Fifth Lesson, My World
A1 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of the present simple and how to use its positive and negative forms with subject pronouns (I, they, we and you) in the context of talking about students' likes, dislikes and lives.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide practice in writing sentences using the present simple tense in the context of describing personal likes, dislikes and life in general.
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To provide fluency and accuracy speaking practice in a conversation using the present simple in the context of talking about likes, dislikes and life in general (only if I have enough time).
Procedure (39-45 minutes)
*In this stage of the lesson, I would normally have to introduce the context, but this time the context has been already introduces in the previous lesson. - Teacher shows students the picture included in the reading passage from the previous lesson using the overhead projector. - Teacher asks students if they still remember this picture. - Teacher asks students to work in pairs to recall information about the main character in the picture. * Students discuss in pairs. - Teacher asks students to come out on the board and write everything they can remember about the main character in the picture. * Students write everything they remember about the character on the board in the form of phrases or even words. -Teacher chooses one of the words to form a sentence in the present simple. - Teacher elicits the noun and verb in the sentence. * Students identify the noun and verb in the sentence. -Teacher asks CCQs mentioned in the language analysis sheet.
- Teacher asks students to work in pairs and gives instructions on how to complete the first task in the handouts. - Teacher asks ICQs. For example, "Are you going to work alone? No." "Are you going to write anything? No." "Are you going to underline the verbs in these sentences? Yes." - Teacher gives the handouts to students. * Students work in pairs to underline the verbs in the sentences. - Teacher gets feedback from students.
In the second task teacher uses cutouts for sentences and asks students to put them in the correct order. - Teacher puts students into two groups. - Teacher gives students instructions on how to complete the second task. - Teacher gives students an example on how to complete the task. - Teacher uses ICQs. - Teacher gives cutouts to students. * Students work in their groups to put the sentences in the correct order. - Teacher draws table on the whiteboard. - Teacher asks students in each group to post the sentences in the correct order on the board. - Teacher explains the negative form of he present simple and the use of ''do not''. - Teacher models and drills one or two sentences. Or can use the audio record.
Task 3: - Teacher shows the task on the board using the overhead projector. - Teacher gives instructions to students on how to complete the task (fill in the gaps). - Teacher tells students to complete the task individually. - Teacher asks ICQs. -Teacher shows students how to complete the task. * Students work individually to complete the task. -Teacher tells students to peer check their answers. - Teacher gets feedback from student. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 4: -Teacher gives students instructions on how to complete the task. - Teacher shows students an example on how to complete the task. - Teacher asks students to work individually to complete the task. -Teacher asks ICQs. * Students work individually to complete the task. - Teacher instructs students to work in pairs, compare sentences and find out how many are the same. -Teacher takes general feedback from students. After this task students should be ready to use the language they have learnt.
- Teacher tells students to write three true sentences and three false sentences about themselves. - Teacher tells students to complete this task individually. - Teacher asks ICQs. * Students work individually to complete the task. - Teacher monitors students and correct errors.
-Teacher changes the places of students to give them the chance to work with other partners. -Teacher tells students to tell their sentences to the new partners and the new partner has to guess whether these sentences are true or false. * Students speak with each other to practice the target language. -Teacher monitors and delays errors correction.