Aiym Bolatova Aiym Bolatova

Ageing, used to
Pre-intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students learn about used to through guided discovery based on reading 3 different texts about elderly people's hobbies. The lesson starts with a discussion about three topics of the texts, and students need to find common things in them. This is followed by a reading activity, where students match titles with texts in pairs. Students do different post-reading activities, such as true and false, Q&A and discussion activities. Finally, there is some controlled practice through sentence reformulation and free practice via final poster making activity.

Materials

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Al9rbcgen6t7?size=16&default=html Mentimeter
Abc PPT presentation

Main Aims

  • To develop students’ ability to talk about past habits using “used to” in the context of childhood and old habits.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide gist, scan and detailed reading practice using a text about You’re never too old for great things in the context of ageing.
  • To provide accuracy and fluency speaking practice in a role play in the context of habits.

Procedure

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

Students will see different titles of different texts, and their aim is to find common ideas among them. They submit their answers as 1-2 words through mentimeter application with their phones.

Pre-Reading activity: Speed chatting (5-7 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

Class make two rows facing each other. Then, learners ask each other the questions, they have only 60 seconds to do so. Once the 60 seconds are up, one of the rows rotates so each learner has a new partner.

While-Reading (5-7 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

Students read texts and math headlines with appropriate texts in pairs.

Post-Reading (5-7 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

Students read the texts again and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) in pairs.

Active grammar (5-7 minutes) • To teach students used to grammar

Students learn about the usage of "used to" through examples and pictures through PPT.

Grammar practice (7-10 minutes) • To practice new grammar with guided monitoring.

Students look at pictures and describes Ryan's old habits in group of 3 students.

End product of the lesson (7-10 minutes) • To comprehend new grammar and test students' knowledge.

Students create imaginary person's old and new habits in a group of 3 people. They write their answers on a poster and present it to the class.

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