CLIL LESSON PLAN

School:
Learners’ age: 16y
Subject: Geography
Topic: Volcanos
CLIL LESSON PLAN
Aims:
Content: finding out about volcanos based on Ss interest, practising information
processing,
Language: finding out about important new terms, practising reading, infering,
explaining
Thinking skills: understanding reactions to natural phenomena, observing, reporting
and classifying, sequencing, summarizing and justifying.
Social skills: cooperation.
Ref.
No.
of
Activ.
Time
Work
form
1 5’ Individual
Whole
class
2
5’
Whole
class
Activity
Lead-in:
T asks Ss to think about what they
already know about volcanos and what
they would like to find out while s/he
plays a video of volcanos
(www.nationalgeographic.com ) with
some music in the background.
(Students’ background knowledge is
activated.)
1st T asks how Ss found the video.
(Ss emotional reaction to
images+music) T puts Ss’
vocab/adjectives on board.
(eg. formidable,
Core part:
T collects Ss’ ideas on the board.Then
s/he asks them to agree on an outline
for the lesson based on what they want
to find out, e.g. where v. can be found,
how dangerous they are, how they
work, etc. T sets time limit. T checks
the outline and may suggest other
aspects to find out.
3 3’ Groupwork Ss are grouped into threes or
fours.(Max. 5 groups.)
Ss come to the front of the class and
choose from the materials that are
Materials
Computer
Projector
CD
Maps, photos,
texts, diagram

displayed there, e.g. a map with the
location of volcanos in the world +
text explaining their location, a
diagram showing one way of
eruption procedure + text about
different types of eruption, photos of
different shapes/types of volcanos+
text
4 10’ Groupwork T tells students that they need to work
with the information so that they can
present it to the others and sets time
limit.Ss process information and
produce notes, diagrams, shortened
texts. They also produce word cards
(max. 5) of the most important new
words, eg. crust, divergent and
convergent tectonic plates, vent,
hotspots, dormant, active, extinct,
mantle convection.
5 15’ Whole
class
6 7’ Whole
class
Each group puts on the board what
they have prepared and tells the others
what they’ve found out. They follow
the outline they agreed on at the start
of the lesson. Ss take notes. Teacher
monitors, corrects, provides essential
info that Ss might have overlooked,
explains when necessary.
One group will be responsible for
putting the outline with all the selected
materials (texts, photos, diagrams) on
the common LMS the same day.
Closure:
T presents multiple choice test at the
website and whole class tries to
answer the Qs. They check their
answers in the answers page. They
revise new terms with the word cards.
T will put a link on the LMS to the
multiple choice test so that Ss can do it
on their own before coming to the next
class. T puts the word cards into the
box of words, where they collect
important, new vocabulary items.
(Extra material: volcano crosswords)
Maps, photos,
texts, diagram
Maps, photos,
texts, diagram
Computer
with Internet
+ projector
Or:Interactive
whiteboard

References:
Websites:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environment-naturaldisasters/volcanoes/volcano-eruptions.html
http://www.worldvolcanoes.info/map.html
wikipedia
How Volcanoes Work - Educational resource on the science and processes behind
volcanoes, intended for university students of geology, volcanology and teachers of earth
science. Crosswords: http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Home.html