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Grade 3 - Lesson #40 - Grade 3 Level
Grade 3 level

Description

In this lesson students listen and understand the texts about after-school clubs. They learn how to write an ad for an after-school club.

Materials

Abc Go Getter 1 StB p. 66

Main Aims

  • Students develop listening skills and understand texts about after-school clubs
  • Students learn the structure of an ad for an after-school club and get ready to develop writing skills at home.

Subsidiary Aims

  • Students learn how to join sentences in writing using AND and BUT

Procedure

Homework check (5-5 minutes) • Check the previous homework and give personalized feedback

Teacher looks through the homework in WBs

Warmer/Lead-in (2-2 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Teacher shows a picture with children having fun at after-school clubs in StB p. 66. Teacher asks the class: Where are they? What can they do in an after-school club? What after-school clubs has our school got? Teacher helps with vocabulary and writes on the board all the ideas.

Pre-Listening (2-2 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

Students in pairs match pictures and activities in ex. 1 They predict what activities children can do at each club.

While-Listening #1 (for the gist) (5-8 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information listening tasks

Students listen and match speakers with clubs in ex. 2

While-Listening #2 (for specific information) (5-8 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference listening tasks

Students predict in pairs what words are missing in ex. 3 They use their memory. Then they listen and check and write in the missing words.

Post-Listening (5-8 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

Students discuss in pairs what club they would like to go to and why. Then Teacher asks each pair, they vote for the most popular club.

Presentation of structure for an ad (5-5 minutes) • Students learn the structure of an ad

Students read the ad in ex. 5 and circle who the club is for. Teacher pre-teaches the term "ad" / "advertisement". Teacher asks: What questions does the ad answer? (What can you do? Where? When?) What's at the end of the ad? - Call to action: "See you there!"

Controlled practice of using AND and BUT in compound sentences (2-2 minutes) • Students learn how to use AND and BUT in compound sentences

Students in pairs find all the words AND and BUT in the ad. Then they do ex. 6 and fill the gaps.

Homework instruction (5-5 minutes) • Instruct students how to write an ad. Give them their homework

Teacher draws the students' attention to the plan in ex. 7 and asks to write an ad for an after-school club at home in the notebook. The ad should have the structure from ex. 6, answer the same questions and have at least 7 sentences. There should be at least one sentence with AND and one with BUT.

Homework:

StB p. 66 ex. 7 - write an ad for an after-school club WB p. 49 ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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