432 EF - 18 Apr Lesson Plan
Upper Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide practice of weather-related vocabulary in the context of extreme weather
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of weather
Procedure (45 minutes)
T greets students as they come and checks if their microphones and speakers are working properly, as well as how good their internet connection is. This will help to determine who to send to BO rooms later on and who to leave in the main room in these stages.
SS go into BO rooms to discuss the answers they have written in their Flipped Learning task, which was given as homework. T instructs SS to agree and disagree with their peers and encourages them to pay attention to how their partners pronounce the words and correct each other where necessary. T also encourages SS to refer to Google whenever in doubt about a certain answer.
T shares the screen for feedback on the task. 1. The first exercise shows the answers to the task, but some answers have been deliberately mixed up. Students need to check and compare, suggesting any changes. Then, T directs the attention to the pronunciation of certain words that are more likely to be mispronounced: damp, mild, pouring, warm) as well as any other mispronounced words that have occurred during the BO room stage. In exercise b, T asks students to provide the answers and discuss how these words differ in Russian. 2. The second exercise shows the correct answers, and students need to check if they have the same answers. T then invites students to help with the pronunciation of the words. 3. The third exercise is left with blanks, and T invites students to say the correct answers (so as to make feedback more varied). T says who goes first, and then the student who has given the answer needs to invite the next person to continue.
T divides students in A and B groups and sends them handouts (one for Student A and the other for Student B). T explains to students how to use the handout: SS can see a crossword with some items filled out and gaps for words that need to be written. Their partner will have the missing words. They need to define or explain the vocabulary item from their crossword to their partner and vice versa. Students have a time limit of 10 minutes and need to manage to go through as many answers as they can, as fast as they can. Upon returning, T shows SS the correct answers on screen and asks them how many they managed to finish.
Students are given a list of questions to discuss freely. They can choose any of the questions and discuss as much as time allows them to. The questions are from SB p 37, exercise 4-d
T shares the screen with a list of mistakes as well as some good examples collected from SS's discussions throughout the lesson. SS analyze and suggest corrections to the mistakes.