Adjectives Lesson
Beginners level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To teach the concept of adjectives by providing new vocabulary and the grammar necessary to use it
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in the context of using adjectives to describe people and places
Procedure (45-60 minutes)
T holds up pictures of the teachers and asks Ss if they remember their ages (repeating Friday's activity). T writes ‘Young’ on the left and ‘Old’ on the right, sticks the photos on the board in chronological order by age, and writes their ages above the photos. T tells the students that it’s their turn, and asks them to lineup in order of age similar to the photos on the board by demonstrating with a strong S. T prompts the students to go down the line from left-to-right, asking the person next to them for their age. T splits the students into two random teams.
After Ss are already split into standing teams, T demonstrates the game: one S from each team goes to the board and writes a random number, while the team members guess the number. After the team recalls the number, the next S goes to the board. T monitors and keeps track of the score. After 1-2 minutes, T switches the game rules: now, a team member tells the S at the board a number, and he or she must write it.
T teaches new adjectives through a PowerPoint presentation with images of people, places, and things in Istanbul. T distributes a matching HO to the Ss to complete individually. Ss check in pairs, and then T pulls the HO up on the project and checks the answers with the WC by assigning each S a number to write on the WB.
T tells the Ss that these new words are called ‘adjectives’ and prompts them to shout out any more adjectives they know. T writes them on one half of the board. T presents the grammar on the other side of the board using the projector, and leads the WC to practice the grammar through repetition. T distributes second HO, regroups into pairs to check the answers, and calls specific Ss to the WB to write their sentences. T distributes an answer key.
T presents the concept, and asks the Ss to repeat. T calls a S to the WB to match 'very', 'not', and the plain adjective to photos. T presents two photo sets, and asks Ss to describe what it is using the new words to the person next to them. T calls a S up to the board to write what it is underneath the photos.
Ss watch an American music video and describe the people in the video. T leads the WC through an example using Justin Timberlake, and prompts the Ss to state his name, job, nationality, and marital status before describing him. T regroups the class into new pairs, and Ss work together to describe the people. Every two people, the T regroups the Ss into new pairs. At the end, the T leaves a few minutes to ask specific Ss questions about the people in front of the WC.