Old Haunted House
Elementary level
Description
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of Past tense in the context of Haunted house
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in a Questions and answers in the context of Past tense house
Procedure (45-59 minutes)
-Show a picture of a old haunted house and elicit what the SS see. I'm looking for furniture and prepositions, push the SS a little further by asking where the things are? -CCQ Is this house in the past? (yes) Is it haunted?(Yes) Do you see a ghost? (Yes) Where is the ghost?(On the table)
-Remove the image of the haunted house off the board -Display the grammar example from page 138 Grammar bank on the board. -CCQ back to the context of the house: Was there a ghost?(Yes there was) How many ghost were there? (one) Were there any chairs? (Yes there were) How many chairs?(Two chairs). -Have the SS listen and complete exercise 5 (a).Then swap the paper and listen again to check their partners work.
-Open the sliding doors to the right of the classroom. Ask the SS to look at the room for a minute. Tell them to remember things. -Have the SS then look to the board again and tell me what they saw. -Correct anything that was not past tense. They must use the grammar on the board, gesture to it to get answers.
-Using the grammar projected on the board ask to elicit the stress and intonation of the sentences and questions from the SS. Use gestures and hands to accompany this. -Put the rules from this on the model sentences and then have the class repeat in different groups e.g. girls and then boys. -Randomly select a student and take something from their desk to CCQ There was a pen on the table? (Yes there was) Was there a book in my hand?(Yes there was) -Remember to back chain to emphasis the syllables and clauses rising and falling.
-CCQ Did I see things in the past?(yes) Am I talking about things in a building? (Yes) -Give the SS HO 1a for them to fill out. Once they finish they can then get their feedback from the answer keys placed around the room. -In pairs have them complete Qb and when the class has finished they will find the answer keys stuck under their tables.
-Play a game of Where was I yesterday? Get one SS to stand at the front of the room, the teacher will stand behind them and hold up a picture of a place in the haunted house e.g. kitchen, bathroom, garden. -The SS must then tell the SS what was there yesterday e.g. There were stools. There were books, There was a fountain. They must not say the place. -The SS in the middle of the class cannot turn around or look at the picture, they must guess the place I was in.
-Get the SS into pairs, A and B. A will be given a copy of Q8C page 104. B will be given a copy of Q8C page 109. -SS must look at the pictures for a minute then B will turn down their page. SS A will then ask B the question prompts on their page and B must answer. -Swap over and do vice versa. B will ask A the questions on page 109 and A must answer. The answers are given for the SS to correct each other.