План урока английского языка по теме: "Внешность"

Lesson plan components

Level and number of learners/level class profile

15 students at Pre-Intermediate (A2) level

Timetable fit

Students have already worked on simple description of appearance

Main aim(s)

To use comparative adjectives for describing someone’s appearance

Subsidiary aims

Students use form of an adjective to describe and compare appearance of different people

Assumptions

Students can use present and past simple of verbs “to be” and “to have” to describe and compare different people

Anticipated problem

Students may struggle to correctly form the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives, especially when it comes to understanding which adjectives follow regular patterns and which are irregular (e.g., "good" vs. "better" vs. "best").

Possible solution

Start the lesson with a clear explanation of the rules for forming comparatives and superlatives, including distinctions between one-syllable, two-syllable regular adjectives, and irregular adjectives. Using examples and visual aids can enhance understanding

Timing

Procedure

Stage aims

Aids and materials

Interaction pattern

5 minutes

Students look at a list of appearance characteristics and discusses what they personally think is beautiful.

Warmer/Lead-in: to get students talking and introduce the topic

White board with the list of appearance characteristics written on it.

Pairwork

10 minutes

Teacher explains a new grammar rule about positive and comparative degree of adjectives. Then teacher makes a table, where they write all the rules and exceptions.

Students put their knowledge into practice by completing sentences in which beauty standards in different cultures are compared. Then they compare their answers in small groups.

To introduce new grammar

Apply new grammar in practice

Worksheets with task, white board to write a table

Teacher - whole class

Individual work

Groupwork

(Teacher monitors)

8 minutes

Students in pairs pick a card with two different people on it. One student picks one person, another student picks the second one. They orally make a small dialog to compare each other.

To give students fluency: describing appearance of different people

To give students a chance to use comparative degree of adjectives in oral speech

Cards with pictures of people

Pairwork – new partner

(Teacher monitors)

8 minutes

Students read small texts with the decryptions of different people and answers reading comprehension questions. Then all students discuss their answers with teacher.

Intensive reading

Worksheets with text and questions

Individual work

10 minutes

Each student chooses two people from his/her life (friends, co-workers or family members).

Then using se comparative adjectives to compare them in terms of: Height, Weight, Strength

Face shape, Hair length and colour, Fashion, Overall appearance. Then they present their stories to their deskmate.

To give students further

fluency practice

(none)

Individual work + Pairwork

(Teacher monitors)

4 minutes

Students fill out the mood table by gluing a smiley sticker into their own line in the table, reflecting their mood after the lesson

Reflection

Stickers and «Mood Table»

Individual work