Materials
Main Aims
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To develop students ability to talk about electronic devices .to make stronger the use of the language that they already know and do this by practicing further or revising what they have already learned..Improve students writing skills. To encourage a love of writing for students.
Subsidiary Aims
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to help learners to understand and use comparisons to compare and contrast two objects related to their own experiences in a logical context.
Procedure (42-70 minutes)
In this beginning of the lesson ,I'll set a game to be played by students. I'll give them instructions and rules to follow in this game. I won't use ICqs because I'll model with one student. I'll give each student a certain number of coins or squares of paper (about 10). Everyone should move around the room starting conversations and asking each other questions. The only rule is that they cannot say the words YES or NO. If they accidentally say one of these words, they have to give a coin or square to the person who they said it to. I'll ask them to Try to trick each other by asking questions that they would almost always answer with a yes or no and think of other ways to trick each other. I'll mention that sometimes asking two quick questions in a row works well. I'll model with asking tag questions: Are you new here? This is your first time in Saudi Arabia, isn't it?).
I 'll use smartphones and tablets in this stage. I'll divide students in group of four students and let them discuss what they know about those two electronic devices . Before this I 'll ask them briefly if they have already used one of them and for what. then I'll ask each one of them to talk for 30 seconds about one of these devices or both of them and I'll set numbers to each one and number one is the student allowed to start before others. Here I'll ask them Icqs to make sure they will follow the instructions I gave them.: Ex: what are you going to discuss about? Ex:how much of time should each one talk ? Ex: who is going to start? They should work in groups and I'll make sure that they all participate and use the language by moving around the class. students answers will vary depending on their use of these gadgets and prior knowledge about them: tablets have bigger sizes and are used mostly by children and also teenagers to play games and surf on the net. tablets are used to perform the mlg school homework. Smartphones are smaller and used to make calls and take pictures. ............. Now that I've created their interest and desire to speak I'll move on the following stage
I'll give students review sheets to read for comprehension about the two devices . They have to read quickly for the overall understanding .They have to decide at the end whether the reviewer recommend to use smartphones or tablets. I will ask the students two questions . What is the difference between smartphones and tablets? What are the different uses of smartphones and tablets? Students should discuss them in pairs. They will be oriented to the text, then read it quickly (2and 3 minutes ) students will discuss their thoughts in pairs and compare their answers together. I should be very strict about the time limit.the text is very challenging and full of information and the children should be able to answer the gist question. I'll ask them not to stop at difficult words and try to figure out their meaning because they have to understand the main idea in the text which is the features of each device (smartphones and tablets) in order to help creating the mind map lists on the board after I elicit some of their ideas . their responses will be the basis of the gist task and they will surely need them to build their first draft. I'll ask them Icqs : how much time do you have to read the text ? will you stop on difficult words? what will you discuss? I'll use the o use the clustering method, I will place a word that describes the topic here smatrphone in a circle I will then write keywords and thoughts around the word circled t and draw lines away from it to other keywords and ideas. Then, circle each word as you group them around the central word. I'll do the same with the word tablet then I' ll link the circles by lines to words describing each word in the circle Ex smartphone : small,have two cameras,easy to hold....... Ex:tablets: big size, heavy,only one back camera........ I 'll make an other mind map with two similar circles but this time linked to their uses. note I couldn't draw the map so I tried to show you how I did it . Ex : smartphone: make calls, take selfies and pictures,chat with friends ....... Ex tablets: work,playing games, reading books,studying,working........
After the gist task students should focus on the text in greater details. I will give them a detailed task with special designed questions: matching questions to analyse the text. Questions that would be answered with pre-taught vocabulary in previous lessons ex: comparative adjectives and it is time now to use them in their writing. questions with answers to be put in columns tables. Questions matching the headings to the paragraphs. I ll give them worksheets with the paragraphs (each paragraph in one worksheet.) and pieces of paper with headings and ask them to match the headings to the paragraphs they should work in groups. headings: smartphones and tablets are different in size. smartphones cameras are better designed to take selfie. tablets have long lasting batteries. most applications run in tablets. different uses of tablets and smartphones. see paragraphs in review worksheet text. they have to discuss in groups and express their opinions about the different features of both devices and their different uses. now I'll ask them to fill in tables with different information and descriptions of the smartphones ,one column for the uses of tablets and main features of it and another column to fill in with the same information about the smartphones.
I 'll give student ten minutes to do the brainstorming activity . they will work in pairs . All ideas are written down. they will generate as many ideas as possible to c.. they will use other's students ideas and expand on it. I 'll encourage students to add or revise their list . Brainstorming allows them to identity keywords and phrases that they can then use in their rough plan. I will let them use ideas and descriptions from the mind map already on the board. they will take notes about the features of the smartphones and tablets. they will take notes about the different uses .
After collecting ideas and notes and their outlines and getting all the information and thoughts on pape,r students should highlight relevant ideas and get rid of irrelevant iones far example sentences with repeated ideas should be rejected.
I'll remind students to use their organizing notes to write their first draft . They still work in groups of 4 students I 'll give students 4 sheets and ask them to write paragraphs with the organized ideas and information. After they finish writing the paragraphs they will exchange their worksheets to look at others ideas and they can add their own ideas to each other or add more details to it. thus they will benefit from this sharing of ideas .
In this stage students discuss their writing paragraphs in groups. They correct each other and can discover their mistakes thus they will avoid them in next writing. I' ll assist them with help and correction.
Now. students write their final draft using their first draft after checking their mistakes with the help of their peers .
Students evaluate their writing in pairs before giving them to the teacher. they can get comprehensive feedback from each other and discuss their preferences. I should prepares questions to check list with feedback from the students in pairs.