Activity 2: talking about the pictures -Ask SS to work in pairs -Give each pair a set of picturesAppendix 2 -Tell SS to study the pictures and talk about what might happen in each case u[r]
(1)Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period 115 : Preparation date :2 /4/2008 Unit14 : Lesson : Speaking I Aims : - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to express degrees of certainty - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to give reasons to talk about their plans for future II Lexical items : -pale -holiday activities III- Structures : - I might go to Da Lat next summer vacation IVTeaching aids: - textbook - Handouts - chalk - cards VTechniques : - skill-based ( listening, speaking) VIProcedures : State/time Teacher’s and students’ activities Blackboard Materials warmGames: Flashing the Pictures up -Arrange SS to work in tow groups, A and B -Handouts (7’) -Flash a picture quickly and ask SS to say what it is ( Appendix 1a) - With a correct sentence about the picture, the group scores one point The group with more point wins the game -Keep a running total of points for each group on the board -Declare the winner -Ask SS ‘why is the baby crying?’ -If the answer is ‘He is hungry/…’ ask SS how they know that -Ask SS what to use when they just guess, but not sure of something ( Add a clock to the picture to show time in order to elicit more answers with high degree of certainty like ‘He must be…’.) ( Appendix 1b) ( expected: May be/Perhaps he’s hungry /He might be thirsty /He must be sleepy / …) Transition : -So when we are not sure of something, we can only tell the possibility Today we will practice expressing Unit 14 : Speaking – possibility through different degrees of certainty Talking about -Write down on the board : Possibility PreSpeaking (7’) 1.Eliciting and Introducing useful language -Make questions to elicit and then introduce the language used to express possibility -Draw a continuum to show the degree of certainty the modals express Degrees of Certainty Low degree high degree ( Less Certain) (More Certain) Modals: may should must Lop11.com Chalk and board (2) Might can’t Could ( sure or almost sure) Adverbs: maybe perhaps whileActivity 1: talking about the situation(tack a, p 195) Speaking -Ask SS to work in pairs, read the situations and make a sentence using a suitable modal to express possibility (23’) -Go around to monitor and give help if necessary -Call on pairs of SS to act out the exchanges for the situations -Give feedback and comments Activity 2: talking about the pictures -Ask SS to work in pairs -Give each pair a set of pictures(Appendix 2) -Tell SS to study the pictures and talk about what might happen in each case using suitable modals to express the degrees of certainty -Show are picture and modals an exchange to give SS an example -Go around to monitor unobtrusively - Call on SS to talk about the pictures and invite the class to express their opinion and to give comments -Give feedback and comments Activity 3: talking about plans for next summer vacation (task b, p.196) -Arrange SS to work in small groups -Ask SS in their groups to talk about what they plan to next summer vacation Tell them to use the model the example exchange -Have SS the task -Go around to check and give help if necessary -Call on some students to report about their groups -Give feedback and comments PostWriting about your plans Speaking -Tell SS to write a few sentences about what they might next summer vacation (7’) - Ask SS to form small groups of or 5, exchange their writings for correction and share ideas - give feedback and comments Homework What’s in common? (1’) -Ask SS to write a short paragraph about their group or class plans for the next vacation, beginning with: Most of us in the group / class are not sure of what to in the next summer vacation Some might… Lop11.com Textbook Textbook Handout (3)