Lesson Plan: by The End of The Lesson, Students Should Be Able To
Lesson Plan: by The End of The Lesson, Students Should Be Able To
Lesson Plan: by The End of The Lesson, Students Should Be Able To
WARM-UP (3’)
- To activate students’ - Divide the class into two teams - Get into two teams as
schemata. of ten students. instructed.
- To provoke students’ - Divide the board into two
curiosity and motivate sections.
them to learn the new - Give one team a blue marker,
content. and the other red.
- Give instructions: “Each team - Listen to the teacher’s
will write as many adjectives instructions.
used to describe emotions as
much as possible. You have
only three turns, each of which
lasts 15 seconds. You can send
at most two students for each
turn. The team with more
vocabulary items wins.”
- Give an example by selecting - Carry out and observe the
two students from each team to demonstration.
write down several adjectives
on the board. On this occasion
only, the turn should last only
10 seconds.
- Ask the students whether they - Answer the teacher’s
understand. If no, explain the question and get ready.
rule one more time; if yes, start
the game.
- Carry out the game as - Play the game as instructed.
instructed.
- After the game, count the - Congratulate the winning
number of vocabulary items on team and receive the present.
each side and give the winning
team a suitable present.
PRESENTATION (7’)
- To give students an - Divide the board into two parts: To see red: to be very furious.
understanding of the one blank and the other with To be bent out of shape: to be very annoyed.
idioms presented in three sections: the sideline, To be on cloud nine: to be very happy (=elated)
context. ‘positive’(+) and ‘negative’ (-) To be on pins and needles: to be feeling
- To foster the spirit of sides. anxious/nervous.
teamwork. - Stick the flashcards with To be tickled pink: to be very pleased.
- To motivate students illustrations on the sideline. To get up on the wrong side of the bed: to be in
to use the idioms in - Divide the students into four - Get into groups of four. a bad mood and to be easily annoyed all day
appropriate context groups of five and give them a
piece of A3 paper.
- Give instructions: “You will - Listen to the teacher’s
discuss whether each instructions.
vocabulary item presented here
expresses a positive or negative
feeling, following the layout on
the board. When you’re
finished, stick your paper on the
blank side and write down the
order in which your group
finishes. The group with the
most correct answer wins. You
have five minutes to discuss to
write down the answers.”
- Ask the students whether they - Give the teacher a
understand. If not, give them an confirmation and observe the
example. example if needed.
- Carry out the task: when the - Carry out the task as
students finish sorting, choose instructed.
the group with the most correct
answers. If tie, congratulate
them and pick one group for
demonstration.
- Sort the items according to the
students’ answers and make
corrections if needed.
- Ask a student from the winning - Give the teacher his/her
group what he/she thinks each prediction. If the student’s
idiom means. If there is a tie, team sorts the idiom wrong,
ask a student from the group s/he can give the original
that finishes first. guess.
- Confirm whether their - Listen to the definition and
prediction is correct and write examples.
down the meaning. Give them a
detailed example: i.e Hoang has
just got a 3 in his midterm
exam. His mother must be
seeing red now.
- Check their understanding by - Give the answer as
inviting a student to make a instructed.
sentence that has the same
amount of context as the
examples given.