Lesson plan

Title : How to tell time                    Level : 4
Time : 1 hours                                  Date : 21 January 2011
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 Objectives
          1.The students are able to speaking and tell time.
          2. The students are able to write sentences about time.
          3. The students are able to bring knowledge about time to use in     future.
Warm up         
             The teacher greeting students and ask question about; who have whist-watch on your hand? And ask students about ‘How many tell times have read?’
Presentation         
          1.Teacher teaches about vocabulary such as the little hand, the big hand, dial, mid-point, quarter, past, to, and sentences such as
“What time is it” “It is ……...” And the students pronounce vocabulary after teacher focusing on stress.
          2. Teacher teaches type of reading have two ways.
Type I:  Read individually such as
04:00        read          It’s four O’clock.
03:25        read          It’s three twenty-five.
02:30        read          It’s two thirty.
06:45        read          It’s six forth-five.
10:15        read          It’s ten fifteen.
09:57        read          It’s nine fifty-seven. 

Type II     :  Read the past and to such as
Used past :  It’s + minutes + past + hours  

10:25        read           It’s twenty-five past ten.
04:05        read           It’s five past four.
11:19        read           It’s nineteen past eleven.

Quarter     = 15 minute  
02:15        read            It’s a quarter past two.
03:15        read            It’s quarter past three.

Half           =  30 minute
06:30        read            It’s half past six.
07:30        read           It’s half past seven.
05:30        read           It’s half past five.

Used to      It’s + minutes + to + Next hours  
2:50         read            It’s ten to three.
6:57         read            It’s three to five.
10:48       read            It’s twenty to eleven.
4:37         read            It’ twenty-three to five.

Quarter     = 15 minute 
9:45          read           It’s a quarter to ten.
7:35          read           It’s twenty-five to eight.

Practice 1. Teacher teaches sentences about time;
                    A: What time is it?
                    B: It’s ………     
                2. Teacher asks to students about time.  By teacher show clock in front of classroom and give students answer question.
 Production     
           The students do exercise in classroom.

Wrap up
           Teacher review the lesson again and summarize lesson together.

Material         
          1. Work sheet
          2. Clock
Benefits         
          1. Students can read the time correctly.
          2. Students have the confidence to spend more reading time.
          3. Students can apply knowledge to use in everyday life.