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8th Grade Informal Letter Lesson Plan

The document outlines a 50-minute English lesson plan for 8th grade students. The lesson aims to teach students how to write informal letters. It includes 5 stages: a warm-up activity, introducing the topic of informal letters, practicing writing an informal letter through various paired and individual exercises, assigning homework to write a response letter, and a brief evaluation.

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8th Grade Informal Letter Lesson Plan

The document outlines a 50-minute English lesson plan for 8th grade students. The lesson aims to teach students how to write informal letters. It includes 5 stages: a warm-up activity, introducing the topic of informal letters, practicing writing an informal letter through various paired and individual exercises, assigning homework to write a response letter, and a brief evaluation.

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Lesson Plan

Teacher: Carmen Neagu


School: "Margareta Sterian" Art School
Class: 8th Grade (2 hours/ week)
Level: Intermediate L1
Class size: 27 students
Time of lesson: 50 minutes
Topic: Informal Letters
Textbook: Snapshot Longman
Lesson Aims:
By the end of the lesson the students will be able to:
Explain the informal letter layout ;
Write an informal letter ;
Use specific expressions for starting and closing a letter.
Skills: writing, reading, speaking
Methods: conversation, question-answer, multiple choice;
Learning activity: individual work, pair work;
Previous knowledge:
Students have already been acquainted with most of the vocabulary and rules of
writing a letter
Anticipated problems:
Students might feel nervous and find difficulty in expressing their point of view.
Students might have forgotten the difference between formal and informal
Materials: textbook, whiteboard.

STAGE/ TIME
Activity 1 (2')
Warm up
Aim: To create a suitable atmosphere
for the new lesson
Activity 2 (5' )
In trod u cti on of th e l esson s top i c
Aim: To make the students familiar with the topic of
the lesson
Activity 3 ( 40)
Presentation and practice of the new lesson
Aim: To write an informal letter

PROCEDURE

a) Greetings and Conversation


Introduction of the guests

b) Teacher checks attendance


c) Teacher asks the students how they feel
a) Teacher asks a student to get out of the classroom and gives to the class the word HAPPY which they have to mime
when their colleague enters the class. The student enters the class and tries to guess from the class reaction the word
given by the teacher.
b) Teacher demands from the students what kind of letter do they write to their friends. Students answer the question.
c) Teacher announces the topic of the lesson

a) Teacher asks the students to choose the correct item from each category and match it with the correct place on the
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

Activity 4 ( 2 ' )
Homework assignment
Activity 5 ( 1)
Evaluation

letter layout.
Students do the task.
Teacher asks the students to list the expressions on exercise 2/page 13 under two headings (pair work)
Students complete the task in pairs.
Teacher asks the students to write an informal letter using the cues from the paragraph plan given by the textbook.
Students read the paragraph plan and give examples of sentences for a few cues.
Students write the informal letter and send it to one of their colleagues. Students read 2-3 letters.

Students are asked to write as homework a letter answering to the letter they received at the English class.
Evaluation will be used in close connection with the teaching/learning objectives. It will be done in grades ( e.g. " excellent",
"very good", "good" etc.)

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