TP3 Functional Language--Exaggeration
Upper Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To clarify and practice using functional language and vocabulary related to expressing frustration and surprise through exaggeration
Subsidiary Aims
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To practice listening for and recognizing meaning of language related to expressing frustration and surprise through exaggeration
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To practice productive speaking skills, using the functional language of the lesson
Procedure (36-49 minutes)
-Show comic of exaggerated fishing story -Assign SS the role of Bob or Jim -Bobs tell the story of the picture (your day fishing), Jims ask questions about the day -ICQ: Which picture are you going to talk about in your story? (The big fish) CCQs: -In the story your partner told you, did he describe his day exactly how it was? -Were you surprised by the story you heard? -Did you believe the story you heard? -In the story you told, did you say how things really were, or did you make it bigger? Elicit word "exaggerate" -What do we call it when we tell a story bigger than how it really is?
-Give cutouts with definitions and target vocabulary on tables -SS work in groups of 4 to match the vocabulary with the meanings -After 3 minutes, SS move to the group next to them and check and change the vocab with the HO I give them CCQs -If I am really hungry, what do I say? (repeat and drill stress on "starving") -If I want to buy a new car but it's really expensive, what do I say? (repeat and drill stress on "fortune") -Would I say "I'm not carrying that, it weights a ton" to my boss? To my friend? -If I'm telling a story to the police, do I usually exaggerate? Who do we use expressions like these with?
-Assign SS colors (you're pink, you're blue, etc.) -SS sit at the table that has the same color of paper that they are -At tables, work in pairs to pick 5 sentences from the matching game and tell each other about a time they might have said each one -Encourage SS to ask follow-up questions -As a WC, ask one S to tell another S about when he used one of the expressions (repeat a few times)
-Give SS a table with columns for frustration, disappointment, and surprise -SS listen to the dialogue and take notes on things speakers say that express frustration, disappointment, and surprise -SS compare chart with a partner and see if they wrote some of the same things -After the listening, WC generates ideas to fill out the chart together on the board
-SS work in pairs to complete 3a gap fill -Select pairs who finish to write in blanks projected on the board -FB with WC any wrong answers -Lead in to next activity by reminding SS that when we express surprise it is because we didn't know beforehand something that the speaker was going to say
-SS work in pairs to complete 3b -For FB, nominate SS to circle the letters of the questions projected on the board -Nominate S to circle correct answer to rule on board -On rule sentence, write out "had they not" under "hadn't" and "did you not" under "didn't you" to clarify negatives in questions CCQs: -When we are not surprised about something, do we know the answer or not? -When we think we know the answer to a question, do we ask using positive or negative verb?
-Give SS a slip of paper with a situation on it -SS read their slip and imagine a story that describes that situation. Take notes if necessary. -SS find someone with a different color slip of paper and tell their stories to each other -Encourage SS to tell their partner whether they are surprised or not surprised about details in the story, and ask follow-up questions -Monitor for any errors to correct in delayed FB on the board after the activity is finished -Ask, who heard a surprising story? Ask S to tell it. -Ask, who heard a story that they were not surprised about? Ask S to tell it.