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LESSON PLAN

NAME:

DATE:

SCHOOL:

OBJECT :ENGLISH

GRADE :12TH GRADE

TOPIC: Across the USA

TIME: 50 MINUTES.

LESSON AIMS

To give students the chance to share the information they know about the

USA with their mates

To present vocabulary connected with geographical area and towns

To make the students able to describe a town/city/village

LESSON AIDS

Handouts,

cassette,

map of the USA,

charts,

pictures of the landmarks of some important cities in the USA

STRATEGIES:

Pair-work

Group work

Gap-filling

Project work

SKILLS

Reading

Speaking

Listening Writing project work


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PROCEDURE

ACTIVITY 1

WARM UP

The students are shown the map of the United States of America and they areasked to answer a few general questions about The USA

1. how many states are there in the USA? (50)

2. examples of states (brainstorming)

3. which is the largest state (area) (ALASKA)

4. which is the largest state (population) (CALIFORNIA)

5. what are the biggest cities in California and what are they famous for?

(SAN FRANCISCO HIPPIE MOVEMENT)

(LOS ANGELES HOLLYWOOD MOVIE INDUSTRY)

ACTIVITY 2 Vocabulary

The students are given a hadout, a text with missing information about the states

of the USA. Before filling in the spaces they are given a list of possible

unknown words and expressons from the text which they have to match with

their definitions

1. Amazingly very good, surprising, or impressive:

2. Mayor the official line that separates two countries or regions:

3. Manufacturing the name given to Washington DC4. Headquarters the place where a company, organization, or military

unit has its main offices or its main centre of control

5. Skyscraper to risk money in the hope of winning more if you are

lucky

6. Federal district the most important elected official in a town or city

7. Gambling a very tall building containing offices or flats

8. Border the business of making goods in large quantities,

especially in factories

ACTIVITY 3 Pair work

The students are asked to read the text about the USA, and to try to fill in eight

blank spaces . Then they listen and check their answers.

The United States of America is the worlds fourth largest country in area.

___________,____________and______________are bigger. Its also the

third largest country in population size. Only ___________and __________

have more people. There are 50 states in the union, plus one federal district

which is not in any state. This is_________________, the capital city andseat of the government. Two of the states are outside the borders of the main


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nation. These are _____________ and _____________. Amazingly for such

a large country, the USA only has borders with two other coutries,

_____________ and ______________. Interestingly the largest state

______________ has the smallest population of any of the states. The state

with the biggest population, _______________, is usually associated withcomputers, sunshine and the movie industry. The largest city is

______________, an important financial centre and also the place where the

United Nations has its headquarters.

ACTIVITY 4

group work

Students are devided into groups, and each group is asked to pick up a name

of a town written on a piece of paper 2 pieces .Then the groups are asked to

think of some information about that specific town, than a student from the

group will go in front of the class and stick the town in the proper place on

the map, and will say the information the group gave.

WASHINGTON

NEW YORK

LOS ANGELES

SAN FRANCISCO

LAS VEGAS

CHICAGO

ACTIVITY 4 group work

They are given some captions and some pictures and they have to match

them with the cities. One student reads the caption and the others guess the

city and the caption is given to the group that has the city.

New York is the biggest city in the United States, a huge financial and arts

centre situated on the east coast of the country. The famous Statue of Liberty

is in New York harbour. The United Nations headquarters are situated there.

It is also called The Big Apple

Chicago is in Illinois, west of New York. It is the home of the Chicago Bulls

basketball team, the team that Michael Jordan played for. The city is on the

shore of Lake Michigan and has some impressive lakefront architecture,

designed by Lloyd Wright

San Francisco is situated in Northern California. It has some of the most

beautiful bridges in the country, including the magnificent Golden Gate

Bridge. Some famous rock bands were from San Francisco


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Las Vegas is in the middle of the desert in Nevada, and is the biggest

gambling centre in the world. Originally Nevada was the only place in the

USA where it was legal to gamble

Los Angeles is in Southern California. It is the second biggest city in theUnited States of America after New York. It is famous because of the

Hollywood. It is located on the Pacific Ocean near the U.S. border with

Mexico,

Washington The city of Washington has the same boundaries as the District

of Columbia (D.C.), a federal territory established in 1790 as the site of the

new nations permanent capital. Named after the first U.S. president,

ACTIVITY 5 LISTENING

The students are given a list of words and they have to predict the cities that

are conected with the words.

