Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period 111 : Preparation date :26 /3/2008
Unit 13 : Lesson : Language Focus- grammar
I. Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students learn more vocabulary related to entertainment.
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to use cleft sentences in the passive.
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to use either… or…; neither… nor…; both and
subject – verb agreement.
II. Lexical items :
-entertainment - fit - twin
III. Structures :
- It’s sports that are enjoyed by most Americans.
- Neither of the bicycles is in good condition.
IV. Teaching aids:
- textbook - handouts - pieces of paper
- chalk and board
V. Techniques :
- writing-based (Cleft sentences in passive, linking words, subject-verb agreement)
VI. Procedures :
State/time

Teacher’s and students’ activities Blackboard Materials
1. warm-
up
(7’)

Game: Hot Seat
-Divide the class into 2 groups ,A and B.
-Ask for 2 representatives from the 2 groups to
the seats in the font.



Unit 13:
Language Focus 2. word
study
(12’)



It + be +
noun/pronoun +
that + be + pp.
+they reduced the
income tax, not
VAT

It was the
income tax that
was reduced, not
textbook
- Chalk and
board


-Call on SS to write their sentences on the
board and check with the class.
Activity 2: Possible or Impossible?
-Ask SS to work in pairs.
-Give each pair a handout with sentences on.
-Ask Ss to say if it is possible to use the
structure of cleft sentences in the passive for
each sentence. Ask them to write P ( possible)
or I (impossible) in the space provided.
-Tell SS to write a cleft sentence with I, and
both structures ( active and passive ) for a
VAT
It + be +
prepositional/adv
erb phrase+ that
+subject+ be +
pp.
+It’s on New
Year’ s Day that
children are given
lucky money.
-Tell SS to compare answers in pairs.
- Call on SS to write their sentences on the
board for the class to check.
-Go over the answers with the whole class
Activity 3: Sentence Completion (task, p.190
)
-Ask SS to read the sentences and fill in each
of the blanks with a suitable word either,
neither or both.
-Tell Ss to pay attention to the meanings and
the verb form of the sentences
-Tell SS to compare answers with a partner.
-Go over the answers with the class
4.
Homewor
k
(1’) Sentence Completion
-Give out handouts and SS to look at the
information about the two restaurants and
complete the sentences. 1………(Serve
traditional British
steak suppers)