Victoria Garcia Victoria Garcia

TP7
Intermediate level

Materials

Main Aims

  • To introduce and provide practice of writing a postcard

Subsidiary Aims

  • To practice reading for gist in the context of writing a postcart to a friend

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

T shows Ss a postcard sample and asks them what it is. Once they identify it is a postcard, T shows another slide with warm-up questions they will have to answer in pairs in 2-3 min and then Ss share ideas with the whole group When do people send postcards? Have you ever received or sent a postcard? What does a postcard need to have?

Exposure (8-10 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading/listening

T shows Ss the sample postcard from the warm-up task and asks Ss to answer 4 questions in pais about it in 2-3 min. T monitors 1. Who sent the postcard? -- Ami 2. To whom was sent? --- Her parents 3. Where is it sent from? --- New York 4. Has he enjoyed the trip? Why? --- Yes, he has done many things After discussing the answers as a group, T shares another link from Wordwall where Ss have to label the stages of writing a postcard individually, and then T nominates Ss to check answers. STAGES 1. Greetings 2. Say you're enjoying the holiday 3. What you have done 4. What you are planning 5. Sign off 6. Contact Information

Useful Language (8-10 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

T shows Ss some postcard stages in clouds and a list of expressions, they will categorize in the correct cloud in pairs so that they can identify useful language. T monitors and then checks answers with the whole group 1. Say you're enjoying I'm having a great time I'm having a blast I'm enjoying myself 2. What you have done I've already ... I've been to ... I haven't ..... yet 3. What you're planning I'm going to ... I will probably ... I plan to ...

Productive Task(s) (18-20 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

T shares Google slides in which Ss will have to write their own postcard to a friend using the useful language and following the stages in 10 min. Once they have finished, Ss will read other classmates' postcards and complete a checklist to confirm they have followed the procedure. 3-5 min T nominates some Ss to give feedback.

Feedback and Error Correction (8-10 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

T shows errors they made in previous stages of the lesson and asks Ss to identify the mistakes and correct them as a group. T asks CCQs when necessary

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