Omar Alderbas Omar Alderbas

Food
Elementary A1 level

Description

In this lesson, students will be introduced to new lexical items in the context of food. Then they will differentiate between countable and uncountable nouns with the use of some and any in the affirmative, negative and question sentences.

Materials

Abc Realia
Abc Sentences about the TL 2

Main Aims

  • To provide sufficient practice of the TL in the context of food.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To familiarize students with new lexical items related to food.
  • To use the adverbs some and any correctly in speaking.

Procedure

Lead-in (1-2 minutes) • To let the students brainstorm some words related to the topic. To get the students interested and involved in the topic.

Use the projector to show a picture of a supermarket on the w/b. Sts will guess what it is and say: "supermarket, shop or store". Sts will work in pairs and ask each other: -What do you buy from the supermarket?. WCFB: Sts will give some words related to food.

Presenting vocabulary (6-8 minutes) • To remind the students of some vocabulary and present some others to use them in the TL later.

Sts will match between the words (fish, rice, lettuce, ice cream, bananas, bread, apples, milk, eggs and cake) and the pictures of these words on HOs. ICQ: Will you match or listen to a record? Match. ICQ: How much time do you have? 4 minutes. Sts will check their answers in pairs (they will be given randomly different coloured strips of paper for every two sts to change their partners). WCFB. Sts will have the answer key on the w/b. T will deal with any difficult words. Sts will repeat the words after the T and the T will elicit the word class and the stress. Sts will discover that all of the words are nouns and T will focus on this.

Figuring out the TL (7-8 minutes) • To guide the students to discover the TL.

Sts will read some sentences about a person who bought some groceries from the supermarket and will answer the question: - What did he buy from the supermarket? Sts will have the target sentences (the answers) on the w/b and T will underline the TL. T will bring some realia (e.g. rice, bananas & apples) and ask the Sts to count them. Then, they won't be able to count rice. At this point of time, T will ask: - What is the difference? - What do we call these nouns? Sts might know the words countable and uncountable. If they don't know, T will introduce them.

Direct practice on the target words (4-5 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice and be more familiar with countable and uncountable nouns.

Sts will have the words on papers to put them into two columns (countable and uncountable). ICQ: If we can count Bananas, where should we put it? Under the countable. ICQ: How much time do you have? 3 minutes. Sts will check their answers with their partners. Then WCFB. Sts will have the answer keys on papers or on w/b.

Introducing (some and any) (6-7 minutes) • To provide a chance for students to discover the TL.

Sts will have the same sentences (the target sentences) on papers to answer the written questions on the same papers: 1. We use some with (plural/singular) nouns. 2. We use some with (singular/uncountable) nouns. 3. We use any with (buy/didn't buy). 4. We use a & an with (plural/singular) nouns. 5. We use a & an with (singular/uncountable) nouns. ICQ: Will you choose the correct answer or match? Choose. ICQ: How much time do you have? 4 minutes. Then, WCFB to discus the answers.

Controlled-practice on the TL (5-6 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice effectively the TL.

Each S will have a paper to fill some/any in the gaps. ICQ: Will you match or choose the correct word? Choose the correct word. ICQ: How much time do you have? 5 minutes. As Sts finish, they will check their answers in pairs. Sts will have the answers on the w/b. After this, WCFB.

Freer-practice on the TL (5-6 minutes) • To let the students use the TL in speaking.

Sts will mingle and ask each other the following questions: - What do you eat/drink every day? - What don't you eat\drink every day? Some answers will appear on the w/b to help the sts use some and any. ICQ: Will you ask your friends or people in streets? Friends. ICQ: How much time do you have? 4 minutes. As Sts finish, WCFB.

Wrap-up (2-3 minutes) • To give language FB and ensure that the students will use the TL accurately.

Sts will correct (and explain why) the wrong sentences (They will be written on the w/b).

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