This document contains a lesson plan for a Pre-intermediate English class focusing on teaching vocabulary related to important scientific discoveries and inventions. The plan lists objectives for students to be able to discuss discoveries and inventions, provides sample vocabulary and activities, and outlines a timeline for the lesson including introducing new concepts, practicing pronunciation and vocabulary, and having students demonstrate their understanding through speaking activities.

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Teacher’s Name: José Obando Level: Pre - intermediate # of Students: 18 Date: 06 – 05 - 2022
Action Points from previous teaching:
(Based on your own reflection, and feedback from trainers
and peers, what are two things that you will try to do in this
lesson to help your own learning as a teacher?)
1. I will use V/A/K to deliver instructions
2. I will use CCQ
What skill and content are you teaching?(Check the main
lesson focus; also provide details / list of items)
Culture
Grammar/Vocabulary
Speaking Listening
Reading Writing
Vocabulary:
wheel
regrigerator
world wide web
deoxyribonucleic acid
penicillin
credit cards
the age of earth
electrons
Phrases:
It was discovered by … in
It was invented by … in
This discovery / invention is important for man because…
This discovery / invention helped man to …
Main Objectives:
(What do you want the Ss to be able to do with the new
material that they couldn’t do before?)
(there might be subsidiary objectives. Feel free to include
them.
SWBAT:
At the end of the class SWBAT:
Use: 2 / 4 vocabulary items related to inventions and discoveries as well as the phrases: it was invented by …. in…, It was
discovered by … in …, this invention / discovery helped man to …
To: talk about between 2 - 4 of the most important discoveries and inventions for society
In: a group discussion
Assumptions:
(What do your students already know? What can they
already do in relation to today’s lesson?)
Most students demonstrated fairly good speaking skills
They can use past tense to talk
I’m assuming that they:
 Can differenciate between a discovery and an invention.

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 can read years
 can make basic past tense sentences
 can give a short opinion
Challenges/Opportunities for Teaching:
(What will be new for your students? What aspects of the
lesson do you anticipate they might find challenging /
difficult?)
Using the verb “To go” followed by a gerund to talk about recreational activities.
It might be challenging for them to remember not to use “to” before “go” when talking about activities.
 Students may have problems writing some target vocabulary items
 Pronunciation of World Wide Web, Deoxyribonucleic Acid, wheel and penicillin may be a potential challenge for the
students
 Students may have problems writing some target vocabulary items
 Organizing sentences to present their choices to the group may represent a challenge for some students
Solutions for challenges:
(How will you avoid and/or address these problem areas in
your lesson?)
 I will design an activity for students to practice spelling.
 (Pronunciation)I will give students time to practice solos and in small groups and offer feedback during the Clarify and
Remember stages
 I will monitor and provide support to students if necessary
Assessment:
(How will you assess to see that Ss are ready to move on to
the next stages of the lesson or have reached the final
learning objective?)
 I will monitor them especially during the last Remember activity and the Internalize activity to see if they can progressively
use the target language more independently.
Time Framework
ECRIF/PDP
And stage
objectives
Activity, Procedure/Steps- describe the essence of the activity
What will the Teacher say/do? What will the SS hopefully say and do?
Focus: S;
S-S; T; T-S
Materials/Aids
VAKT

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3
minutes
Schema
activation
1. Activity or task:
Talking about the topic
T – Ss
Ss -T
V
Teacher:
 Ask students to think about one discovery and one
invention they know about
 Asks students what they consider is a difference
between a discovery and an invention
Students:
 The students think and tell the teacher an example of
a discovery and an invention
 Tell the teacher what they consider is a difference
between a discovery and an invention
5
Minutes
Encounter 2. Activity or task: Labeling pictures
T-SS
S – ss
Ss – S
Ss- T
Jam board slides
V/A
Teacher:
 Shows 8 pictures (4 discoveries and 4 inventions)
and 8 words on a jam board slide
 Shows an example of how to label the pictures
with the words
 Divides class in pairs
 Shares link for pairs to work and asks students to
label them with one word
 Checks the task
 Explains that WWW stands for World Wide Web
and DNA for Deoxyribonucleic Acid
 Asks CCQ
Students:
 Pay attention to teacher demonstration
 Listen carefully to the teacher to identify who they are
going to work with
 Go to breakup room in pairs
 Label the pictures with the words
 Pairs share their answers with the class
 Students pay attention to the teacher´s explanation
 Students answer CCQ questions

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3 minutes Clarify 3. Activity or task: Categorizing
(solos)
T – Ss
Ss- T
Slides
V
Teacher:
 Asks students to complete the table the words (4
discoveries and 4 inventions) according to the
category they correspond
Students:
 Complete the table with the words (4 discoveries and
4 inventions) according to the category they
correspond
4
minutes
Clarify 4. Activity or task:
4.2. Clarifying Pronunciation
A
Teacher:
 Models the pronunciation of the target vocabulary
 Invites students to repeat the words after he
models
Student:
 Students listen to teacher modeling
 Students repeat the words after the teacher
4
minutes
Remember 5. Activity or task: Crossword

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Teacher:
 Shows students how to play with the crossword
 Divides the class in pairs
 Shares link with students and invites students to
fill the crossword in pairs
Students:
 Pay attention to the teacher demonstration
 Fill the crossword
4
minutes
Remember 6. Activity or task: Monkey mirror V/A
Teacher:
 Shows how to play monkey mirror
 Asks CCQ
 Divides the class in in pairs
 Invites students to play monkey mirror in breakout
rooms
Students:
 Pay attention to teachers’ demonstration
 Answer CCQ
 Play monkey mirror in breakout rooms
4
minutes
Remember 7. Activity or task: Filling in the blanks T – SS
SS - T
Slides
V
Teacher:
 Shares with students a handout with a table with
information about discoverers, inventors and
years related to target vocabulary
 Shows an example of how to complete the table
 Invites students to complete the table
Students:
 Pay attention to the teacher´s explanation
 Individually complete the table
 Give answers to the teacher

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 Checks answers with the class
10
minutes
Internalize 8. Activity or task: Sentence making T – Ss
S – T
Handout
V/A
Teacher:
 Shows how to make sentences about discoveries
and inventions
 Invites students to use the information of the table
of previous activity to make sentences about
discoveries and inventions
 Asks some students to share their sentences with
the class
Students:
 Pay attention to the teacher demonstration
 Make sentences
 Share their sentences with the class
13
minutes
FLUENT
USE
9. Activity or task: discoveries & inventions T – Ss
S – S
Ss – T
V/A
Teacher:
 Asks students to work solos and choose one / two
discoveries and one / two inventions from the ones
they studied during the class and prepare and
Students:
 Work solos to choose discoveries and inventions they
think are important and write the reason for their
choice
 Share their choices with his / her group mates

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explanation (two / three sentences) about how they
have helped the humankind
 Sends students to group work to share their
choices
 Invites some students to talk to the class about the
discoveries and inventions they chose
 Share their choices with the class
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