Materials
Main Aims
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To provide Ss with clarification, review and practice of adjective word order in the context of being older.
Subsidiary Aims
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Vocabulary and Speaking
Procedure (29-39 minutes)
Prepare blue tack Good morning, How is everyone today? Show pictures of actors. who is he? what famous movie did he act in? then stick on to the white board do same for each picture then ask how old is he? tell them the answers after they have all guessed. brad pitt 53, johnny depp 53 and Hugh Jackman 48 Ask SS questions about themselves "how old are you", "Do you think old people are wise?" and "what do you personally believe is considered old?"
Write on WB: " What kind of characteristics do the elderly and teenagers have? Write on WB: elderly and Teenager Ask SS group question what is written on the WB (ex Teenager Stubborn, elderly impatient) Write the words on the left of WB (Vulnerable, self centered, narrow minded unenthusiastic and clumsy) ask students if they know the meaning one by one and write meaning Vulnerable: weak or easy to change his or her mind Self centered: Someone who only wants for himself Narrow minded: they have their mind on one way only Unenthusiastic: lack of desire for things they dont like doing Clumsy: someone who drops or spills things a lot Chest HO exercise "1a match adjectives in the table." ( 3 mins) "pair check and discuss your answers" ask students "what did your partner say about stubborn?" and "do you agree?" chest HO. Put Ss in pairs " discuss questions 1, 2 and 3. (3mins) ask Ss "what was your partners answer for question 1?" and so on
Chest HO " tick or cross the boxes below". (3mins) "Pair check and discuss your differences" (3mins) have group discussion if want.
need to explain grammar. on WB Write on WB "any word that starts with a, i, o, u and e must have an before it" i.e: an orange, an Italian, an umbrella, an egg and an apple type goes after general adjective. Chest HO "complete phrases with adjectives in the correct place" "dont forget about using a and an correctly" pair check (3mins) hand out answer key
chest HO " re write the underlined phrase using the + an adjective" write first answer on board : The Spanish enjoy eating out. (check with answers) pair check if dont get to this give for homework