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 explanat[r]
(1)Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period 108: Unit 13: Preparation date :20 /3/2008 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 IVTeaching aids: - textbook - Handouts - chalk - cards VTechniques : - skill-based ( listening, speaking) VIProcedures : State/ti Teacher’s and students’ activities Blackboard Materia me ls Games: Describing Pictures warm-Ask SS to work in small groups up Handout - Show SS a picture of “bungee Jumping” ( Appendix 1) s (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 you say to expressing agreement or disagreement? Today we will practice expressing agreement and disagreement and how to explain reasons Unit 13 : Speaking -Write down on the board : Pre1.Matching pictures with holiday activities (task a, p 183Speakin 184) Chalk g and -Ask SS to study the pictures and match them with the holiday activities board (7’) -Tell SS to compare answers in pairs -Go over the answers which the whole class Introducing useful language ( tack b, p.184) -Elicit and introduce expressions of agreement and disagreement and the langue used to explain reasons Lop6.net (2) whileSpeakin g (23’) PostSpeakin g (7’) Homew ork (1’) 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…… 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 -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 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 different cards so that they all make up 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 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 Lop6.net Textboo k Mountaineering boxing wind surfing bungeejumping wrestling skiing Textboo k Handout (3)