Agree or Disagree ?
Upper-Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide review and practice of language used for agreeing and disageeing in the context of ways to stop smoking
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide detailed reading practice using a text about ways to stop smoking
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of agreeing and disagreeing answering different controversial questions
Procedure (34-45 minutes)
- Greet students - Write this sentences on the board "SMOKING SHOULD BE BANNED IN PUBLIC PLACES" - Elicit the meaning of the word BANNED - Ask them do you agree or disagree ? But do not listen to their answers - Tell them to answer this question in pairs/groups - Listen to some answers later
- Tell the students that now we will read a text about different opinions regarding smoking - Give the students /HO1/ and tell them to read the text once to answer questions 1+2 - Ask ICQ's : Are we answering questions 3 now? NO - Let them check their answers in pairs before taking feedback and sharing the answer with them
- Tell the students that it is clear that JOHN and PETER have different opinions about smoking. - Have students do ex.3 and underline agreeing and disagreeing phrases - Project the text and have students underline them on the board
- Give the students a guided discovery worksheet with a cline /HO2/ and ask them to do it - Scaffold one of them as an example - Let them check in pairs - Project the worksheet on the WB and have students answer on the board again - Drill the phrases together - Highlight the place of adverbs in the phrases
- Give the students /HO3/ which is a controlled practice - Ask ICQs : Are you answering together? No - Let them do it and then check in pairs - Let the students see the answer key to check their answers - Take feedback to see how they answered and why
- Give each student 3 or 4 cut-ups depending on the number of students - Tell them to answer the questions in pairs/groups agreeing or disagreeing - Monitor and take notes - Give whole class feedback if time is enough