New lesson plan: Money Lesson

Angela

Money Lesson - Intermediate level

Money Lesson
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students will learn some money vocabulary through listening to a song. The lesson will start with listening to a song about money and filling in the gaps. This will be followed by a vocabulary activity where students will match the words from the song with their meaning. As the next stage, students will do a controlled practice by filling in the gaps with TL. As the last stage, students will do a production task to activate the TL they have learnt.

Materials

Money PPT

Money HO 1

Money HO 2

Free Practice HO

Controlled Practice HO

Money PPT

Money HO 1

Money HO 2

Free Practice HO

Controlled Practice HO

Main Aims

To provide clarification of money vocabulary in the context of the song 'Ka-ching'

Subsidiary Aims

To provide specific information and detailed listening practice using the song 'Ka-ching' in the context of money

Procedure (39-45 minutes)

Lead-in (4-5 minutes) • To set the lesson context and engage students

• Project Slide 1 with the saying "Money isn't everything" • Get SS to discuss the saying in groups. • Do open class FB. • Ask SS if they know a funny ending of the saying. • Project Slide 2 to elicit the ending.

Exposure and highlighting (4-5 minutes) • To provide context for the TL through a song and draw students' attention to the TL

• Tell SS they are going to listen to a song about money. • Focus on the title (Ka-ching!) and tell SS when they've heard the song, they'll know what it means. • Distribute HOs with the lyrics. • Focus on the words and in the list and ask SS which ones they know. Tell them not to worry about the words they don't know as they will focus on their meaning later when they see them in the context of the song. • Play the recording. • Get SS to compare their answers in pairs. • Ask SS what ka-ching means.

Clarification (7-8 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the TL.

• In pairs, get SS to look at the words 1-10 in the song and match them to their definitions A-J • Emphasize that the words in brackets (noun, verb, etc.) will help them to choose the right word. • Project Slide 3 with the key. • Project Slide 4. • Drill the words.

Controlled Practice (7-8 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

• Distribute Controlled Practice HOs. • Get SS to fill in the gaps individually. • Get SS to compare their answers in pairs. • Open Slide 5 with the answer key.

Free Practice #1 (7-8 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of TL

• Project Slide 6. • Elicit the word 'obsessed'. • Get SS to listen to the song again and choose the main idea of the song. • Get SS to discus in groups if they agree with this idea. • Do open class FB.

Free Practice #2 (10-11 minutes) • To provide students with further practice of TL

• Divide SS into As and Bs. • Give As and Bs their discussion questions. • Get SS to ask each other questions they like from the cards. • Do open class FB and DEC.