TP 8 Grammar
Upper-intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of modal verbs describing degrees of certainty in the context of unfortunate crime experiences, such as being robbed or scammed.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide gist and specific information listening practice using a text about conversations talking of unfortunate events in the context of crime
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a sharing personal experiences in the context of unfortunate crime experiences, such as being robbed or scammed.
Procedure (35-45 minutes)
Students will complete a True/False activity about cybercrime statements, so they get familiar with vocabulary and relate to experiencing a crime. SS do task in BOR, 2 min. T asks S to check their answers, and asks them if they learned new information. T clarifies vocabulary if needed. OC 2 min.
Students will listen to an audio with two conversations about people experiencing being robbed and scammed. Task 1- Gist: Students will hear the audio (2 min) and answer the following questions: -What crime occurred in Conversation 1? -What crime occurred in Conversation 2? - Are they describing a past or present situation? OC, 2 min. Task 2-Specific information: Students hear the audio (2 min) again while they complete a fill-in the gap activity where they will be exposed to the target language. Students will discuss their answers in groups. BOR, 2 min. OCFB, 1 min.
Modal verbs of certainty. Teacher will emphasize how to express being sure or unsure about a situation. Students will do MFPA tasks: 1) Meaning: SS will place statements in a cline describing certainty, while exemplifying affirmative and negative statements. Jamboard in BOR, 2 min. OC to further clarify, 2 min. 2) Form: T will elicit the for: affirmative, negative, and interrogative, from students. Jamboard in BOR, 2 min. OC to further clarify, 2 min. 3) Pronunciation: T gives an oral model of each sentence. Elicit students the stressed words. OC 4 min.
Students will complete a hand-out containing sentences, they will have to choose the most appropriate modal verb and conjugate the verbs into the correct form. Google Forms, BOR, 6 min. OCFB 2 min.
Teacher will share personal experience about being robbed/scammed to model the activity and incite students to share their own experience. Students will share their unfortunate experience in groups, using modal verbs of certainty. BOR, 6 min. OC, 2 min
Teacher conducts OCFB. Teacher conduct DEC (accurate and inaccurate language).