English Lesson Planner | Functional Language - Being surprised and not surprised

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Functional Language - Being surprised and not surprised - Upper Intermediate/Advanced level

Functional Language - Being surprised and not surprised
Upper Intermediate/Advanced level

Description

In this lesson, students will acquire clarification and practice of language used for saying you're surprised or not surprised in the context of sharin personal experiences having very good and very bad days.

Materials

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Main Aims

To provide clarification and practice of language used for saying one is surprised and not surprised in the context of personal experiences

Subsidiary Aims

To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of speaking about personal experiences

Procedure (35-45 minutes)

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

T shows Ss a YouTube video where people get surprised with gifts. T asks the following questions: Do you like surprises? Why? When was the last time you felt surprised? When was the last time you surprised someone? Ss discuss among themselves in BOR and share answers afterwards in whole class feedback.

Exposure (8-10 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

Teacher will present an audio recording where a married couple talk about their day. SS will listen and tick the topics they discussed during the conversation. SS will compare answers in BOR and share with the class. T will show answers on next slide for SS to compare.

Clarification (8-10 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

T will show SS an audio with phrases they can use to say they are surprised or not surprised. SS will fill in the blanks to complete the phrase. SS will practice pronunciation and intonation.

Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

SS will read a conversation and cross out the wrong response. They will work in pairs and compare answers. T will demo the task beforehand.

Free Practice (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

SS will imagine they had a very good or very bad day. Use these ideas (or their own) and discuss with a partner in BOR. Then they'll siwtch. You ended up in jail. You fell in love. You ended up in the hospital. You met an amazing person DEC.