Empower_A1_LP16
A1 level starter level
Materials
Main Aims
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To practice use of present simple: he/she/it positive in the context of the family
Subsidiary Aims
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To familiarise SS with family and people, numbers 2; To provide SS practice using those vocabulary; To practice reading for detailed; To practice listening for gist; To provide speaking practice for accuracy
Procedure (53-85 minutes)
Show 2-3 photos of famous people with their families (e.g., a singer with children, an actor with parents). Ask: "Who do you recognize?", "What do you know about them?"
Point to the pictures of famous people on SB p.34-35. Ask: "Do you know the famous people in the pictures?" Put SS into pairs to try to match the pictures with the sentences in ex 1A, p 34. Play the recording in ex 1B, p 34 for students to check their answers.
Ask SS to complete the table by finding the words in the sentences in 1a. Check answers as a class. Draw attention to the silent gh in daughter and the /a/ sound in son, mother, and brother. Drill all the words in ex 2A, p 34.
Ask SS to find the words in the sentences in 1a, in ex 2B, p 34. Check answers as a class. Point to the picture of the family tree and teach the phrase family tree. Give SS to work individually to complete the exercise in ex 2C, p 34. Check answers as a class. Have SS to complete the exercises in Vocabulary Focus 4B on SB p.143. Play the recording where indicated and ask SS to listen and repeat. When checking Exercise d, make sure students pronounce woman /wumən/, women /wımın/, and people /pi:pl/ correctly. Tell SS to go back to SB p.34 in ex 2E.
For Exercise 1, play the recording for students to listen and repeat the sound and the example word. For Exercise 2, play the recording for twice for students to listen and repeat the words. For Exercise 3, put SS into pairs to practice saying the words in Exercise 2, in ex 2F, p 34.
Ask SS to discuss the question as a class. Write the answers on the board in ex 3C, p 35. Have SS to complete the exercises in Vocabulary Focus 4B on SB p.141. For Exercise a, play the recording for students to listen and repeat. Write a few numbers between 21 and 100 on the board for the students to say as a class. Put students into pairs for Exercise b. Make sure they swap roles and repeat this a few times. Tell SS to go back to SB p.35 in ex 3D.
Show the picture to students and ask them: "What is an International Family?", "How can you create this type of family?'
Point to the picture and the text An International Family in ex 3A, p 35. Tell SS to read the first paragraph and ask: "Are Pablo and Alicia brother and sister?" Ask: "Are they the same nationality?". Write on the board: international=more than one country. Give SS one minute to read the whole text and decide if the statements are true or false. Check answers as a class.
Ask: Which country do Pablo and Alicia live in?. Give SS to read the text again in ex 3B, p 35 and write the country where each person lives. Check answers as a class. Ask: "Do you have family members in or from other countries? Who? Where do they live? Where are they from?"
Look at the example as a class. Give SS one minute to write down the names of three famous people. Put SS into small groups to say or guess their ages.
Tell SS to look at the table in ex 4A, p 35. Elicit answers from the class. Ask SS to read the information in Grammar Focus 4B on SB p.120. Play the recording where indicated and ask SS to listen and repeat.
Have SS to complete the sentences in ex 4B, p 35. Check answers as a class. Have SS to complete the grammar exercises on SB p.121. Write the answers on the board for students to see the correct spelling of the verb endings. Check answers as a class. Tell SS to go back to SB p.35 in ex 4C.
Divide the class into pairs and assign A and B roles. Student As read the information about Omar on SB p.105. Student Bs read the information about Monica on SB p.109. Student As tell Student Bs their information, then swap roles in ex 4D, p 35. Monitor and note down any common errors to deal with during feedback. Give SS two minutes to prepare what they've going to say. Put SS into pairs to tell each other about their families. Ask: Can you make notes? in ex 5A, p 35.
