A day off- Vocabulary Lesson
Elementary (A2) level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of months of the year in the context of special holidays
Subsidiary Aims
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To enable Ss to develop their speaking skills for specific information in the context of speacial days
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To enable Ss to develop their understanding of word strees and practise it in the context of special days
Procedure (34-45 minutes)
- T writes warm "day off" on the board and check if they know the meaning eliciting from the students. - T talks about her day-offs and write two questions on the board. "When is your day off?" and "What do you do on your day off?" - In pairs, Ss answer the questions and write 4 things ( 2 for each) that they do in 2 mins. - In groups of 6 or as a whole class ( depending on the number of the ss) Ss find the common things the whole group/ class do on their day off in 3 mins.
- In pairs, Ss match the dates with the special days in Turkey in 3 minutes. - Ss compare their answers with the whole class in 2 minutes. - Ss do the matching with the flashcards on the board.
- T elicits the months of the year from the Ss showing on the board. - T writes some gramatically right and wrong sentences on the board, ask Ss to correct, reminds that preposition "in" is used with the months. And they are written in capitals. - T models and Ss drill. - T writes "April" on the board as an example and shows the word stress with stress squares. - T models and Ss drill. - T shows how to show word stress with the "rubber band technique" and Ss practice the chart on page 44. - Ss write the months on the chart accordingly in pairs in 2 minutes. - Ss listen to the recording to check their answers. - Ss practise the pronunciation of the months in turns.
- Ss match the name of the special holidays around the world with the pictures in pairs. - T checks if they know these days asking questions. "Do we have that day in Turkey?" "Do people work on that day?" etc.
- Ss listen to the recording and find out what months these special days are in. - Ss check their answers with their partners in 1 minute. - They check anwers as a whole class.
- Ss answer the T/F questions in pairs in 2 minutes. - They listen to the text again and check it as a whole class.