Theme of the lesson: Special days

Date:

Theme: Special days

Level and number of learners/ class profile

10 students at Beginner level

Timetable fit

Students have already known numbers 1-12;

Main aim(s)

To practice counting;

To teach numbers 13-50;

Subsidiary aims

To sing a birthday song;

Assumptions

Students have to know the Happy Birthday Song;

Anticipated problem

There may not be enough time to do the plan;

Possible solution

Not to ask all of the students to give feedback in drawing candles task;

Timing

Procedure

Stage aims

Aids and materials

Interaction pattern

10minutes

Teacher introduces students with the aims of the lesson. What they have to achieve during the lesson.

My Food poster is on the board. Students name the new words from previous lessons by throwing a ball.

Warm-up

To revise the language from the previous lessons

Interactive board

A ball

Teacher

Whole class

20minutes

Pupil’s Books closed. Students match numbers 1-12 with their words.

My Numbers poster is on the board. The students practice saying and write down the new numbers.

T writes a number on the board. Students name the number.

Pupil’s Books open. Students complete the missing numbers in Ex9.

What number am I? T explains the meaning of the words before and after. T says and writes on the board: Eight is before nine. Nine is after eight. Students do the activity orally.

How old are you? Draw candles on the cake. Then write. Students tell the class how old they are. Then the students draw that number of candles on the cake and complete the sentence. Students count the candles on their cake and read out the completed sentence.

To introduce new vocabulary

To get students talking

To activate the new language

To encourage saying his/her age

Vocabulary Cards

Board

Pupil’s Book

ICT

Pupil’s Book

Teacher

Whole class

Teacher

Whole class

Individual work

Pair work

Teacher monitors

Individual work

10minutes

Let’s sing! Teacher points to Lily and says: It’s Lily’s birthday! The students repeat after the teacher. Then all students sing Happy Birthday to you song.

Ending the lesson.

Teacher tells the students that it’s her birthday and she wants ‘a present’ from them. They give their books, notebooks and pens to their teacher like a present wishing the teacher happy birthday.

Ice breaker

To consolidate the language of the lesson

Karaoke video

Presents from students

Whole class

Teacher

Whole class