LESSON PLAN – Unit 4, Lesson 5 

:Country life and City Life

Teacher: Cebotari Alina

Topic :Life in the city vs. Life in the country

Aim :to practise vocabulary related to city and country life

Objectives :
By the end of the lesson the pupils will be able to:
1. Say what living in the city / living in the country is like;
2. List advantages and challenges of life in urban and rural communities;
3. Make comparisons between urban and rural life.

Skills :speaking, listening, reading, writing

Vocabulary :calm, clean, crowded, dangerous, dirty, exciting, fun, interesting, noisy, peaceful, polluted, relaxing, safe, stressful, etc.
(reinforcement) ; commuters, congested, cottage, cost of living, crops, peace and quiet, rush hour, skyscraper, stray dogs, a wide range of (new).

Functions :describing / talking about life in the city / in the country

advantages and disadvantages (One big (dis)advantage of the city/country is that… / Another thing is that the city/country is better for…)

Materials:
PPT, Worksheets
English A2.2 , Iulia Ignatiuc , Ana Muntean, Editura Prut International , 2020Nick Kenny & Anne Kelly,Ready for PET, coursebook, Macmillan,
2007,Unit 6, Lesson 2, pages 39-40.
Stuart Redman, English Vocabulary in Use (pre-intermediate & intermediate), Cambridge University Press, 2009,pages 132-135.
Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
Aim Contents Timing Inter- Techniques Resources Evaluation
action
To stimulate students’ WARM-UP
imagination The teacher tells students to close their eyes. She plays some relaxing music and asks 5 mins CL Brainstorming Video Oral
Students A to imagine they are in the countryside and Students B to imagine they are
in New York: “How would you describe the place? Can you hear any noise, can you
smell anything?”, etc.
The students try to imagine the places and their details (environment, colours, sounds,
smells, people, and activities).

The students report thoughts and feelings to the class.

To personalize topic Reporting
Meanwhile, the teacher creates a spider gram on the board in which she writes words
To activate students’ and phrases related to the topic city life vs. country life. Writing Chalk board
knowledge of language
PRESENTATION
To introduce new The teacher reads the PPT; introduces new vocabulary. She pronounces the words 10 mins CL Explanation PowerPoint Oral
vocabulary clearly and have students repeat them in chorus and/or individually. Question- Presentation
Answer (pictures +
text)
To develop reading skills The students read the text in a loud voice. IW Reading

PRACTICE

To practice the target The students use the new vocabulary in the worksheet. 5 mins IW Writing Worksheet Individual
language
The teacher invites students to answer the question (ex. 1, p. 56): Which is better: 5mins PW Turn and Talk Oral
living in a city or living in the country? Why?

To promote critical The teacher asks students to work in groups of 3 to complete the "Love It or Leave 5 mins GW Writing Worksheet
thinking and It" worksheet, which reflects on life in urban and rural areas. Students A will list the
collaboration pros and cons of the city life and Students B will list the pros and cons of the life in
the village.

The teacher asks students to share their ideas to class.

5 mins CL Discussion Oral

To develop speaking and Role play activities Strangers on a train– Students are asked to imagine they are 9 mins PW Role play Slips of paper Oral
communicative skills country girls or city boys who travel in the same train compartment. Each student
picks a slip of paper and memorizes the sentence on it. When they start the
conversation, they have two minutes to try to naturally slip the sentence into the
conversation. The other students in class must guess what sentence was inserted.
Performance of two, respectively four students.

FOLLOW UP
To develop essay-writing Homework assignment:
skills The students will write a short essay about the topic Which is better: living in a city or 1 min CL Explanation Worksheet Individual
living in the country? Why? Students should respect the plan on the worksheet, and
should support their choice with information from the "Love It or Leave It" worksheet
and the class discussion.

WORKSHEET

I. Combine words from the left and right to form compound words or phrases:

1. rush a. life
2. traffic b. of life
3. night c. of living
4. cost d. and quiet
5. car e. hour
6. stray f. park
7. pace g. jam
8. peace h. dogs

II. Complete the sentences in a suitable way :

In the city, there are lots of c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ activities. There are cinemas, theatres, museums, art galleries and everything.
There’s a wide r _ _ _ _ of shops. You can buy whatever you want.
The train was packed with c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Itis exhausting travelling between work and home every day.
There is too much traffic in Bucharest. The roads get c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the rush hour.
A place smaller than a town is called a v_ _ _ _ _ _.

III. Fill the gaps with a suitable word :

The best thing about living in the (1) ……………………… is that :

 There’speace and (2) …………………. ;
 You breathe(3) ……………………. air ;
 The (4) ………………… of life is slow and the cost of (5) …………………. is low.
IV. Homework :Write an article expressing your opinion aboutWhich is better: living in a city or living in the country? Why?

Use this outline to help you:

P1 :I think the …. (city/country) is the best place to live. There are a number of reasons for this.
P2 :One big advantage of the city/country is that…Another thing is that the city/country is better for …
P3 :However, city/country life can be ... Sometimes it is also…
P4 :To sum up, although …, I believe …

Remember that in paragraph 2 you have to write three positive things about living in a city or living in the country and give reasons
while in paragraph 3 you have to write three negative things about living in a city or living in the country and give reasons.
Sentences for Strangers on a train

I’m afraid of the stray dogs.

At night, the city is full of lights.

The city is very noisy.

I’d like to milk a cow one day.

Young people are always active and keen on learning; so most of them prefer
living in town.

In the city there are lots of shops.

There is a wide range of schools.

I’m planning to move to the country.

I spend my free time reading.

 Have you ever been to a rock concert?

This is a photo of me on a skyscraper.

The car horns fill up the air.

Gardening is my favourite hobby.

The streets are congested.

The city is very noisy.

I’d like to go to the cinema one day.

I have to get up early.

The fresh air of the country makes me feel healthier.

Country life is cheaper than city life.

I’m planning to move to the country.

I spend my free time reading.

 We can eat the food and vegetables we grow.

This is a photo of me on a tractor.

LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT Organizer

Directions: Record the advantages and disadvantages of living in the city and in the country on the chart below. Please refer to : air
pollution, education, employment, entertainment, health, night-life, people, prices, shopping, transport, way of life.

I’d love to live in the city because… I’d love to live in the city because…
More job opportunities Some occupations only possible in the country (farmer,
lumberman, shepherd…)

On second thought… On second thought…

More competition for jobs Fewer jobs / choices