Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period 108: Preparation date :20 /3/2008 Unit 13: Lesson : Speaking I. Aims : - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to express agreement or disagreement about holiday activities. - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to give reasons to give reasons to argue for their opinion. II. Lexical items : -unicorn -trick - nasty - halloween - stunning III- Structures : - That’s true . I completely agree with you. - That’s not the way I see it. IV- Teaching aids: - textbook - Handouts - chalk - cards V- Techniques : - skill-based ( listening, speaking) VI- Procedures : State/ti me Teacher’s and students’ activities Blackboard Materi als 1. warm- up Games: Describing Pictures -Ask SS to work in small groups. - Show SS a picture of “bungee Jumping” ( Appendix 1) - Handou (7’) -Tell the groups to write down as many adjectives as possible about the activity. -Collect the groups’ pieces of paper, read the adjectives and check with the class . -The group with the most adjectives wins the game. -Declare the winner -Write down on the board the same adjectives from different groups , and some opposite ones if any. -Ask SS : what does it mean when you all use these same adjectives? ( expected: We all agree that…(adjective)…) And what does it mean when some of you use this adjective while the others use the opposite to describe the activity? (expected : That means we disagree with each other about that.) Transition : -What do you say to expressing agreement or disagreement? Today we will practice expressing agreement and disagreement and how to explain reasons. -Write down on the board : Unit 13 : Speaking ts 2. Pre- Speaki ng (7’) 1.Matching pictures with holiday activities (task a, p. 183- 184) -Ask SS to study the pictures and match them with the holiday activities. Chalk and board -Tell SS to compare answers in pairs. -Go over the answers which the whole class. 2. Introducing useful language ( tack b, p.184) -Elicit and introduce expressions of agreement and disagreement and the langue used to explain reasons. Useful Expressions: * Agreement: -That’s true. I completely agree with you. - I can’t agree with you more. -Yeah, you’ re right. - Yes, I think so , too. * Disagreement -I don’t quite agree with you because… -That’ not the way I see it. You see… -That’ not a good idea since…… 3. while- Speaki ng. (23’) Activity 1: talking about holiday activities (tack c, p. 185) -Tell SS to work in small groups, discuss the positive and negative aspects of some holiday activities, and express their agreement or disagreement with their partners, plus explanations of reasons. -Tell SS they can use the phrases suggested in the box and ideas of their own. -Work with a student to model an example. Textbo ok 4. Post- Speaki ng (7’) -Suggest some holiday activities around the world for SS to express their opinions about. -Go around to monitor and jot down errors for correction later. Activity 2: Find and Match -Put SS into groups of six. -Prepare 4 sets of picture cards, tow sets about the same holiday activity. One of the tow contains a check meaning ‘enjoy’ the other a cross meaning ‘ not enjoy or against ’. -Give each student a card. Make sure SS in each group has 3 different cards so that they all make up 3 different pairs. -Tell SS not to show their card to their friends , but make questions to find the person who goes on the same holiday and who has the same opinion about the holiday and match together. -Go around to control and monitor unobtrusively. - call on some students to report about their pairs. Tell the other students with the same cards to express their agreement, and those with a different card to express their disagreement with explanations. -Give feedback and comments. Writing about themselves: - Ask SS to work in pairs and write a few sentences about themselves and their friends concerning entertainment Mountaineering boxing wind surfing bungeejumping wrestling skiing Textbo ok 5. Homew ork (1’) activities. -Tell Ss they can use the prompts given to help them Most of us Some found it… but others… - Call on some students to read their sentences and ask the class to give comments - give feedback and comments Language Review - Ask SS to review the language used to express agreement and disagreement and to explain reasons. Handou t . Structures : - That’s true . I completely agree with you. - That’s not the way I see it. IV- Teaching aids: - textbook - Handouts - chalk - cards V- Techniques : - skill-based ( listening,. activities. - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to give reasons to give reasons to argue for their opinion. II. Lexical items : -unicorn -trick - nasty - halloween - stunning III- Structures. Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period 108: Preparation date :20 /3/2008 Unit 13: Lesson : Speaking I. Aims : - By the end of the lesson, the students are able