Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period 118: Preparation date :8 /4/2011 Unit14 : Lesson : Language Focus- grammar I. Aims : - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to make compound nouns with the words space and air. - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to distinguish and use can, could and be able to. II. Lexical items : -persuade - foggy - disturb - stuck III. Structures : - Joe can speak four languages. - We were able to persuade them at last. IV. Teaching aids: - textbook - handouts - pieces of paper - chalk and board V. Techniques : - Grammar-based (Can, could, and be able to) VI. Procedures : State/ti me Teacher’s and students’ activities Blackboa rd Mate rials 1. warm- up (7’) Game: Hot Seat -Divide SS into 2 groups ,A and B. -Choose one representative from each group to sit in the “hot seat” in the front with their backs to the board. -Write a word on the board and ask the groups to explain what the word is so that their team mate in the “hot seat” can guess the word. -Tell SS they must not say the word, translate the word or use gestures. -Give one point to the first group to - Pictur es - chalk and board successfully guess the word. And continue with a new word. -The group with more points wins the game. -Keep a running total of points for each group on the board. -Declare the winner. These are the words used in the game: Moon NASA Yuri Gagarin Plane airport spaceman -Write the words plane, airport, and spaceman on the board. -Ask SS to give other words for plane. -Elicit from SS the word class or part of speech of these words. ( expected : they are nouns Transition: Unit 14 Language Focus -Yes, these are nouns are formed by two words together, so they are called compound nouns, part of the lesson today will focus on compound nouns space and air. - T writes down on the board : 2. word study (12’) Compound Nouns: - elicit from SS the formation, meaning and stress pattern of the worlds. - the meanings of these compounds take the meanings of both elements of the expressions. - like most compound nouns, these compounds have the main stress on the first part. Activity 1 Matching to make compound nouns (task a, p197) -Ask SS to complete each of the sentences with a noun from the table in task a or a Formatio n: Space + noun Air a)Answer s: - textb ook - Chalk and board 3. Gram mar (2’) correct form of the verb given in the box. -Tell SS to compare answers in pairs. -Call on SS to read their completed sentences and check the answers with the whole class. Activity : gap-filling (task b, p197) - Ask SS to read the sentences and fill in each space with a suitable word from the list - Tell SS to compare answers in pairs and then go over the answers with the whole class. Can , could and be able to: - elicit from SS sentences with can, could and be able to and then distinguish between these structures. - sentence structure with can and be able to + infinitve: in the present tense, be able to 1. spaceman, space shuttle, space suit, space walk, 2. airline, airplane, air bed, airsick b) answers: 1. spaceman 2. airsick 3. space shuttle. 4. space suit Textb ook is more formal and less usual than can - we always use be able to , not can in these structures: to-infinitive, after a modal verb, present perfect. - sentence structure with couldn’t and was / were able to….: we use could or was / were able to for general past ability or opportunity in the past. To say that the ability or opportunity resulted in a particular action, something that really happened ( specific past action) , we use was/ were able to but not could We can use either form in negative sentences or questions : couldn’t or wasn’t/ weren’t able to We normally use could ( not was/ were able to) with verbs the senses ( see, smell, taste , hear…) and verbs of thinking ( understand, ….) Activity 1 : conversation completion 5. air bed (task a, p.198) - Ask SS to read the sentences in the task and rewrite them using the passive structure. -Tell SS to work with a partner and compare answers. -Call on SS to write their sentences on the board and check with the class. Activity 2: error recognition - give each student a handout - tell SS that some of the sentences are correct and some are in correct. - Ask SS to correct the incorrect sentences and check the correct ones . 4. Home work Sentence Completion -Give out handouts and SS to look at the information about the two restaurants and Hand out (1’) complete the sentences . Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period 118 : Preparation date :8 /4/2 011 Unit14 : Lesson : Language Focus- grammar I. Aims : - By the end of the lesson, the students. in the game: Moon NASA Yuri Gagarin Plane airport spaceman -Write the words plane, airport, and spaceman on the board. -Ask SS to give other words for plane. -Elicit from SS the word class. the students are able to make compound nouns with the words space and air. - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to distinguish and use can, could and be able to. II. Lexical items