LESSON PLAN AND EVALUATION

Trainee:

Date: -----

Level: elementary

Age: 12 -13

No of Ss: 24

Length of lesson: 45

Aim(s): - To consolidate the structure of the present continuous. - to introduce some cultural background - to practice listening skills.

Assumed knowledge of Ss:

Ss know the structure and usage of the present continuous.

Anticipated problems:

• tapescript contain mistakes

• the taperecorder does not work

Solutions:

• check the tapescript several times before the lesson

• prepare two tape recorders.

Materials: - Recording of the song Singing in the rain (from the musical Rainy Song)

- Typescript of the song Singing in the rain (from the musical Rainy Song) with blanks.

STAGE	PROCEDURE	AIMS	TIMING	INTERACTION
Introduction Presentation Practice	- writing the lesson topic: Present continuous - revising. - talking about present continuous(structure and usage) - Talking about the song Teacher explained that the song which they would be listening to came from a very famous musical - Rainy Song and originally it was sang by the man who was the main character in the movie - Listening to the song for the first time. The teacher played the song to the students and they had to listen to and decide what in general it was about. - Filling in the gaps (see appendix 1). The teacher distributed the lyrics of the song and told the students that their task was to fill in the blanks with words or endings connected with present continuous tense - checking the exercise - Sentences transformation The learners had to change the sentences pointed by the teacher from 1^st person singular into 3^rd person singular and 1^st person plural. - Checking the exercise. - Singing the song (see appendix 2). The last exercise during this lesson was singing the song. Students sang the song or if they did not want to they just looked at the text.	- to introduce some cultural background - to practice listening skills. - To consolidate the structure of the present continuous. - To consolidate the structure of the present continuous. - to practice pronunciation	2 - 3 min 3 - 5 min 5 - 8 min 2 - 3 min 5 - 10 min 3 - 5 min 5 - 10 min 2 - 3 min 2 - 3 min	T - Ss T - Ss Ss - T S - T T - Ss Ss - T S - T T - Ss T - Ss S - T T - Ss S - T

appendix 1

Singing in the rain

I'm ……………….in the rain

Just ……………….in the rain,

What a glorious feeling,

I'm ……………..again,

I'm laughing at ……………,

So dark up above,

The sun's in my heart

And I'm ready for…………...

Let the stormy ………….chase

Everyone from the place,

Come on with the rain

I've smile on my ……………….,

I walk down the lane,

With the happy refrain,

Just singing, just singing

In the rain

I'm …..……and dancing in the rain,

I'm dancing and singing in the rain.

Singing in the rain

…. …………sing……. in the rain

Just ………………. in the rain,

What a glorious feeling,

I'm happy again,

………laugh….. at clouds

So dark up above,

The sun's in my heart

And I'm ready for love

Let the stormy clouds chase

Everyone from the place,

Come on with the rain

I've smile on my face,

I walk down the lane,

With the happy refrain,

Just singing, just singing

In the rain

………………. and………………… in the rain,

………….dance ………and sing……… in the rain.

appendix 2

Singing in the rain

I'm singing in the rain

Just singing in the rain,

What a glorious feeling,

I'm happy again,

I'm laughing at clouds,

So dark up above,

The sun's in my heart

And I'm ready for love

Let the stormy cloud chase

Everyone from the place,

Come on with the rain

I've smile on my face,

I walk down the lane,

With the happy refrain,

Just singing, just singing

In the rain

I'm singing and dancing in the rain,

I'm dancing and singing in the rain.

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