Big Events
Upper-intermediate level level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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The main aim of this lesson is to introduce new vocabulary in the context of events and celebrations and the use of extreme adjectives.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in a conversation in the context of talking about events and celebrations using extreme adjectives.
Procedure (32-43 minutes)
Ss look at the pictures and try to guess what are the pictures about. teacher elicits words " Event, celebrations, huge, noisy, sing..."
Ss form 3 groups to look at the pictures from 1 to 6 pg.72,73. and match them with the cut-ups. Ss check their answers in goups by swapping their answers with a different group. teacher gives answer key and Ss discuss the questions in Ex.3 pg.72.
Teacher ask the students about how they feel when it snows in order to elicit a sentence that icludes the adjective "cold" or "very cold" teacher writes the sentence on the board and asks the Ss to change the word "very cold" with one adjective that can keep the same meaning. Teacher draws a scale on the WB and write words "a little cold, rather cold, cold and very cold" on the board and ask students to put the words in the rught place next to the scale and ask Ss to think of an adjective that can replace "very cold" teacher gives Ss a matching list and the check in pairs once they finish.
teacher go back to the marker sentence. asks Ss if they can use extreme adjectives with very and highlight other words such as, absolutely, so, quite and really. teacher gives an activity and Ss read sentences in pairs and decide true or false. Ex.3 pg 51.
teacher refers to the marker sentence. backchains and asks Ss where the stress accurs in the adjective.
Teacher gives HOs of Ex.3 pg 73. Ss do the exercise in a limited time. and discuss their answers with a partner. feedback to the WC
" if time allows" Ss in groups will talk about which Event they would/wouln't like to attend and why? Ss should use some of the new vocabulary learned items.