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TP1-1b
Upper-Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students will be introduced to What clauses through selected sentences from the listening exercise on five people talking about their collections. The lesson starts with a discussion about collections. This is followed by naming and matching pictures of collection items and their names. Finally there is a controlled practice through matching the speakers with the questions and two free practices; one is about sentence reformulating, and the other one is a speaking activity.

Materials

Main Aims

  • To introduce students to What clauses and have them practice within the context of collecting.

Subsidiary Aims

  • Listening for gist and detail in the context of collecting.

Procedure

Stage 1 (Lead In) (3-5 minutes) • To engage their interest in the topic

-Have projector ready. -Project the picture of fridge magnet collection. -Engage interest by telling the students about the fridge magnet collection. -Ask students if they or someone they know collects anything. -Ask them to tell their partner about it. -Collect feedback from a few pairs.

Stage 2 (Pre-listening) (3-5 minutes) • To introduce the collection items that will be used in the context of listening exercise

-Show pictures of collection items and have students name them.

Stage 3 (Listen and Match) (5-7 minutes) • To provide a controlled listening practise for gist

-Tell students to match each speaker to one of the photos. -Play CD 1, track 3-7 -Students check their answers in pairs and then as a whole class.

Stage 4 (listen for detail) (5-7 minutes) • To provide a listening practice for specific information

-Project the listening practice 2. -Tell students to match speakers with the questions. -Pass handouts for SS. -Play CD 01 track 3-7. -Project the tapescript and check their answers.

Stage 5 (Focus on Language) (15-20 minutes) • To introduse What clauses

-Have students compare what-clauses with regular sentences that selected from tapescript and elicit the difference in meaning. -Help students guess the difference more easily by modelling the sentences out loud with emphatic pronounciation. Possible eliciting questions: Why would someone use this(what-clause) instead of this(regular sentence) ? Which one draw your attention more? Why? -Project "what clauses" slide in order to show the form. -Model and choral drill the sentence. -Have students complete the rewrite exercise.

Stage 6 (Freer practices) (6-8 minutes) • To provide free speaking practice

-Ask students to think about what they discussed during the warmer. -Ask students to talk to their partner saying things that they like, dislike, or want using what-clauses then have them share their ideas to whole class. -Demonstrate the speaking activity from the Teacher's book with a student. -Project the page and ask the student to choose a square then ask him/her to make a sentence with the topic using what-clauses. -Tell the students that if the other person agrees that your sentence is correct, then you can circle the topic, (have him/her circle his/her topic) that square cannot be played again. The next person then has a turn. -Tell the students to do this activity in pairs and the first student to get four squares in a straight line (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) is the winner.

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