New lesson plan: Grammar Lesson

Shu-Hua Penny Wen

Grammar Lesson - Intermediate level

Grammar Lesson
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students will use some vobabulary about natural events through a guided discovery based on listening for gist and for details to a recording from two speakers talking about their life expereiences. The second half of the lesson, the students will have a grammar practice focuses on the narrative verb forms.

Materials

PPT

HO1

Answer Key

HO2

PPT

HO1

Answer Key

HO2

Main Aims

To provide clarification and practice of narrative verb forms in the context of the power of nature

Subsidiary Aims

To provide gist and detailed listening practice using a text about natural events in the context of the power of nature
To provide review and clarification of natural events lexis in the context of the power of nature

Procedure (38-48 minutes)

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

Use PPT-1 to show Ss eight pictures of the natural events. Encourage Ss to discuss in open class by describing the pictures in 2 minutes and elicit today's topic - the power of nature. Monitor aside.

Pre-Listening (5-6 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

Use PPT-2 to match the pictures with the vocabulary of these natural events. Model and drill pronunciation if necessary.

While- Listening #1 (6-7 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist listening task

Ss read the questions of Listening 2, then listen to the recording 1.36 and note down some key words at the same time. Peer checking W/C FB

While-Listening #2 (10-12 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed listening task

Ss read the questions of Listening 3. Give them a minute to discuss with their partners before playing the recording 1.36 again. Stop after Fran's story and let Ss compare their answers. Then do the same with Antonio's story. (Peer checking) FB - W/C check the answers.

Language Analysis (6-8 minutes) • To clarify the meaning and form of the target language (narrative verb forms)

Focus on meaning. Illustrate the correlation between three forms with the timeline(PPT). Ss match the examples from the stories with their uses (HO2). Peer checking. Monitor and pay attention to Ss and see if they understand. FB - WC - check answers. Focus on form. Ss do the matching again (HO2). Peer checking. Monitor and pay attention to Ss and see if they understand. FB - WC - check answers. If time - elicit the negative and question forms of the three tenses using Fran's sentences.

Language Practice - Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language (narrative verb forms)

Group Ss into new A/B pairs. Each pair reads different stories and then peer check after finishing their own tasks. Monitor and help if necessary. FB - W/C check answers.