CELTA 5 Lesson plan Teacher: Vidhulika Bhola Level: pre- intermediate
Source: English Result Pre-intermediate student’s book, Mark Hancock and Annie McDonald,
Oxford, page 54
Length of lesson: 45 minutes
Stage name Stage aim (Why) Time Focus Procedure (How) Tutor’s comments
(What) (How (Who)
long)
Pre- reading to prepare students 5 mins T-S Teacher to build context for
for the reading so Occasion-
that they succeed. CCQ: So, are they usual or
ordinary times? (NO)
Are they particular or special
events? (yes)
Has anything particular
happened at such times?(yes)
It’s an occasion.
2. Unwrap- Build the context
and use realia.
CCQs- Is it to cover
something? (NO)
Is it to remove the cover from
some gift? (Yes)
Is it done to uncover
something ? (Yes)
We unwrap gifts.
Envelope- meaning with
realia/picture
CCQ’s -Can it contain any large
round shaped gifts? (NO)
Is it flat and usually
rectangular in shape? (Yes)
Is it a paper container?(yes)
15 T-S Set the task: Imagine you are
mins going to visit China and you
want to take a gift from your
country. Answer the
questions.
What will you take? How
many will you take? How will
you wrap your gift? What
mistakes could you make
while gifting? Discuss in pairs
and answer. Feedback orally.
Reading 1 5 mins T-SS Set the task:
If you are not Chinese- what
differences can you find
between your country and
China?
Feedback-orally
Pre-writing to prepare 10 mins T-S Exercise 4- Set the task:
students for the Do you see any tourists where you
writing so that S-S live? Do they make any mistakes?
they succeed. Have you ever gone abroad and
T-S made a mistake? What mistakes
are connected to: Religion,
Clothing, Eating and drinking.
Feedback.
Writing Writing for detail 15 mins T-SS Exercise 6- set the task.
Match the titles in A with the
subtitles in B.
Advice for visitors to your town or
country/ Feedback-orally.
Exercise 7: Set the task:
Here are some phrases you can
S-S sue while writing.
You could/You should/you should
n’t/You can/Why don’t you/You
ought to/If I were you, I’d..I
suggest/I recommend/ I advise.
Students write. Teacher will
monitor closely. Make corrections.
Note down some and project
later. Feedback- project their
sheets, them to go around and
read each others. Teacher project
some corrections.
Linguistic to provide T-SS Write 3 sentences on the board of
feedback feedback on good language heard while
(IF TIME) successful monitoring the previous activity.
language used in Praise the writers and end the
the freer activity lesson on a positive note.