teaching practice 4
Beginners level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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This lesson will be focusing on grammar - present simple using expression of time and how often students engage in their free time activities
Subsidiary Aims
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Get ss to practice speaking using 'how often'
Procedure (35-49 minutes)
Show pictures to students of free time activities and brainstorm what ss already know. Ask ss who participates in the following - cinema, shopping, concerts, gym, restaurants bars and museums.
Review adverbs of frequency never, sometimes, usually, always. Draw a percentage diagram and quickly get ss to come and stick on the board
Introduce time expressions to ss by using cuttings then ask CCQs when do you go to the cinema? Once a month. When do you go to a museum? once a year. When do you go to a Turkish bath? Once a week. When do you go to the gym? Three times a week. Draw a diagram on the WB and give ss time expressions and get them to stick on the WB in order.
Elicit from ss the phrase how often by making them ask me how often I go to the gym or cinema using pictures previously shown. Show a pictures to ss and then ask how often they go to the cinema or museum etc. And let them answer using a time expression that's stuck on the board from previous activity
Chest the HO and explain to ss the activity ex 2, they have a list of verbs and they must fill in the blanks using "how often" with family habits and sleeping habits. make ss peer check and then get FB and write the answers on the board
Ss work in pairs and ask each other the questions they have done in ex2 gap filling with the verbs. monitor and correct ss as they practice speaking
Explain to ss they will do a class survey and design their own questions and ask three other ss in the class. Do an example on the WB and make sure ss write the name of the ss they ask and then chest HO and monitor whilst they do the activity