ELI Peyron Europe 7B
A1-A2 level
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide review and practice of Past Simple: Regular Verbs in the context of Last time you did an activity
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide specific information listening practice using a text about A taxi journey in the context of Travel experience
Procedure (45-55 minutes)
Teacher - Welcome students and get names on the board. Have students write their name and introduce themselves. S-T 2 min Teacher tells story about the weekend: I was in Taksim. It was after midnight. I wanted to get a bus back home. I stay near Bogazici University. A Turkish woman and her mother were also at the bus stop. They asked me if there was a bus. Yes, I think so. We were there 30 minutes. There was no bus. The women looked for a taxi. There was no taxi. The Dolmus driver offered to drive us. We all were in the Dolmus back to Bogazaci. I asked how much was the fare. They said it was free. Happy story for me.
Listen for gist - Where did the girls want to go? Play exercise 7.1 (If audio is not loud enough Teacher will read) T-S 2 minutes Gist: Were they in London? Reading: Students will read the text on P54 themselves S 3 minutes Exercise 1a on Page 54 - Put students in pairs of 2. Have students work together 4-5 Minutes. S-S 5 minutes Correct as a Group: SSS 2 minutes
Teacher: Can you tell me the verb in each sentence in Exercise 1. S-T 3 minutes What is similar about these verbs? Elicit that they All end in -ed 1 minute
Have students complete Exercise 2 B. S-S 3 minutes Teacher Reviews +ve/-ve/? format S+base form+ed, S+did not base form, did+S+base form 5 minutes Present pronunciation Exercise 3 - d/t/id sounds Teacher - Choral first two rows SS-T Drill - S-T third lines
Exercise 2d: Get everyone to stand up. Teacher demonstrates: S1 Did you use SatNav yesterday? S1 - Yes or No I did not use SatNav. Ask S2 second question SSS - 7 minutes Teacher: Who found someone that listened to the radio? What did you listen to? Who worked late? Until what time did you work? 3 minutes
Complete Exercise 4 in pairs. Change student groupings. S-S 5 minutes. Teacher draws on a timeline.
Exercise 4C. Students can discuss in pairs past events S-S 5 minutes. Change partners S-S 5 minutes