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Lesson Plan
Day/Date: Friday, 29 October 2009
Lesson Name: All About My Hobbies!
Age: High School (13 years 17 years)
Topic: Hobbies
Level: Intermediate
Class Name: Second Language English
Materials: Marker, pictures needed for eliciting, bring soccer ball to show
them my hobby, Activity 1 handouts, Activity 2 handouts, Activity 3
handouts, Interview handouts.
Textbook/Course book name: N/A
Unittitlepage number: N/A
Goal/Aim: The students will be able to ask and answer questions about their
hobbies and interests.
Questions and Answers Relevant to your lesson:
Warm Up
What is a hobby?
Why do we have hobbies?
Eliciting (Presentation step)
What hobby is this?
Who enjoys this hobby?
Why do you enjoy this hobby?
NOTE: Lesson Begins Here

Warm Up
Review previously learned work regarding hobbies. Ask them questions like,
What is a hobby? to ensure their understanding. If they do not recall or
understand, explain it to them quickly and clearly.
For a quick activity, ask the students to very quickly draw a picture of what
they enjoy doing. Get them to show it to their partner. The partner must
guess what the activity is.

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Presentation (30% of time)

Target Language:
Questions and answers regarding hobbies:
Asking and answering which hobbies someone enjoys
What hobbies do you like?
I like
ing. (use gerunds)
I like to
. (use infinitives)
I enjoy
. (use of different words)
Do you like
? (ask others if they like an activity)
Do you enjoy
? (ask others with different words)
He/She enjoys
. (answer in the third person about other
peoples hobbies)
Asking and answering questions about hobbies
Why do you like
? (asking why)
When do you
? (asking when)
Where do you
? (asking where)
I like
because
. (answer using because
and a appropriate reason)
I like
on Saturday (when)/at the field (where). (use
prepositional phrases of time and place)

Eliciting:
Show students pictures (8 pictures) of different types of hobbies and make
sure they have enough vocabulary and understanding to use the structure.
Asks questions like What hobby is this?, Who enjoys this hobby? and
Why do you enjoy this hobby? to increase interest in the target language.
Present the target language on the board. Present the question and answers
with my favorite hobby so that they can notice the enthusiasm that should
accompany talking about something that you like or enjoy. This will allow
them to see how the questions should be asked and how they should be
answered. They are also exposed to the correct pronunciation of the
questions and answers.
After modeling the questions and answers on the board, I will ask students to
pick a hobby from the pictures. I will select one student to come to the front
and ask the questions. The class should respond in unison with the answers
modeled on the board using the selected hobby to replace my hobby.

Practice (40% of time)

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Activity 1: Students are given sentences missing the hobby words and a
page with pictures of hobbies on. They have to choose the correct picture
and then fill in the correct form of the hobby to complete the sentence. Clues
as to which picture is appropriate for which sentence is given in the rest of
the sentence, for example, if the word pool is in the sentence then the
hobby will be swimming. This will test the students vocabulary and
whether they can link or relate this vocabulary to other words. After the
sentence is complete, the students should read it to each other aloud to
make sure the form of the word is correct. Students should work in pairs to
help each other and assist student to student learning.
Activity 2: Activity 2 requires students to rearrange the questions and
answers about hobbies into the correct word order. This will give them
practice on how to arrange words and structure sentences to create
meaning. Students will be allowed to help each other in pairs to assist
student to student learning. The written part of activity 2 will provide a
record of what each student knows and whether and where they need help.
Activity 3: In activity 3, the students are asked to answer the five questions
about their favorite hobby. The purpose of the activity is to give them an
opportunity to practice constructing their own sentences using the grammar
and vocabulary learned, and to allow them to talk and write about what they
enjoy. This activity will provide students with the foundation for talking about
their hobbies in the production step. Students are encouraged to do this
activity alone.

Production (30% of time)

Students will be given the opportunity to interview a classmate. They will
work in pairs and be encouraged to change previous partners so that they
get more exposure to talk about hobbies. The interview gives students a
chance to both ask about other students hobbies and answer about their
own hobbies. They will practice both oral English and written English as they
will have to record the response on the interview sheet. Throughout the
lesson the teacher will walk around to make sure that the students are doing
the activity correctly. The written answers enables the teacher to see
whether questions have been asked and answered correctly and whether the
students are correctly finishing the activity.

Conclusion
Explain to students that they should now be able to ask and answer
questions regarding hobbies. Encourage them to practice outside of the
classroom by talking to friends about their hobbies in English.

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Activity 1
Choose the correct picture and fill in the correct form of the hobby to
complete the sentence.
1) John enjoys
2) Susan likes to

up the mountain.
in the pool.

3) Why do you enjoy

4) Steve
5) She likes to

in the library?
around the track for fun.
food.

6) Tom does not like

because he loves fish.

7) He likes football because he enjoys

8) Kate loves music because it makes her want to

a ball.
.

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Activity 1 Pictures

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Activity 2
Put these questions and answers about hobbies in the correct order.
1) Q:

hobby

James

What

enjoy?

does

.
A:

reading.

James

enjoys

.
2) Q:

What

hobby?

favorite

is

your

.
A:

is

hobby

favorite

singing.

My

.
3) Q:

play

When

football?

you

do

.
A:

on

play

football

Saturday.

.
4) Q:

does

to run?

David

Where

like

.
A:

David

around

the track.

likes

to run

.
5) Q:
.

Anne

does

to swim?

like

Why

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A:
water.
.

swimming
enjoys

she

loves

Anne

because

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Activity 3
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
1) What is your favourite hobby?
.
2) Why do you enjoy this hobby?

.
3) Where do you like to do this hobby?

.
4) When do you like to do this hobby?

.
5) What is an activity that you do not enjoy?

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Interview your Friend about their Hobbies

Interviewer name (your name):
.
Friends name:
.
1. Tell me 3 hobbies that you enjoy doing?
.
.
.
2. Which one is your favorite hobby?
.
3. How often do you__________________?
.
.
4. Where do you usually

______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
5. When do you usually _____________________?
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______________________________________________________________________________
6. Who do you usually _____________________ with?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
7. Why do you enjoy_________________?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
8. Which 3 hobbies do you not enjoy doing?
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
9. Which hobby do you dislike the most?
.
10.

Why do you not enjoy this hobby?

______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

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Board work