Teaching Practice 4 - Beril Akinci
Upper Intermidiate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide review and practice of gerunds and infinitives in the context of fame and fortune
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency and accuracy speaking with gerunds and infinitives
Procedure (26-39 minutes)
T will put the pictures of famous people on the board and ask why they are famous. T will ask questions like, Why are they famous? They make movies so they must make a lot of money, so they must have a fortune? T will elicit "fame and fortune"
T will spend a short time eliciting definitions form the students for the words: necessary, recognize, and immortality. T will put ss into pairs to discuss which quote they like best. Afterwards, T will nominate a couple to students to talk about their favorite quote.
Teacher will write a example of a gerund and an infinitive on the board and underline the TL. "Reading helps you learn English" "He wants to learn" T gives the ss the HOs so they can underline the TL in the text. After the ss are done, set Exercise 2 Analysis 1. While students are working, walk around and monitor to gather information for feedback. Give out answer sheet for the first part. And ask CCQs from the LA sheet. Ss will complete the second part and put down answers for the second part on the posters as a whole class.
Re-group students and put them into pairs. Set the Practice ex. 1. Monitor and write down which ones they are having trouble with. After they are done, give them the answers. Write the verbs they had trouble with on the board and ask students to guess whether they are followed by a gerund or infinitive.
T will set Practice ex. 2 in pairs. When the T claps, ss will change partners. T will demonstrate the practice first by using two ss.