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Teaching Practice 7
Elementary level

Description

In this lesson, first, the students will talk about feelings. Then, they will be given strips of papers in which there are feelings and situations written. They will be asked to match them in pairs. After that, they will read a text about men crying. For the text, they will first read it to find if their ideas have been mentioned. Then, they will read for gist to choose the best title for the text. This will be followed by reading for specific information activity in which they have to decide whether the statements given are true or false. Then, the students will be grouped and given some discussion questions to discuss in their groups.

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To provide practice for reading for gist and specific information in the context of men and how and when they cry

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide fluency speaking practice in a discussion in the context of men crying

Procedure

Lead-in (4-5 minutes) • To warm the Ss up for the lesson and to present the vocabulary

T will come to class and will ask Ss "How are you?". She will say she is fine but her mood changes all the time. She will put the pictures on her face and say "For example I am ....."and will wait for the Ss to complete the sentence. She will try to elicit the words from Ss and will help them if necessary especially with the words "bored" and "nervous" by writing the first letter of the words. She will try to clarify the meaning by giving examples. Then, to make it more clear with Ss, she will ask questions like "Am I happy now?" while showing them the sad picture. Then, T drills the words and writem them on board.

Controlled Practice for the vocabulary (5-6 minutes) • To provide an oppurtunity for students to practice the vocabulary

The students will be given strips of paper in which there will be situations and feelings written. For example, on one of the papers it will say "You are in an exam" and on another one it will say "nervous". What they are going to do is to match the situations with the feelings. Possible ICQ: 1) Are you going to match the situations with feelings? Then, as students were busy on the task, T will write the feelings on the board. After all the students finish, T will ask them to come to the board and write the situations under the appropriate feeling.

Preparation for the reading (2-3 minutes) • To set the context for the reading text

T will show on the W/B the pictures in the book of famous men crying. T will ask Ss why do they think the men are crying and will try to elicit answers. Then, T will ask Ss questions to prepare them for the gist activity. She will ask them questions like "Why do men usually cry?" or "Do men cry more now than in the past?" and writes possible answers on the board.

Reading for gist (5-6 minutes) • To make Ss practice reading for gist

T will ask the students to read the text to find if their ideas written on the board have been mentioned in the text or not. The students will read first and they will be asked to discuss in pairs. Then, T will get a whole class feedback from the students.

Read for gist (5-6 minutes) • To provide further practice for reading for gist

Students will be given strips of papers in which there are titles written. They will be asked to read the text one more time and choose the best title for the text in pairs. The titles are as follows: Men never cry, Crying- it’s a man’s thing, Crying- good for your health, Men and sports Then, T will again get a whole class feedback from the students.

Read for specific information (7-8 minutes) • To make Ss practice reading for specific information

Ss will read the text again. Then, in pairs, they will be asked to write T or F next to the statements in page 67 exercise 1. To take feedback, T will ask Ss only to raise their hands if they think number 1 is True or False. She will do this for all the questions and then go over with the problematic ones if there are any.

Freer Activity (7-8 minutes) • To make Ss practice speaking for fluency in the context of men crying.

T will divide Ss into groups by giving each of them a number. Then, she will make them sit in circles. After that, T will give Ss the handouts in which there are some discussion questions about the topic. Ss will discuss the questions and try to answer them in their groups.While Ss are discussing, T will monitor them closely but only interferes if the conversation breaks down. After Ss finish discussing, T will ask different Ss around the class to answer the questions.

Delayed Feedback (2-3 minutes) • To provide feedback to SS

If there is extra time at the end, T will say to Ss "I've heard some sentences today" and will write them on the board. And, She will ask Ss what is wrong with these sentences and will elicit answers from the students.

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