Evenings and weekends
Elementary, A1 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To introduce ss the negative and question forms of the simple present tense
Subsidiary Aims
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To practice ss in asking and answering about daily routines and habits
Procedure (45 minutes)
Ss work in goups of five. T hands out cards for verb and noun collocations and ask ss to stick them on the w/b. the group who finish first is the winner. T shows a verb and noun collcation on the w/b as an example . T writes ' ....... football' on the w/b and tries to elicit the verb from ss by using gestures. I: Work in groups of five. match the verbs with the nouns.
T writes four true sentences about herself/himself on the w/b. I don't get up late I don't watch TV I don't like snakes I don't know German. T makes simple drawings of these sentences and ask concept check quesitons to elicit the meaning. CCQs: Do I get up late? Do I watch TV? Do I like snakes? Do I know German T also underlines the negative auxilaries to take the ss' attention.
T uses her/his fingers to show the contracted form of 'do not' and do repetition drills for pronunciation
Ss work on their own. T hands out blank sheets to the each of the Ss and ask them to write four true sentences about themselves using the negative forms. T tells them not to show their sentences to anybody. I: write four true sentences about yourself. do not show them to your friends. During the acitivity T monitors ss and helps the ones having difficulty in writing. T collects the papers and shuffles them. T asks one of the ss to read aloud one of the papers in turn. Ss try to guess whose paper it is. I: who is he/she?
T sticks dialogue strips on the w/b and draw pictures to the meaning. T drills Ss by changing strips and do pronunciation drill by making ss repeat the sentences. CCQs: do you like football? yes do I like football? no? Do you like tennis? yes. Do I like tennis? yes... etc.
T hands out the workseets. Ss first fill in their own column and then each student learns whether his partner agree or disagree with him/her. the task is to find and wirte the common things that he/ she has with his/ her friend. T demos it with one of the ss. Ss work in pairs. T asks ss what they have in common with their friends as FB.
T writes yes/no questions on the w/b using I/you/we/they sbjects. By underlining words, T tries to show the word order. T gives short answers with simple drawings.
T chooses a well-known celebrity e.g Angelina Jolie , and tells the ss that she is at the airport in Istanbul. ss imagine themeselves as TV interviewers and prepare 5 questions using ' Do you..?' in two groups . Ss work in pairs as a famous star and interviewers. T monitors them and takes notes of their mistakes to give FB at the end of the activity T writes the mistakes on the w/b. and asks ss to correct them.