Dates, Past simple regular and irregular verbs
A1 Starter level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and review of Months and dates in the context of Taking about their Birthdays
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in a asking and answering questions in the context of Talking about their birthdays
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To provide clarification and introduce the idea of the phonetic symbols
Procedure (23-35 minutes)
T welcome's SS, introduce himself and ask for their names. T asks SS when is Ramadan to elicit ( June ) T asks more questions (Ex. when is Eid Al Fitr ) students try to guess and elicit months on the WD
T asks SS to open their Students book to page 88. T chest out and point exercise A. T asks Safa or Esam to read the instructions. T gives SS 2 min to finish it . SS check in pairs. SS listen and check their answers . T asks students ti listen again and practise. T puts SS in two groups A and B and ask SS A to test SS B and then vice versa T gives an Example with one of the students. T gives them 1 min to test each others . T tests random SS to check their understanding T on WB J_n_ _ry T elicit the answers (January ) T chests out Hand out 1 ex.1 T asks students to complete the words with the vowels letters SS check in pairs T class check on the WB Ex B. T writes April on the WD T ask SS to read it T ask SS to work in pairs and point out the stress T asks SS to listen and put the stress in the right place T elicits answer on the board using OHP
A T chest out Exercise 2 T asks one of the SS to read the instruction SS match SS check in pairs B T listen to check their answers If they were confused for some reason we will check the answers on the WB C T asks SS to listen and chose the correct answer SS listen SS check in pairs T check answers with SS
T asks SS to go to P.81 and chest out the speech bubble. T asks SS to read it T writes on WB March 17th T asks SS how to read this date ? T elicits the answers T point out the (th) in (17th) and ( I was born in May or I was born on May 25th ) T write more examples on the WB ( 14th - 25th - 31st - 7th - 22nd - 23rd) T asks ss to repeat after him
T on WB writes (August 24th) and tells SS this is my birthday T asks SS to write on a piece of paper their birthday T writes on WD ( When's your birthday ? ) T asks SS to drill the question T asks one of the SS and elicit his/her answer T points out the hand out and ask SS to go around the class and write other students names and birthdays T asks random SS and get their answers
T will put ex.3 on the WD using OHP T introduce phonetic symbols T point out the Shawa (ə) sound T points out /ˈdʒæn.jʊ.ri/ and asks can you read it T elicit January T puts SS in two groups and ask them to fill in the gaps with the right words on the WB T give marks for each correct answer