problems in expressing themselves;
Class Management: the classroom must be clean, comfortable and bright.

Procedure:
1. I ntroduction 3min
Skills involved: speaking
Interaction: T - whole class
The teacher makes an informal conversation.
- She greets the students and asks them how they are.
- The student on duty tells the absent students
2. Checking the homework 3 min
Skills involved: speaking, reading
Interaction: T whole class
- The teacher checks the Students homework and gives necessary explanation;
- Ss read their homework and correct the mistakes, if necessary.
3. Presentation 8 min

Skills involved: speaking, reading, and writing
Interaction: T - whole class
- T. writes the title of the new lesson on the blackboard: Modal Verbs expressing Ability,
Permission and Prohibition.
- The teacher introduces an interactive PPT presentation about modal verbs expressing ability,
permission and prohibition and explains the uses of: Can, May and Could
- while presenting the uses of the modal verbs, T asks students to give examples on their own.

4. Practice 17 min
Activity 1 (7min.)
Skills involved: listening, speaking, writing
Interaction: T Ss; Ss Ss
- Students are asked to watch a short movie about the differences between may and can
when asking for permission;
http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.ro/search/label/can

- The Teacher tells the Students to work in pairs to fill in a worksheet with the appropriate modal
verb.
- After completing the worksheet, Ss read their answers and Teacher corrects them if necessary.
Activity 2 (4 min.)
Skills involved: reading, speaking
- Students read some sentences with modal verbs and identify their meaning;
- Teacher helps them when needed.
Activity 3 (5min.)
Skills involved: reading, speaking, writing
Interaction: T Ss; Ss T
- Teacher asks the Students to take a look on exercise 6 and to fill in the blanks with can/cant,
may/may not or could.

- Students read the exercise and Teacher gives explanation if needed.
4. Reading Activity 4 min
Skills involved: reading, speaking
Interaction: T Ss; Ss T
- Students read a text about Dr Robot
- After reading Ss find out what Dr Robot can do.
- Teacher checks their answers.
5. Assessment 13 min
Skills involved: listening, writing, reading, speaking
-Teacher asks Ss some questions: What their opinion is about having a robot and if its possible
that they have feelings.
- Students are asked to watch a short fragment from the movie Bicentennial Man so that they
could find out more about what robots can do .
- Teacher asks the students to complete a worksheet with what Bicentennial Man Could do using
the appropriate modal verb.
- Students read their answers and the teacher corrects them if necessary.
6. Evaluation 3 min
- Considering the students answers during the lesson, the teacher makes positive remarks and
puts marks in the catalogue.

Worksheet 1

A. Read the dialog between a Brazilian teacher of English and a Brazilian student. Then
complete the blanks with Can or May:

T - Hello, students.
S - Hello, teacher. __________ I go to the restroom?
T - Not now. After class, OK?
S - Okay. _______ I speak Portuguese?
T - Only if it is really important. Is it?
S - No, it isn't. __________ I do the homework now?
T - Not now. It is HOME work, dear.
S - Okay, teacher. But _______ I do the homework or is it very difficult?
T - The homework is easy, relax.
S - ____ I speak English like an American?
T - Well, not now, but in a near future...
S - Great! _______ I drink some water now?
T - Okay, but be fast.

Worksheet 2
A. Complete the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses, according to the
video segment.

1) Andrew ___________ (play) chess.
2) He________________(speak).

3) He ______________ (decide) what is best for himself.

4) He ______________ (jump) very high.
5) He _______________(fly).

6) He ______________ (read) books.

7) He ______________ (feel) what humans feel.

8) Andrew and the girl _____________ (play) the piano.

B. Write two things you may do and two things you may not do at school.

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