Films, books, restaurants May8th
Beginner level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of adjectives in the context of films, books and restaurants
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide product writing practice in the context of a review
Procedure (24-45 minutes)
Handout English Unlimited p.58 and ask Ss to keep it face-down. T - W/C Ask about Ss weekends. Play three facts and one lie on WB: I watched a movie called Rango. I went to Antarctica. I read a book by Dostoevsky. Answer: I watched a movie. T - W/C
Project slide #1 Ask Ss to listen to recording 2.23 and choose what people say. T - W/C Play recording 2.23 twice. T - W/C Ask Ss to check their answers in pairs. S - S Project Slide #2 and check answers. Drill for pronunciation and intonation. T - W/C
Slide #2 Clarify the target language by working on these marker sentences: We went to the cinema on Saturday. We saw a film called “Streets of New York.” CCQ: What is the name of the movie? Elicit that "called" means "the name of which is" Drill for pronunciation, stress and intonation. T - W/C Last week I read a book by Paulo Cuelho. CCQ: Who wrote this book? Elicit that by indicates the author. Drill for pronunciation, stress and intonation. T - WC We went to a restaurant called Burger House. CCQ: Is "called" a verb or an adjective? Elicit that it means "the name of which is" Drill for pronunciation, stress and intonation. T - W/C
Project slide #3 Drill for form and pronunciation. T - W/C Ask Ss to write sentences about the images in slides #4 and #5 using the prompts given. Set 2 minutes for each slide. S Write up the answers next to the images. Drill for form, pronunciation and intonation. T - W/C
Project slide#6 Ask Ss to match the image projected on WB with one of the adjectives. T - W/C Repeat for slides #7-11. T - W/C, S - T Drill the meaning and pronunciation of each adjective. T - W/C
Project slide #12 Tag Ss as blue and black. T - W/C Separate the class into two teams as "Team Blue" and "Team Black" T - W/C Distribute the handouts for the matching game and ask Ss to keep them face-down. T - W/C Tell Ss that they need to match the adjective phrases with the pictures. Set 3 minutes for this activity. GW At the end of the activity, elicit the antonyms "interesting / boring, cheap / expensive, long / short Drill for stress and pronunciation at the end of the activity. Drill for pronunciation and stress GW, T - W/C
Project slide #13 Ask Ss to read the sentences in 2a on their own and decide if it's a book or film, a café or a restaurant. Set 2 minutes. T - W/C, S Ask Ss to check in pairs. PW Provide possible answers: a. a book or a movie, b. a café or a restaurant, c.a book or a movie, d. a café Drill for pronunciation, stress and intonation. T - W/C
Project slide #14 Put Ss into 4 groups. T - W/C Distribute the HO for the activity and tell Ss to keep them face-down. T - W/C Ask students to complete the scale. Set 3 minutes. GW At the end of 3 minutes, ask Ss to check other groups' answers. GW When Ss finish checking, play recording 2.24 to check answers. Play the recording twice. T - W/C Project slide #15 for answers. Drill for stress and pronunciation. T - W/C CCQ: What is a wonderful book? (Example: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens) Repeat for other adjectives. T - W/C
Project slide #16 Divide the class into three groups. Tell the groups that: -one went to a restaurant or a café -one saw a movie -one read a book or a magazine Clarify that the number of emoticons next to each quality corresponds to an adjective on the scale. (Ex: 3 smiling faces means it was wonderful). Ask groups to write a commentary using the prompts provided in slide #16 Set 5 minutes for this activity. GW Monitor closely during the activity and provide help when necessary. At the end of the activity, project slide #17 for answers and conduct feedback.