linking words
B2 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of linking words in the context of the shepherd boy
Subsidiary Aims
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• To provide gist reading practice using a text about the shepherd boy
Procedure (31-41 minutes)
T will projects 4 pictures. T asks students to talk in partners about what they see in each picture. T elicits answers from sts.
T chests HO T gives instructions " read quickly the story about the shepherd boy and pick one title" Students check in pairs. T elicits the answer from students
T divides the students into 2 or 3 groups depending on their number. T sticks on different walls some sentences from the text. T gives instructions. " these are three incomplete sentences from the text, I want you to complete them with answers from the text.""when you finish writing the sentences you go down and write the form"
T takes the marker sentences from the previous activity in the highlighting stage. "because he felt bored" "although they were busy" "so he climbed back up the hills" T elicits the name of the words and their use from sts. "conjuctions are used to join or connect 2 sentences" T gives them a guided discovery handout that shows the form. "students will get through the form in the previous activity too" T does some choral drilling of the sentences.
T chests HO (gap fill acitivity) T gives instructions " fill these gaps with the right conjunction" "you have 3 mins" Students xhack in pairs T projects the answer key
T chests a HO (incomplete sentences) T gives instructions " read these sentences and try to complete them with your own ideas" Pair discussion T elicits answers from students
T projects the pictures again on the WB T asks students to stand up and choose a partner T gives instructions "look at the pictures and tell the story again using the linking words"