Bridge SAN FRANCISCO, cosmetics LOS ANGELES, criminal

gangsCHICAGO, desert LAS VEGAS, European, film industry LOS

ANGELES, French NEW ORLEANS, gambling LAS VEGAS, get married

LAS VEGAS, Hollywood LOS ANGELES, jazz clubs NEW ORLEANS,

lake CHCAGO , natural harbour SAN FRANCISCO, , windy city

CHICAGO

They listen to the cassette to check.

The students listen to the cassette for the second time and they have to find

out where the following things happen or happened

a. a mayor avoided having confrontations with local criminal gangs

b. Canadians went there when they were driven out by the British

c. People go there to get married and its a place where you can go

gambling

d. Old rock bands lived and worked there

ACTIVITY 6

Project work Group work

Students are given charts and are asked to make a project in groups about a

city from the USA. They can use the photos they have and the text captions,

and all the information from the lesson. A student from each group will

present the project

Possible problem : The students do not finish the project during the class, so

they will have to finish it at home and present it in the beginning of the nextclass


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HANDOUT 1

MATCH THE WORDS WITH THEIR DEFINITIONS

9. Amazingly very good, surprising, or impressive:10.Mayor the official line that separates two countries or regions:

11.Manufacturing the name given to Washington DC

12.Headquarters the place where a company, organization, or military

unit has its main offices or its main centre of control

13.Skyscraper to risk money in the hope of winning more if you are

lucky

14.Federal district the most important elected official in a town or city

15.Gambling a very tall building containing offices or flats

16.Border the business of making goods in large quantities,

especially in factories

HANDOUT 2

PAIR WORK

FILL IN THE BLANK SPACES

The United States of America is the worlds fourth largest country in area.

___________,____________and______________are bigger. Its also the

third largest country in population size. Only ___________and __________

have more people. There are 50 states in the union, plus one federal districtwhich is not in any state. This is_________________, the capital city and

seat of the government. Two of the states are outside the borders of the main

nation. These are _____________ and _____________. Amazingly for such

a large country, the USA only has borders with two other coutries,

_____________ and ______________. Interestingly the largest state

______________ has the smallest population of any of the states. The state

with the biggest population, _______________, is usually associated with

computers, sunshine and the movie industry. The largest city is

______________, an important financial centre and also the place where theUnited Nations has its headquarters.


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HANDOUT 3

New York is the biggest city in the United States, a huge

financial and arts centre situated on the east coast of the

country. The famous Statue of Liberty is in New Yorkharbour. The United Nations headquarters are situated there.

It is also called The Big Apple

Chicago is in Illinois, west of New York. It is the home of

the Chicago Bulls basketball team, the team that Michael

Jordan played for. The city is on the shore of Lake

Michigan and has some impressive lakefront architecture,

designed by Lloyd Wright

San Francisco is situated in Northern California. It has

some of the most beautiful bridges in the country, including

the magnificent Golden Gate Bridge. Some famous rock

bands were from San Francisco

Las Vegas is in the middle of the desert in Nevada, and isthe biggest gambling centre in the world. Originally Nevada

was the only place in the USA where it was legal to gamble

Los Angeles is in Southern California. It is the second

biggest city in the United States of America after New

York. It is famous because of the Hollywood. It is located

on the Pacific Ocean near the U.S. border with Mexico,

Washington The city of Washington has the same

boundaries as the District of Columbia (D.C.), a federal

territory established in 1790 as the site of the new nations

permanent capital. Named after the first U.S. president,


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WASHINGTON

NEW YORK

LOS ANGELES

LAS VEGAS

CHICAGO

SAN FRANCISCO


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