FSM DEMO
B1 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of language used for talking about money and shopping experiences in the context of shopping.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide clarification of money and shopping vocabulary
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To provide gist and detailed reading practice using a text about Sales Madness in the context of Shopping
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To provide review of Present perfect and past simple
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To provide accuracy and fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of shopping experiences
Procedure (63-86 minutes)
Greet students, ask them how they feel today and about summer. Ask students ''What do you usually spend your money on?'' and ''What was your biggest purchase ever?'' After gathering answers, introduce the topic by saying ''Today we will be talking about shopping''
Show example sentences with visuals on the board. Ask students to read the sentences. After each sentence, ask students to try and explain the meaning of the words.
Tell students to fill in the blanks in part ''B'' individually, give them two minutes. After they are done, ask them if they know what the verbs in bold mean. If a student says that they don't, ask for a peer to try and explain it to them. Give example sentences when needed.
Ask Ss to form groups of two, tell them that they are going to ask the question in part ''B'' to each other. Walk around the classroom and observe students.
Discuss the questions in part 2a as the whole class, during this stage try to encourage students to participate more by asking questions such as ''Do you agree with your friend?'', ''Anything else that comes to your mind?''.
Tell students to scan through the text quickly without reading it in a detailed way, ask them which country names they can see. Give them one minute to complete this task. Afterwards, ask them which countries they were able to spot.
Tell students that they will read the text again, in a detailed way this time and ask them to find a piece of information that is interesting for them and underline that part. Give them 3 minutes for this task. After they are done ask them to share the interesting part for them with the rest of the class.
Introduce the questionnaire, ask one of the students to read the title of it. Then, tell them that they are going to answer each questions individually according to their habits. Give 2 minutes for this part. After they are done tell them to share their answers with their peers that are sitting next to them and compare answers, look if they are similar or not.
Ask students ''What did you do last weekend?'' to elicit Past simple, then ask ''Have you ever eaten sushi?'' to elicit Present Perfect. Write their answers on the board.
Clarify the sentence formation of each tense via the answers given by the students. Highlight ''Subject-Verb+ed, etc'' in the sentences on the board. Afterwards, draw two timelines on the board showing the difference between the said tenses to clarify the meaning difference between the two tenses.
Tell students to fill in the blanks of the sentences in part a individually, give them three minutes to complete. Then, gather answers and check them. Later, group the sentences according to the tense they are formed with, fill in the boxes in part B while discussing it as the whole class.
Tell students to take a look at the sentences in part a again, draw their attention to the time expression in the first sentence (before).After making sure they understand what a time expression is ask them to underline the rest of them in the remaining sentences. Give them 2 minutes to do so. After they are done ask one of the students to read the explanation in part C and discuss what to put in the blanks as the whole class. After the blanks are filled, draw their attention to them in order to clarify the usage of time expression with each tense.
Ask students to complete the questions in ''part e'', using present perfect and past simple forms of the verbs. Give them 3 minutes to complete this part. After they are done, check the answers by listening to the recording.
Ask students what kind of questions that they would ask someone if they were curious about that person's shopping experience. Write an example sentence (Have you ever bought a tablet before?) on the board. And ask them to form a few questions using ''Have you ever...?''. Gather their answers and write them down on the board.
Ask students to take a look at the sentences in the grids in part b. Then, tell them that they are going to form a circle and ask their peers if they have ever done these things before and write their names in that grid, explain that they should form their question using ''Have you ever...?'' and can take a look at the example sentences that are written on the board. They are free to move around in the circle during this stage. Give them 4 minutes to complete this task. After they are done, tell them to share who they were able to find with said experience and if they have heard any interesting stories.
