New Headway, 4th edition - Student's book - p.58-59 - Beginners level
Beginners A1 level
Description
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of prepositions of place
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide oral accuracy and fluency practice using prepositions of place in the context of objects in the bedroom
Procedure (45-50 minutes)
- Show sts the first slide that has a picture of a bedroom. Ask: What is this? (It's a bedroom.) Tell them that the boy is called Robert and this is Robert's bedroom. - Ask them some questions like: 1. Is there a laptop in the bedroom? (Yes, there is.) 2. Is there a football in the room? (Yes, there is.) 3. Are there books in the room? (Yes, there are.) - Introduce the cat in slide 2 then go through the slides eliciting the prepositions from sts.
- Do some choral and individual with the students 1. The cat is in the bin. 2. The cat is on the book. 3. The cat is under the desk. 4. The cat is next to the bag. - Remind sts of the word 'to' in 'next to'. Circle it on the board.
- Tell sts that they will work in pairs, look at the picture and write the missing prepositions in exercise 2. time limit: 2 mts - Provide sts with the answer key on the board.
- Have sts work in pairs to answer exercise 3. - Go through the vocabulary in exercise 3 and make sure they know the word 'trainers'. - Give sts a model. Ask one student or two these two questions: Where is Robert's CD player? (It's on the desk next to the laptop.) Where are his car keys? (They're in the drawer.) time limit: 5 mts - Get some fb from sts.
- Have sts work in pairs to do exercise 3. Model a sentence on the board. time limit: 4 mts - Give sts the answer key then get them to ask and answer in pairs. time limit: 3 mts
- Have sts work in pairs to ask and answer about the pictures. - Students A have the picture on pg. 59. Give students B copies of pg. 141. Tell students A and B to hide their pictures. - Model one or two questions then give sts 4 mts to do the activity time limit:4 - DEC on the board
- Tell sts to put the two pictures in front of them. - Tell sts they are going to listen to a description of a room and they should choose which one it it. - Play audio file 8.8 - Get some fb form sts then give them the answer (picture B)
- Tell sts to put the two pictures in front of them. - Tell sts they are going to listen to a description of a room and they should choose which one it it. - Play audio file 8.8 - Get some fb form sts then give them the answer (picture B)
- Have sts work in pairs and do exercise 5 at pg. 59. - Go through the sentences with the sts asking them to explain and justify their choices.