TP #6 Speaking (Pierce Brosnan)
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide fluency and accuracy speaking practice in asking and answering questions in the context of Cinema and the life of actor Pierce Brosnan
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide gist and detailed reading practice using a text about the life of Pierce Brosnan
Procedure (46 minutes)
-I will show a picture of Pierce Brosnan on the projector *Who is this man? *Did you see him in any films? *Did you see those films on TV or at the cinema? (provide clarification that this means theater) *Is his real name James Bond? Do you know his real name? *He is an actor. His name is Pierce Brosnan
-T shows an example of a question about going to the cinema that is in the incorrect form on the projector and elicit the correct order of the words. *Look at this question. Is it correct? *What word comes first? *What word comes next? etc until the correct order is elicited. -elicit the meaning of the word cinema *What is the cinema? (movie theater) -Go to next slide and show the correct order *Ok, now I am asking you this question. How do we answer this question? *Who can answer this question for me? -Try to elicit more than just yes and no. *Yes, I did go...., No I didn't go.... -Go to the next slide and show the positive and negative answers -T will nominate 2 or 3 Ss and ask them *(name), did you go to the cinema last week? -Provide immediate correction if they do not answer correctly
-Count off students, either 1-3 or 1-4 depending on how large the class is. *#1s raise your hands. Look at each other. You will be sitting here. *#2s raise your hands. Look at each other. You will be sitting here. *#3s raise your hands. Look at each other. You will be sitting here. *Now stand up and go sit with your groups. -Pull out cut up activities and show them the different colors of paper. *We are playing a game. This is one team, this is one team, and this is one team *Each group has 3 questions. Each color of paper has the words for a different question *Put the words in the correct order to form a question. -Show the example on the powerpoint *The first time to get all 3 questions correct wins *Do not start until I say go *Go! -After groups have finished *Ok let's check our answers -Show correct question orders on powerpoint *Ok go back to your seats
*Look at the questions you just made on the board. How do we answer these questions? -try to elicit some of the answers, provide immediate feedback -Show the correct positive and negative answers to the students on the powerpoint *Look at these answers. -Go to next slide to show additional questions they might ask *Look at the board. These are more questions you can use in this conversation -Pair off the Ss *You two are partners, you two, etc *Speak with your partners. Ask them each of these questions and answer them, Yes I did do this or No I didn't do this -Nominate student for example *For example, ________ did you watch a film on TV last weekend? -Provide immediate feedback on nominated answer
-Go to next slide showing the two versions of my history *Look at these two paragraphs. Quickly read them and tell me what differences you see. -Give students 2 minutes to read paragraphs *What differences do you see? *How can you ask me which version is true? -Elicit question forms about the differing details. Give immediate feedback on their answers. -Go to next slide and show them correct question forms *Look at these questions. Ask me if they are true. -Go to next slide and show them the correct answer *Which sentences were true? The underlined sentences or the sentences that are not underlined?
-Divide the class into two halves. *Quickly read this paragraph. Who does it talk about? -Hand out text A to one group and text B to the other group. Give them two minutes to read the text. -After they are finished reading. *Look at the text. Are some of the sentences underlined? Do you think they are true? *Work as a group to make questions to see if the underlined sentences are true. Write your questions on your sheet of paper. *Look at the first sentence, it says Pierce Brosnan was born in Ireland *How do we ask if this is true or not? -Try to elicit question "Was Pierce Brosnan born in Ireland? *Do you think this is true? *Yes, it is true because it is not underlined. *How do we answer this question? *Yes, Pierce Brosnan was born in Ireland. *Look at the underlined words in your reading. In your groups, write questions about the underlined statements to see if they are true or not.
-Tell students that the two groups have different readings with different facts *Look at your text. Text A has different facts than text B. *Both texts have underlined sentences. These sentences are not true *The words that are underlined in text A are different than the words that are underlined in text B. *The answers to group A's questions are in text B, and the answers to Group B's questions are in group A -Give example, asking question 1 from Group A's text to a student from group B. Elicit correct answer form from the student and provide feedback if necessary. *Now stand up and find a partner from the other group. Ask each other your questions and find out the correct information for the underlined sentences. *Write the correct answers to your questions on your sheet