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Teaching Practice: 7
Upper Intermediate level

Description

The main aim of the lesson is grammar; adjective order. The context of the lesson is the obsession with celebrity heroes. Students will learn the correct use of “multiple adjectives within a description” through controlled and semi-controlled practice activities. The lesson stages will follow the TTT approach with the receptive skill, reading being the sub aim of the lesson

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide clarification, review and practice of Adjective Order in the context of Celebrity heroes

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide gist and scan reading practice using a text about Celebrity Heroes in the context of obessesions

Procedure

Lead in/Warmer (2-3 minutes) • Introduce the context:

Set the context by starting a discussion asking students who their favorite celebrity hero is? followed by why? to what extent they would go to meet him/her? whether obsessing over a celebrity hero is okay or not? and at what point does this obsession become unhealthy/dangerous? Elicit responses from the students, encourage them to share their opinions.

Reading (3-5 minutes) • For gist

Show students the text they are about to be given, let them know the paragraphs are not in the correct order, and that they only have to quickly read through the text to choose the best title for the article. Write the options (for the title) on the board. Let the students know they have 3 minutes. Distribute the handout. Do a quick whole class feedback.

Reading (3-5 minutes) • Scan

Ask the students to look at the highlighted words in the text and match them to the definitions provided on the original handout (Reading: Question 3). Give them 2 minutes. Ask them to check their answers with a partner. Do a quick whole class feedback.

Grammar (8-10 minutes) • Introducing the target language & TEST

Modal on the whiteboard an example (describe a movie). Elicit and clarify the meaning of adjective order and the correct placement of different categories of adjectives. Show students the handout (TEST 1: Adjective Order), give instructions and let them know they have 3 minutes to complete the task. Instruct the students to check their answers from the original text.

Grammar (10-12 minutes) • TEACH & TEST

Show the students a print out of the table (adjective order). Explain the table order and clarify meaning and form (if required). Distribute copies of the table. Give the students 30secs to read the table. Ask the students to refer to the table to complete the next activity. Explain, give instructions (3 minutes) and distribute handout (TEST 2: Adjective Order, Exercise 1). For feedback elicit answers from the students. Use CCQs to check for understanding of meaning and form. Ask the students to unfold the handout (TEST 2: Adjective Order, Exercise 2) and and take 3 minutes to complete the task. Do peer-check.

Grammar (if time) (5-7 minutes) • Freer practice of TL

Write the table (adjective order) categories on the board. Divide the class into two teams. Explain the game (each team has to add an adjective under one category on the table to describe the Noun - both teams continue adding adjectives, until there is no room left for a logical/appropriate addition or until a team places an adjective incorrectly) - use CCQs to check for understanding of instructions. Give them the first word to start the game.

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