English Lesson Planner

Larry Klein

TP3 - Upper Intermediate level

TP3
Upper Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students will practice and review adverbs and adverbial phrases in the context of short stories and reading.

Materials

HO4

HO3

HO2

HO1

HO4

HO3

HO2

HO1

Main Aims

To provide clarification of adverbs and adverbial phrases in the context of short stories and reading

Subsidiary Aims

To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of story building using the TL

Procedure (40-46 minutes)

Lead-in (2-3 minutes) • To engage students in the topic

The T will write 6 adverbs on the board and then mime a story. The students will guess the adverbs one-by-one until they have all been used.

Exposure (2-2 minutes) • To expose Ss to the TL in context through a text; to help Ss think about meaning

* Handout '50 word story'. Students read story and guess who the story is about. (a teacher)

Highlighting (3-4 minutes) • To encourage Ss to notice the TL and to assess what the students know

* Students explain the difference between hard & hardly and near & nearly * Elicit some sentences from Ss (one for each term) to write on WB

Clarification (23-25 minutes) • To focus SS on MFP of the TL

* Adverbs and adverbial phrases handout (HO2) is distributed to Ss. Ss work in pairs to complete the 1st section 'Confusing Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases' Listen to audio file to check answers for FB Ss work in pairs to complete the 2nd section 'Comment Adverbs' Listen to audio file to check answers for FB HO3 is given to Ss. The audio file is played and students repeat the sentences copying the stress and intonation of the adverbs

Semi-controlled & freer practice (10-12 minutes) • To strengthen understanding and allow for some production (speaking practice)

*4-student groups are formed. A paper with two pictures, each with an adverb, are given to each student.Students describe their photos to each other and construct a story using the TL. Time allowing, students from different groups tell the story picture by picture.