TP3 LP_Santiago Garcia
Upper intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide practice of relative clauses in the context of inventions
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a presentation in the context of inventions
Procedure (30-40 minutes)
The teacher is going to ask the students the following question: What's your favorite gadget? Why is it important for you?
The students are going to read a short conversation in 1 minute. Then, the teacher will ask to the students the following questions: What is the conversation about? How many inventions are mentioned? The students will share their answers.
The students are going to underline in the text the answer of the following question: Who was Tim Berners-Lee? What is a cell phone for? At the end, the students share their answers.
MEANING Using the sentences taken from the conversation, the teacher will ask the next CCQ: 1. What does "who" refer to? Tim Berners-Lee 2. Does the relative clause give us more information about the subject? Yes. FORM The students will identify the structure about relative clases sentences using the following model: - The man who invented cell phones was Martin Cooper. Subject + __________ + __________ + noun. Subject + relative clause + verb + noun. - A world where cell phones don't exist could be chaotic Subject + __________ + __________ + __________. Subject + relative clause + verb + adjective. PRONUNCIATION The teacher will read both sentences out loud for the students to identify the stress sound. - The MAN who inVENTed CELL PHONES was MARtin COOPer. - A WORLD where CELL PHONES don't EXIST could be chaOTIC
The teacher will ask the students to unscramble sentences about inventions. At the end, students will be in small groups to compare their answers.
In couples, the students are going to create or choose something that will help them, their family, or their friends in their everyday lives. The students will discuss the questions: What is the invention for? Who will use it? Where can you see it? As a group, the students will prepare a short presentation about their invention. Our invention is a machine that... It's for people who... You can use it in places where...