My Travel Bag, There is/There are & a/an, some, a lot of
Beginner level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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Grammar - To provide an introduction, practice and review of 'there's/there're positive sentences & a/an, some, a lot of in the context of ‘My Travel Bag’; achieving the students to make positive sentences using ‘there's/there're positive sentences & a/an, some, a lot of’ about a city they know.
Subsidiary Aims
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Vocabulary - To provide new vocabularies with their meanings, forms and pronunciations.
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Speaking - To provide opportunity for students to talk about a city they know with their partners.
Procedure (34-45 minutes)
T shows a picture of Colombo and her/his travel bag, then, takes the stuff out of the bag. 'There's a first-aid kit. There's an umbrella. There're some pens. There're a lot of tissue bags.' T wants SS repeat the sentences written on WB. If SS good at drilling, T can skip listening track.
T gives HOs of matching and filling blanks. After SS finish, they check their answers with their pairs. Finally, T writes the correct answers on WB. (1c, 2a, 3b; is, are, are, are)
T points the pictures again and asks Is there a cricket stadium / recycling center / temple / hot spring in …? T writes the question on WB and asks SS to talk for three minutes with their partners.
T sticks the visuals of the new words on the WB and tests SS if they know any of them (cricket stadium, temple, recycling and hot springs). Do you this game? It's cricket. What do people do in a temple? Do they pray? Can we reuse papers, plastics or glass if we recycle them? Is the weather hot or cold there? Is the water hot or cold? T practices drilling, then writes the words next to the visuals.
T gives filling the blanks and choosing the correct word activities. SS will study and check their answers in pairs. While SS are answering questions, T writes the first parts of the sentences so that SS complete the sentences with correct answers. Finally, WC check their answers.
T writes three sentences about Bath. 'There's a cricket stadium. There're some temples. There're a lot of recycling centers.' Where are they? In Bath. Then, T asks SS to think of a city but not Istanbul and write five sentences about that city, then talk to their pairs.
T gives a HO called My home town and asks SS to do matching and filling the gaps activities. This is a back-pocket activity and T can use it if SS have extra time. The answers for this activity are on the other side of the activity.