Describing life events
intermediate level
Materials
Main Aims
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to provide practise of vocabulary in the context of describing life events.
Subsidiary Aims
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to provide practise in speaking in the context of describing life events.
Procedure (32-41 minutes)
-Teacher will greet Ss and ask them how are you today? -Teacher will write on the board (what is the best and the worst event/ moment that happens in your life? -Give them one minute to think then tell them to discuss with your partner. -Listen to their answers.
(chest) tell Ss to look at the photo and tell me what is it (elicit) -ex.1 tell them to put the life events incorrect category. -ask ICQ. *Are you going to put the phrases in any place in the category or in the right one? -tell them to work alone first. -Teacher will monitor to make sure they are on task and may help them if they need. write down the phrases that they don’t know to teach them in the teaching stage. -let them check in pairs. -give them feedback. -Show them the two questions in 1.b and let them discuss them together from ex.1.a(chest) -Ask ICQs *How many questions do we have? *your answer is according to exercise what. - then listen to their answers.
-Teacher will ask CCQs about the difficult words(activity no.1) and elicit from them the meaning. -drill the words first then let them repeat it then write or show the word in the board or slide and try to elicit from them the stress and the form. I think these words may be difficult; ©️www.shady.blog / Britishey Lesson Plan Maker is dedicated to the late, Fatma Alhattab. *bring up*if you've got a child you want to teach him what's wrong and what's right we call it what? *rent* ask them if you live in someone's flat and you pay money to him for your staying in the flat, we call it what. *retire*is he still works or not? Is he stop working because of his age or his manager fired him? *get engaged*: they are agreed to get married or not. *get divorced* they are still in a relationship or not? They are married in the past or not? *split up*: they are still in a relationship or not? They are married in the past or not? *get promoted* to move someone to a job at a higher or lower level we call it what. The salary will increase or not. *lose your job* the person who does not choose to leave. (forced to leave or fired)or he leaves by his willingly. -give them the reference.
Control practice. (chest)ex.2 p.40 tell them to look at the phrases in the box and write which is positive and which is negative then which category in ex1 do they go in? -demonstrate the first one with them. -tell them to work alone. -Ask ICQs * Are you going to write just the positive phrases or positive and negative? *Are you going to put these phrases in exercise what? and you will put them in any category or in the right one. *Teacher will monitor to make sure they are on task and may help them if they need. *let them check in pairs then give feedback. (chest)p.138 -Teacher will ask them to look at ex.1 and tell them which phrases need (a) demonstrate the first one with them. -tell them to work alone first. -Teacher will monitor to make sure they are on task and may help them if they need. -let them check in pairs then give the feedback. -(chest)tell them to look at ex.2 and tell them which doesn’t take get. -tell them to work alone first. -Teacher will monitor to make sure they are on task and may help them if they need. -let them check in pairs then give the feedback. (chest) teacher will ask them to look at ex.3 and tell them to match the verbs with noun/ adjective they were used before. -tell them to work alone first. -Teacher will monitor to make sure they are on task and may help them if they need. -let them check in pairs then give the feedback. -Teacher will ask them to look at ex.4 and tell them to complete the sentences with (to, with, from) -tell them to work alone first. -Teacher will monitor to make sure they are on task and may help them if they need. -let them check in pairs then give the feedback.
(chest)tell them to choose four topics (phrases)from ex1 p.40 and discuss them with their partner and tell them to try to ask follow up questions. -or they can tell their story by using the phrases from ex.1 p.40, something like start school, pass the exams, go to university, graduation,..........it will be according to the time. -Teacher will monitor to make sure they are on task and may help them if they need and write down their mistakes. * ask them about their answers.