A personal e-message
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To help students write e-message
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To provide reading for both gist and detailed information
Subsidiary Aims
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To enable students to understand vocabulary related to how to describe people
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To have students know functional language for describing people
Procedure (41 minutes)
-Draw a flower on the board. -In the center of the flower,write one of your friends` name. -In each petal,write word related to your friend,for example the country she . -Help them ask you questions related to the words. -Tell one of them to ask their classmate the question.. .
-Tell the Ss they will read an e-message about a girl. -Ask them to read it quickly to know who she is and what the text is about. -Tell them not to write anything in the gabs. -Put them in pairs to discuss it. -Monitor them. -Get the feedback from the whole class.
-tell the Ss to read the text carefully this time. -Ask them to fill in the gabs with the words in the box. -Tell them to do it alone. -put them in small groups to check their answers. -Monitor them. -Write the correct answers on the board.
-Tell the Ss read the text for the second time,but carefully. -Ask them to do exercise 2 alone. -Have them to check the answers with their peers. -Get a feedback by asking the whole class.
-Have the Ss write about their family. -Give them clear instruction how to do it. -Tell them to do it alone. -Monitor the Ss. -Help them if necessary. -Ask at least 2 Ss to read their e-mail for feedback.
-Tell the Ss to read the short e-mail. -Ask them to work in pairs to answer the questions. -Monitor them. -Ask the whole class for feedback.
-Give the Ss some papers in the format of an e-mail. -Ask them to write an e-mail for their friends. -Ask them to do it alone. -Monitor them. -Get a feedback