Rules Lesson
Pre Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide accuracy and fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of rules
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide practice of modal verbs in the context of rules
Procedure (29-40 minutes)
T pdisplays the ITI pictures and elicits what the things are. then T disclays three rules on the board and ask the students discuss whether they are tright or wrong in pairs. Then they come up with ideas and T ticks the right statements on board.
T elicits the words tenant, landlady and landlord from ss by using personalized situations. Then Telicits the language used for asking for and giving permission and put them up on the board. T gets some ss do a demo.
T gives the same number of landlady and tenant cards to students. T makes it clear who is landlady, who is tenant.The object of the game is for all the tenants to find a suitable landlady. To do this, they must move around the class asking what is, and what is not permitted by various landladies, untill they find one who will let them do everything they want. The game is finished when every tenat has found ideal place to stay.
T listens to the students and, writes errors they make on the board, then elicits corrections from them.
Divide ss into two groups, one group will be group of teachers, the other group of parents. They will sit in their groups and discuss what new rules to implement in their school. Ask ISQs and monitor to make sure everybody is on the track. Then each parent pairs up with a teacher and exchange ideas regarding the rules in the school.
T writes some more sentences on the board; this time some of them are correct..SS are encouraged to come and correct the errors. Then T praises ss for good corrections and originally correct sentences.