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sábado, 23 de novembro de 2013

LESSON PLAN


                                                                                                          

Timing: 50 minutes

Main Goal: By the end of the class, students will be able to make questions to use when they meet a new person, they'll learn how to use some useful questions to interact with the teacher in class, to reflect upon learning a foreign language and to know how they will be assessed during the period of training.

Skills: Speaking and reading  

Topic: Getting to know people and useful classroom language

Prior knowledge: students have learned how to make simple questions.

Materials: Slips of paper with a list of questions with examples of answers and white board.

 

STAGE
OBJECTIVES
TEACHER’S PROCEDURES
 
TIMING
 
1
 
Presentation and warm up
 
 
 
Activate their schemata by using questions that we make when we meet a new person.
 
Getting to know students names and peculiarities.
 
Stimulate students’ skill to talk, to read and to work in pairs asking and answering questions.
 
 
Teacher introduces himself by saying his name, age, likes and dislikes and asks students to do the same. And then, in Portuguese, the teacher asks what are some questions that we usually make when we meet a new person trying to contextualize it by giving real examples. The teacher hands out to students a paper with as many questions and answers as possible in English and writes on the board when necessary and for exercise he asks students to work in pairs using the given questions with their personal answers and then the teacher asks them to say five peculiarities about their classmate.
 
 
 
 
30
 
 
 
 
2
 
Learning/reviewing helpful sentences to use in the class.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Students will learn useful and basic questions to take their doubts in the class process, such as: How do you say.... in English?  What does it mean? How do you spell.....? Could you repeat it please? (Could you say that again?) Teacher, can you explain that again?
And teacher presents basic instructions such as: Open your book, close your book, turn to page number.., for homework, work in pairs etc.
.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Teacher tells students they should use these useful sentences just in English throughout the classes and starts writing some of them on the board by inducing them to remember how to construct such sentences and to infer their meaning avoiding direct translation.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10
 
3
 
Reflections on the importance of learning a new language.
 
 
Students will reflect on the importance and the utility of learning English by raising awareness of the many beneficial aspects that a foreign language can provide.     
Teacher starts asking them why learning English is so important in order to establish a dialog about the value of acquiring a new language by showing them some of its good advantages.
 
 
 
5
 
4
 
Explanation about the assessment process.
 
 
 
Explain about the assessment and the importance of assiduity, commitment, punctuality and participation.
 
Teacher explains how students will be evaluated throughout the class and talks about the importance of assiduity, commitment, reinforces the need to bring the book, tells they will be evaluated everyday when they bring their homework done, asks them to read the text and for homework they should mark words they already know in a given text.  
 
 
 
 
 
       5

Getting to know people activity


Questions we usually make when we meet someone.

 

 

- What is your name?

My name is ....................

 

- Do you have a nickname?

                                 Afirmativa:Yes, I do. My nickname is..........

Negativa: No, I don't.

 

- How old are you?

I'm .......years old.

 

- What do you do (for a living)?

I'm a student, I'm a doctor etc.

 

- What is your favorite color / song / food / book / movie?

- My favorite color is blue.

- My favorite song is forever young.

- My favorite food is salad, rice, beans, pasta, meat, fried eggs, steak / beef, chicken, ham=presunto, pork ribs=costela de porco, fish, salmon, sausage=linguiça.

- My favorite book is "The little prince"

- My favorite movie is "Romeo and Juliet"

 

- What kind of movie do you like?

I like comedy movies (Shrek) / romantic (Titanic) / action (Fast and furious) thriller (Dracula) / horror (Frankenstein) / adventure / crime etc. 

 

- What do you study (college) / What grade are you in (high school)?

I study Letras (college) / I'm in the first / sophomore year of high school.

 

- Where do you live?

I live in Salvador...........

 

- What is your address?

My address is........

 

- What is your phone number?

My phone number is ...............

 

- Do you speak portuguese?

Afirmativa: Yes, I do.

Negativa: No, I don't.

or Just a little.

 

- Are you single or married?

I'm single / I'm married.

 

 

- Have you ever been to Italy?

Afirmativa: Yes, I have.

Negativa: No, I have not.

 

- Where were you born?

I was born in Salvador.

 

- Do you have brothers and sisters?

Yes, I do. I have two brothers and one sister.

No, I don't. I'm an only child.

 

- Do you have a boyfriend / girlfriend?

Yes, I do.

No, I don't.

 

- Do you like sports?

Yes, I do.

No, I don't.

 

- What do you like to do (in your free time)? / What are your hobbies?

I like (to dance) / I like (dancing)

 

I like (to cook) / I like (cooking)

 

I like (to swim) / I like (swimming)

 

I like (to study) / I like (studying)

 

I like (to collect comic books=Gibis) / I like collecting comic books)

I like (to play soccer / cards=baralho / dominoes/ video games / volleyball) / I like (playing soccer / video games etc.)

 

I like (to eat a lot) / I like (eating a lot)

 

I like (to go to the beach) / I like (going to the beach)

 

I like (to sing) / I like (singing)

 

I like (to watch TV) / I like (watching TV)

 

I like (to go to the movies/theater) / I like (going to the movies/theater)

 

I like (to paint) / I like (painting)

 

I like (to read books) / I like (reading books)

 

I like (to play the piano) / I like (playing the piano)

 

I like (to go out with friends) (hang out with friends) / I like (going out with friends) (hanging out with friends)

 

I like (to take a walk) / I like taking a walk)

 

I like (to take a shower) / I like (taking a shower)

 

I like (to surf) / I like (surfing)

 

I like (to go shopping) / I like (going shopping)

 

I like (to ski) / I like (skiing)    

 

I like (to flirt) / I like (flirting)

 

I like (to kiss) / I like (kissing)

 

I like (to ride a bicycle / bike / a horse) / I like (riding a bicycle etc.)

 

I like (to make friends) / I like (making friend)

 

I like (to talk on the phone) / I like talking on the phone)

 


Now work in pairs using as many as possible those question above and take notes of five questions your classmate answers to you and then you should tell his/her answers to the teacher when asked.