New lesson plan: mysteries, problems, and oddities

Bengu Pismis

mysteries, problems, and oddities - Upper-intermediate level

mysteries, problems, and oddities
Upper-intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students learn and practice modal verbs in the context of Mysteries. The teacher will give them HOs for gap-fill and for practicing.

Materials

Replace the phrases

Gap-fill HO

Fact or Myth?

Replace the phrases

Gap-fill HO

Fact or Myth?

Main Aims

To provide clarification and practice of Modals and related verbs in the context of mysteries, problems, and oddities

Subsidiary Aims

To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of mysteries, problems, and oddities

Procedure (34-45 minutes)

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

First, I will greet the Ss and ask them how is their day today?

Exposure (8-10 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

In this part of the lesson, I will continue the same grammar with Matt. a) I tell the Ss to look at the WB to check the animals. Then they will match the sentences in the HO with the animals on the WB. b) The Ss will fill in the gaps with the modal verbs that they learned in the previous lesson. The Ss will check the answers with their partners. Then the teacher checks for the WC FB.

Controlled Practice (10-12 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

In this activity the Ss practice the modal verbs with an activity. The T gives a model sentence on the WB first, then the Ss will have a controlled practice. a) I tell the Ss to look at the WB to check the model sentence. ICQ: What are you going to do with the phrases in bold? (change them into modal verb phrases) Are we going to use the definitions or just the modal phrases? ( just the modal verb phrases) The Ss read the sentences first and then change the phrases into their modal verb phrases. Then they check the answers with their partner. The teacher will do the WC FB.

Semi-Controlled Practice (5-8 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

In this part of the lesson, the Ss will work in pairs to fill in the blanks with a suitable modal verb phrases. The T will have a WC FB when the Ss are done.

Free Practice (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

In this last part of the lesson, T gives the free Speaking activity to the Ss. Ss will read the sentences individually first, and then decide if the sentences are Fact or Myth with their group. We have eight students in the lesson, so I can make two groups of eight. After the activity finishes T will have the WC FB.