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Free Time Activities

LESSON PLAN

TEACHER`S NAME: Anca Belascu

SCHOOL:  Elementary School „ Ion Agârbiceanu” Alba Iulia, Romania.

DATE:   2^nd December 2015

TIME: 10.00-10.50 (50 minutes)

NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 27

GRADE:5^th A

Optional Class: Creative English

UNIT OF LEARNING: My time

TOPIC: Free Time activities

SKILLS: writing, reading, speaking, listening

LANGUAGE FOCUS : hobbies, leisure, likes, dislikes.

2. LESSON AIMS:

1) to speak about free time activities;

2) to watch a video on free time (real English);

 3) to learn new words/expressions related to leisure, hobbies;

 4) to reinforce the vocabulary.

AIDS (MATERIALS): notebooks, board, CD player, video projector.

ORGANIZATIONAL MOMENT: The students read the homework and the teacher corrects it.

Time: 2 minutes

ACTIVITY 1: Warm up

Aims: -to announce the activity of the day: free-time activities.

Procedure: The teacher asks some students to speak about their free time. They have to answer the questions: How much free time do you have and when? What are your hobbies?

Time: 3 minutes.

Interaction: teacher-students.

ACTIVITY 2: Listening/Watching a video and comprehension

Aims: -watch a video entitled Students, Hobbies and Interests.

Procedure: Before watching the video the students are instructed to write down or just remember as many answers as possible. The students watch a video where several English students answer the question of a reporter What are your hobbies and interests? (2min). The video is not subtitled. After watching it the teacher asks them several questions, for the comprehension part. What activities do students like doing in their free time?/What would you like to do from what you have heard?/Name three things that you don’t enjoy doing and you’ve heard on the video.

Time: 10 minutes.

Interaction: independent work, teacher-students.

ACTIVITY 3:

Aims: Writing (Mindmaps)

Procedure: The teacher uses the board to write two words: INDOOR/OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. Students go and write activities done indoor or outdoor. If necessary the others students or the teacher corrects the spelling of the students.

Time: 5 minutes.

Interaction: teacher-students, students-student.

ACTIVITY 4:

Aim: -Practice-writing, listening.

Procedure: The students have to do several exercises from the book. They listen to several dialogues and answer the questions, or match the answers. Exercises from the students’book, Ex.1/18 (Fill in the gap, listen and check your answer), Ex.4/18 (Listen to three dialogues and give the answer), Ex5/18 (Complete the sentences with the given words-Expressing preferences)

Time: 10 minutes

Interaction: independent work, students-teacher.

ACTIVITY 5:

Aims: Vocabulary reinforcement.

Procedure: The teacher writes on the board the phrases used for expressing preferences, they have already heard on the video or on the CD, to be sure they also know the spelling and the correct usage:

LIKES	DISLIKES	Noun	Verb+ING
I like	I don’t like	X	X
I prefer	I don’t prefer	X	X
I’m interested in	I’m not that interested in	X	X
I’m keen on	I’m not that keen on	X	X
I’m really into	I’m not too into	X	X
I love	I hate/can’t stand	X	X

After writing them on the board the teacher asks the students to use any of the expression above to express their preferences. They play a game Answer and pass it!. The teacher starts the game by throwing a litthe hedgehog to one of the students and ask the question What is your hobby?. The first student passes it to the next one asking the same question. They have to use different expressions on the board!

Time: 15 minutes

Interaction: Teacher-student, Student-student.

ACTIVITY 6:

Aims: Setting homework.

Procedure: The teacher asks the students to write about their hobbies and give as many details as possible.

Interaction: Teacher-student.

Word Formation

Halloween

 

 

scared stiff

Meaning:  very frightened (so scared that a person can’t move)
Example:  When I saw the giant spider in my shower this morning, I was scared stiff.

death trap

Meaning:  a building or other structure that is dangerous
Example:  That old roller coaster is a death trap. It will collapse one day if they don’t fix it.

come back to haunt someone

Meaning:  to make a mistake that will affect a person later on
Example:  I skipped school a month ago, and now it’s come back to haunt me because my parents somehow found out.

make one’s blood boil

Meaning:  to cause a person to be very angry
Example:  When my boss ignores me during a meeting, it really makes my blood boil.

skeleton(s) in one’s closet / skeleton(s) in the cupboard

Meaning:  an embarrassing secret (or secrets)
Example:  If you decide to become a politician, be aware that reporters will look for skeletons in your closet.

witching hour

Meaning:  midnight
Example:  Last Halloween, we stayed up till the witching hour listening to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”

ghost town

Meaning:  an area that’s empty and devoid of life or activity
Example:  My hometown becomes a ghost town after 9:00 pm every night. There’s nothing to do!

blind as a bat

Meaning:  not able to see well
Example:  My grandmother really shouldn’t be driving anymore. She’s as blind as a bat these days.

night owl

 

Meaning:  a person who loves staying up late
Example:  My brother is an early bird who likes to study in the morning, but I’m a night owl so I always study at night.

the cat’s out of the bag / let the cat out of the bag

Meaning:  revealing a surprise that was supposed to stay hidden
Example:  We weren’t going to tell anyone we were expecting a baby for three months, but my mom posted it on Facebook, so the cat’s out of the bag.

Character

 Nice = dragut

   Kind = cumsecade

   Unkind = rau

   Generous = generos

 Selfish = egoist

  Niggard = zgarcit

  Polite = politicos

   Impolite = nepoliticos

 Rude = obraznic

 Modest= modest

 Boastful = laudaros

  Vain = orgolios

   Proud = mandru              

   Bossy = autoritar

  Hard-working = harnic

Lazy = lenes

   Clever = destept

  Smart = istet

  Intelligent = intelligent

 Wise = intelept

   Stupid = stupid/prost

  Silly = naiv/prostut

   Dumb = prost rau

  Funny = ostim

  Amusing = amuzant

 Interesting = interesant

   Playful = jucaus

  Boring = plictisitor

   Friendly = prietenos

  Unfriendly = neprietenos

 Sincere = sincer

  Unsincere = nesincer

  Honest = cinstit

   Dishonest = necinstit

  Ambitious = ambitios

   Cruel = crud

 Jealous = gelos

 Shy = timid

   Sad = trist

  Happy = fericit

 Unhappy = nefericit

   Talented = talentat

  Careful = grijuliu

   Careless = neglijent

  Trusting = de incredere

   Reliable = serios

 Unreliable = neserios

   Naughty = neascultator

 Obedient = ascultator

 Skillful = priceput

   Angry = furois

  Nervous = stresat

  Scared = speriat

  Frightened = inspaimantat

 Brave/ Courageous = curajos

  Coward = fricos

 Patient = rabdator

 Impatient = nerabdator

  Quiet = tacut

 Talkative = vorbaret

Indirect/Reported Speech