Second Teaching Lesson Plan

LESSON PLAN

Name/Surname: M. Gülsüm Ören, Özlem Önal                                                      

Institution/ Context of language teaching: Ataturk Anatolian High School, Prep Class K

Material Used:           A smart board, sample pictures, activity hand-outs, activity envelopes

Topic of the Lesson: Movie Scripts  

Lesson Focus: Writing

Learners’ previous knowledge:

• Adjectives & Adverbs
• Nouns & Pronouns
• The Simple Present Tense
• The Present Continuous Tense
• The Simple Past Tense
• The Past Continuous Tense
• General knowledge about popular and legendary movies
• Inferring meaning from the pictures and commenting on them
• Combining ideas about the topic with their writing skills

Learner profile:  34 students, A2 Level

Anticipated problems & Remedies during Teaching:

• Problem 1: Technical problems related to the smart board may occur.

Remedy 1: Teacher will show the video on his/her personal computer.

• Problem 2: Some students might not relate the pictures to the topic of the lesson.

Remedy 2: Teacher will give some clues about the topic and direct students to come up with the correct interpretations.

Goal of the lesson:

• By the end of the lesson, the students will learn making up a story by creating a well-developed plot.

Objectives of the lesson:

By the end of the lesson, the students will have;

1.    practiced to develop a story plot

2.    described place and setting

3.    practiced to develop characters

4.    created an appropriate conclusion.

Stage	Allocated Time	Procedure	Aids	Interaction Pattern	Rationale & Justification
Pre-Writing	15’	·       T comes in and greets the Ss. ·       T directs Ss to speak about their favourite movies. ·       T introduces a PowerPoint Presentation about some popular movies. ·       T asks Ss whether they know the movies provided in the pictures. ·       T makes Ss brainstorm on the common points of those movies. ·       Upon hearing some responses, T relates the common points of the movies to the writing activity. (characters, crisis and setting) ·       T adds that they will write a story for their own movies with the characters, settings and main actions provided by T in closed envelopes. ·       T divides the class into five groups. ·       T makes each group pick up their characters, settings, and the main actions for their scripts from the envelopes that T has offered them. ·       T points out that before moving on creating their own scripts; Ss are supposed to answer the questions in a hand-out as a group in 5 minutes. ·       T tells Ss that they need to write everything related to their script in sentences as clear as possible in order to have an outline for the approaching writing activity. ·       T distributes the hand-outs that include questions about their scripts. ·       T moves around to scaffold Ss and check the answers they have written.	Board-marker PowerPoint Presentation A  smart board Colourful Envelopes Activity hand-outs	T>Ss Ss>T T>Ss Ss>Ss T>Ss	·       PPT is used for attracting Ss interest and attention to the main topic. ·       T-S interaction aims to keep the students engaged in the lesson. ·      Ss are provided with characters, setting and the main action so that they have a starting point for their script. ·         Answering the guiding questions prepares Ss for the main writing activity.
While – Writing	30’	·       After the Ss have completed filling in the hand-outs, T informs Ss that they will begin to write their stories according to the previous activity and the materials that they have. ·       T tells Ss that they will have 40 minutes to write a script that consists of 200-250 words with the materials in hand. ·       T distributes each group a blank paper to write their scripts on. ·       T moves around to scaffold Ss.	Colourful Blank Papers	T>Ss Ss>Ss T>Ss	·      Thanks to the previous activity, Ss find it easier to produce a story during the time allocated.
Post Writing	35’	·         Upon finishing the writing part, T makes each group take the stage one by one and wants them act out their scripts. ·         Ss vote to choose the best movie script in class. ·         T awards the best plot with a paper-made Academy Award.	-	T>Ss Ss>Ss	·         Every group gets a chance to share their stories with the whole class. This helps the class to improve their listening skills. ·         Ss practice to evaluate other Ss’ performances ·         Commenting and making judgements about other Ss’ performance will also improve their speaking and communication skills.
Contingency		·         If the lesson finishes earlier than expected, T shows a short film called “The Black Hole”, and wants Ss to comment on it. ·         If there is no time enough to finish the lesson according to the plan, the voting session will be excluded. T will collect the texts, evaluate and bring them back to the next lesson.	http://shortsbay.com/film/the-black-hole