Teacher: Stan Simona Grade 7th …..
School: The ‘Constantin Bratescu’ National Pedagogical High School No of students: 25
Constanţa Date: January 11th 2022
Lesson: Phrasal verbs
Level: lower intermediate
Textbook: Limba Moderna 1-studiu intensiv, Ed.ArtKlett
Aims:
to describe pictures and make guesses;
to read a texts and answer content-related tasks;
to present new vocabulary (phrasal verbs);
to use the new vocabulary efficiently in spoken and written sentences;
Skills: Speaking, Reading, Writing.
Materials: Textbook; worksheet, visuals.
Activity 1: Speaking - 5 minutes
Procedure: Teacher asks Ss:
Do you like doing school projects?
Do you enjoy working in teams?
What are the benefits of working in a team?
Expected answers: work faster, more ideas – better results,
become more friendly / communicative, etc.
Interaction: T to Ss, Ss to T
Activity 2: Speaking (describing pictures) – 5 minutes
Procedure: T shows Ss some pictures and asks them to describe what they illustrate and
make a connection between them.
Interaction: T to Ss, Ss to T
Activity 3: Reading – 10 minutes
Procedure: T provides Ss with worksheet and urges them to read a text which follows the
topic of the previous speaking task. While reading Ss notice some highlighted verbs. In
pairs they need to discuss and guess about the meaning of these verbs.
Interaction: T to Ss, Ss to Ss
Just the other days, as I was entering the classroom my colleagues were all
chatting so loudly, but that was nothing uncommon. I sat in my desk and I heard the teacher
approaching; suddenly there was silence. As the steps were getting nearer, we saw a tall
silhouette which didn’t look like the teacher we knew. It was someone else, a substitute I guess;
she said “Hello, students, I am Maxine Smith and I am new around here! This week we are going
to work together on a new project and I am counting on you that the results will be great! What
do you think about making our school known?”
We were a little confused, but later she revealed to us that she had experience into
blogging and that she intended to create a new image for our school. Mrs Smith passed on
important knowledge and we all got to look up to her. Another benefit was that she managed to
bring together students who didn’t get on well before. That was a surprise! She also taught us,
that no matter how difficult a task would be, we should never give up. At the end of our
‘partnership’, Mrs Smith told us about a blog-making contest and persuaded us to sign up. She is
very confident that we could win!
Activity 4 – Writing and Speaking - vocabulary practice (10 minutes)
Procedure: T asks Ss to match the meaning of the phrasal verbs (textbook exercise). The
same Ss pairs will tell the teacher if their previous guesses were right.
Interaction: T to Ss, Ss to Ss, Ss to T.
Exercise 3 from the Students’ worksheet:
1. A special project is bringing together students and older people. h
2. More and more people are signing up every week. g
3. We don’t want to think it’s too difficult and give up. d
4. They trust us and you know, look up to us in a way. f
5. I’ve set up a Facebook page. c
6. Do you get on with your teachers. b
7. They’re really good at passing on their knowledge. e
8. We can always count on them to explain things simply and patiently. a
a. Depend on someone
b. Have a good relationship with someone
c. Create something new
d. Stop doing something
e. Teach or give new information
f. Respect someone
g. Join a class or other organized activity/contest
h. Help people to be friendly to each other.
Activity 5 – Writing -8 minutes
Procedure: T asks Ss to solve a fill in exercise, individual work (4 from worksheet); Ss are
given 5 minutes to solve and the other 3 minutes will be used for checking.
Interaction: T to Ss, Ss to T.
1. I can talk to Helen and I know I can convince her; we …………. pretty well. (get on)
2. Why don’t you ……. for the running contest? You have every chance to win (sign
up).
3. Our counselor ….. … difficult students …… in wonderful team work activities.
(brings together)
4. Pay attention how you talk at the official dinner. Everyone …… for the President.
(looks up)
5. I want to redecorate my room, so an architect…… the plan. (sets up)
6. You should never ………. even if you sometimes fail. (give up)
7. Our grandparents ……….. the traditions from generation to generation. (passed on)
8. Whenever you need something, you can ……… my help. (count on)
Activity 6 – Writing - vocabulary practice (12 minutes)
Procedure: T asks Ss to write similar examples of sentences, thus proving they understood
their meaning / to fill in the sentences with the correct phrasal verb. Ss read the sentences.
In case the activity takes too long, the exercise will be set as homework.
Interaction: T to Ss, Ss to Ss, Ss to T.
