Postcard
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide product writing practice of a postcard in the context of vacations. By the end of the lesson the student will have the grammar and vocabulary knowledge to write a postcard describing a place they visited.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide clarification of Adjectives and present continious.
Procedure (36-48 minutes)
Hello everyone. T shares screen Screen with many postcards. T asks "What do you see?// postcards" >>Do you send postcards? >>Where did you go for your last vacation? >>What did you like about that place? In breakout rooms, S discuss these questions (1 min.) Demo >> T asks one students: do you send postcards T monitors T conducts OCF
Let's get some practice writing postcards: T shares screen T says "this is the front" Instructions: read for one minute, to get a general understanding. Do you need to understand everything?//NO A postcard is usually sent from a place: What place is this postcard sent from?// MX city Who sent the postcard? //Sundari
Parts: A postcard has clear parts Look at the postcard. Instructions: Help me match the name of the part. //Match names with parts// Ask: Greetings: The first thing we say: How do we start: //Dear, I'm writing: Is this sentence in past present or future?// present >>>>Is it something I'm doing at the moment? // YES. >>>> Ask about form: subject + to be + ing. >>>>Postcards describe actions at the moment Is a postcard descriptive? //YES Ask what is it describing: It is very hot and sunny// The weather of a place We use it to describe places. Look at the postcard and find more adjectives, elicit adjectives. Elicit more adjectives of place //brainstorm adjectives. I visited the famous trajineras: What does a postcard talk about? It talks about the places you went to, and the things you did. How do we end the postcard? // with a phrase like I miss you Elicit endings Is the postcard formal or informal?// informal or neutral.
T assigns each student a slide number, she sends the link to the chat. T writes the name of the student on the slide. Write your postcard. You have 12 mins. Instructions: write about a place you visited, and things you did, about your favorite vacations. Is the postcard about the future?//NO // use present and past. Is the postcard about your vacation? //YES T Ask questions like: Who are you writing to? I'll be here if you need me... I'll be checking what you are writing ... After 12 mins, T asks are you finished? // yes -> Continue // no -> 3 more mins
Great postcards. Now let's see if you included everything >> T shares the screen with the checklist. T explains the checklist. T shares the link to a forms where students will check. T assigns each person a partner. You have 2 minutes to check the postcard of your partner. Please give each other feedback in breakoutrooms. 2 mins. OCFB Did your partner include everything?// yes--> What was missing? If there is still time->> Take a look at theres postcard. In breakout rooms find 3 mistakes. OCFB: elicit studets to give you the mistakes.