MODAL FORMS OF DEDUCTION
INTERMEDIATE - MIXED ABILITY level
Materials
Main Aims
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PRACTICE MODALS OF DEDUCTION - MUST, MAY, MIGHT, CAN'T IN THE CONTEXT OF APPEARANCES
Subsidiary Aims
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SEMI-CONTROLLED SPEAKING AND READING FOR DETAIL
Procedure (101-139 minutes)
"TODAY WE WILL LOOK AT THE MODAL FORM IN RELATION TO APPEARANCES
CCQ: 1. CONCEPT - JUDGING BY APPEARANCES A) VOCAB CHECK "JUDGING BY APPEARANCES" 2. CHECKING B) Q: WHEN YOU FIRST MEET A STRANGER DO YOU TAKE AN "INSTANT" VIEW? C) Q: ARE YOU OFTEN RIGHT? D) Q: WHAT SENSE DO WE USE WHEN WE FIRST MAKE AN "INSTANT" OPINION OF SOMEONE? 3. QUESTIONS - BASED ON 3 COUNTER-INTUITIVE PICTURES
1. PUT UP MAIN PIC ON WB 2. SHOW HO OF TEXT DESCRIBING THE 3 LADIES 3. GIVE INSTRUCTIONS: WORK IN PAIRS/LOOK AT PIC/MATCH TEXTS A-C WITH THE LADIES ON THE PIC 4. DISTRIBUTE TEXT HO AND MONITOR 5. QUESTION SS ON THEIR FINDINGS - GET THEM TO USE THE MODAL FORM IN THEIR ANSWERS, EG "SHE MUST BE THE POLICEWOMAN BECAUSE..."
1. ASK SS TO READ THE TEXTS AGAIN 2. ASK SS TO READ EXERCISE B: A) WHICH TWO WOMEN FEEL THEY ARE JUDGED BY THEIR APPEARANCE? HOW? B) WHICH WOMAN THINKS SHE IS JUDGED BECAUSE OF HER NAME? HOW? 3. ENCOURAGE GROUP DISCUSSION WITH QUESTIONING
1. DRAW SS ATTENTION TO EXERCISE C. 2. EXPLAIN INSTRUCTIONS: WORK IN GROUPS/EXPLAIN THE HIGHLIGHTED PHRASES 3. MONITOR 3. ASK QUESTIONS TO ENSURE UNDERSTANDING
1. SHOW PPT SLIDE 2. GET SS TO RECONFIRM VERB FORM (SUBJ + MODAL VERB + INF VERB) 3. EXPLAIN THE LIKELIHOOD OF CERTAINTY LINE 4. INTRODUCE 3 EXAMPLES RELATED TO TEXT AND ASK QUESTIONS OF SS
1. SHOW PPT WITH 6 PORTRAIT PICTURES 2. EXPLAIN THAT THEY HAVE TO MATCH A PICTURE WITH AN OCCUPATION 3. GIVE EXAMPLE OF COMEDIAN (ROBIN WILLAMS) 4. IN GROUPS ASK THEM TO CONSIDER THE REMAINING 5 PICTURES TO GUESS THE PROFESSION. 5. QUESTION THEM ON THEIR ANSWERS AND TO EXPLAIN WHY USING MODAL FORM, EG PERSON A IS THE POP STAR BECAUSE HE MUST/MIGHT/CAN'T 6. TELL CORRECT ANSWERS
"YOU CAN'T TELL A BOOK BY LOOKING AT ITS COVER..."