Sample thematic-lesson plan

1. Thematic Lesson Plan
Prepared by Ercan Aksoy
Lecturer: Dorothy Mayne

2. Themes
Biographies
Planets
Composing
helping
brochure about
the mine
accident in
Soma

3. Grammar-based teaching
If we believe eclectic approach, we should NOT ignore grammar!
Integrated Skills
• Listening and
Speaking
• Reading and Writing
• Grammar?

4. Give examples using the theme.
1. Lesson Plan: Give short information about the mine
accident by using relative clause. (Ex. In Soma, coal miners passed
away sadly. And, we need a lot of people who help and pray for them).
Provide to remember their background knowledge about target
concepts. (Ex. We use “who” with animate things).
2. Lesson Plan: Ex. Jupiter is larger than Saturn. Uranus is
cooler that Saturn. We add “-er” by comparing with monosyllabic
adjectives.
3. Lesson Plan: Little Mustafa commenced his education in
Hafiz Mehmet Efendi's neighbourhood school. We add “-ed” while we
use a regular verb in past tense and if it is irregular verbs, we use past
form.
Teacher uses basic English while
giving these clues and he/she
generally demonstrates on the
example.

5. In my lesson plans, they generally watch the video at first 10’ – 15’ mins.
WHY?
Do you remember the Multiple
Intelligence Theory?
• Provides positive attitudes
to English for them
Not only one intelligence but
also at least two or three
intelligences!
1. Lesson plan: (Implicit Inference)
• “What do you think about their
feelings?”
2. Lesson plan: (Given knowledge)
• “What do you know about the solar
system?”
• “Is there any water on the surface
of Mars?”
3. Lesson plan: (Note-taking tecnique)
• “Ask them to note down while
listening the video” Musical–rhythmic and harmonic
Visual–spatial
Verbal–linguistic
Logical–mathematical
Bodily–kinesthetic
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal

6. The Mine Accident in SOMA (1. Lesson Plan)

7. Why do I use group-work at last 20’ mins of 1. Lesson?
Competition or Cooperation?
Multiple Intelligence Theory?1. Lesson plan: (Cooperation-based)
• Three groups:
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Famous people
2. Lesson plan: (Both of them)
• Eight groups:
• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
3. Lesson plan: (Cooperation-based)
• Three groups:
• Childhood Days
• School Days
• Soldiery Days
Musical–rhythmic and harmonic
Visual–spatial
Verbal–linguistic
Logical–mathematical
Bodily–kinesthetic
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
• Searching in the internet! (It provides to base on
«integrated skills» because they both listen and
read quite a few materials to reach the
information).
• Razı, S.(2014, as cited from Krashen) said that
we should free our students. They can read
calender page, newspaper clipping, etc.
• According to me, competition is used if it is
suitable in terms of theme or language area.

8. It is time to start their presentation 
Each group has limited time to present their own studies.
WHY?
Learning the importance of time-management!
They give themselves a point from 5 to 1 for their own participation in
group studies. WHY?
Provides to increase self-assessment !