Story elements

Long-term plan unit: 5 READING FOR PLEASURE 

School: 52 

Lesson 1 

Date: 10.01.2019 

Teacher’s name:  венера 

CLASS: 8 

Number present: 13 

absent:1 

Theme of the lesson: Story elements 

Learning objective (s) that this lesson is contributing to 

8.1.7.1- develop and sustain a consistent argument when speaking or writing; 

8.1.8.1- develop intercultural awareness through reading and discussion 

8.4.2.1- understand specific information  and detail in texts on a range of familiar general and curricular topics; 

Lesson objectives 

All learners will be able to: read and understand. 

Most learners will be able to:  

• talk about a story they’ve enjoyed. 

• understand story summaries. 

• write a plot summary. 

Some learners will be able to: retell 

Success criteria 

Give feedback to others orally 

Demonstrate respect to people’s opinions using lexical units of topic vocabulary 

Identify details in a text with little support 

Value links 

Labour and creativity, cooperation 

Cross curricular links     

Kazakh, Russian 

Plan 

Stages of the lesson 

Planned activities (replace the notes below with your planned activities) 

Teacher’s notes 

Greeting 

Greet students; students respond to greeting and take their places. 

Hello, boys and girls! How are you?  

Unit presentation 

Background 

A legend is a traditional story, handed down through the generations, the source of which has never been authenticated. Characters from such stories are usually humans and the actions described have no supernatural elements. A knight was a 

professional warrior in the Middle Ages. They had a special code of conduct in those days (chivalry). Today it’s a rank of honour which in the UK is given by the monarch. The legendary King Arthur is one of the most famous knights in literature. 

Warm up 

• Books closed. Write knight /naɪt/ on the board. Drill the 

pronunciation of the word, pointing out the silent k. 

• Elicit or teach the meaning of this word. Give students two 

minutes to write down as many words related to knights as they can, e.g. horse, fi ght, war, king. 

• Make sure to revise or teach armour at this stage, as students 

will need it to describe the photo in the Students’ Book. 

• Ask students if they know any books or fi lms about knights. 

• Ask students to open their books at page 56. 

• Give students a couple of minutes to answer the three questions about the photograph. 

• Students can then compare answers in pairs before you check answers with the class. 

• Tell students that the theme of Unit 5 is how to talk and write about our favourite stories. 

Suggested answers 

• I can see a knight in metal armour. There’s a castle in the background. 

• It comes from a legend about knights. It’s probably from the 

Middle Ages. It could be from the UK or France. 

• The knight is wearing armour to protect himself from his 

enemies. Maybe the country is at war. 

• I enjoy these stories because they are full of adventures and 

brave characters. 

Additional Information 

Differentiation - how do you plan to give more support?  

Assessment - how are you planning to check learners` learning? 

Health and safety check ICT links 

More support will be given to weaker learners by giving them a modified worksheets in some tasks with greater support 

-through questioning and the redirecting of questioning in feedback activities 

-through observation in group and end performance activities 

-through formative task 

-Health promoting techniques 

-Breaks and physical activities used. 

-Points from Safety rules used at this lesson. 

REFLECTION 

Answer the most relevant questions to reflect on your lesson. 

Were the lesson objectives/learning objectives realistic?  

What did the learners learn? What did/didn’t you like? What was difficult?