Where are you from?
Beginners level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To practice speaking and using possessive pronouns and pronoun contractions in the context of greetings
Subsidiary Aims
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To increase lexicon
Procedure (31-55 minutes)
I will write on the board "My name is," "His name is," "Her name is." I will walk around the room to different students and ask "What is your name?" I will then prompt them to answer "My name is." Next I will ask the class, "What is his/her name?" If they can not say, I will ask the student to repeat, "My name is..." I will repeat this several times and check for competency.
I will ask two students to the front, and give each a mask of a famous person/character. I will also use a mask. I will then walk everyone through the script, taking the role of "Brad". We will model the dialogue twice. If students are having trouble, I will write out the script on the board. The students will then break into groups of three and practice.
Pictures of nine different cities with their names will be posted in different spots on the whiteboard. Handouts with the name of a country in which one of the cities can be found will be randomly handed out to the students. I will keep one for myself, as an example. I will ask the class "Where is Istanbul?" When they answer correctly, I will fold the paper labelled "Turkey" into a paper airplane and try to hit the picture of Istanbul. We will repeat the process with each city, except the students will try and hit the picture. As they correctly guess each city, we will drill pronunciation.
I will hold up a mask, and ask "Where is he from?" When someone answers correctly, I will write "He is from America." Using a different color, I will then cross out the "i" and add an apostrophe, saying "He's from America." I will have the class repeat the phrase. We will do the same for "She's." If they are mispronouncing the "s," I will draw a pencil next to an " /s/" and a mouth next to a "/z/," repeating the sounds. Next I will gesture to everyone for "we," and show on the board the contraction. We will drill the pronunciation. I will point to the teachers for "they are/they're," show it on the board, and drill the pronunciation. If students are having trouble choosing between "is" and "are," I will draw a visual (one circle for "is," many circles for "are").
After checking for competency, I will hand out pg.9 of "Where are you from?" I will then ask students to break into groups of three and practice the second conversation (reading aloud the intended conversation). As students practice, I will move between groups and correct students as needed.
I will hold up each mask and ask "What is his/her name?" I will prompt students to answer in a full sentence: "His/her name is..." I will ask "Where is he/she from..?" And again prompt students to answer in a full sentence. We will then review the people on page 9 of "Where are you from?" However, I will prompt only with "Who is he/she?" If needed, we will review.