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Stuck in a rut - talk about a life change - Upper Secondary 3 level

Stuck in a rut - talk about a life change
Upper Secondary 3 level

Description

In this lesson, Ss engage in reading and listening activities in the context of making a life change. They also review and practice using the different tenses in reading and writing activities.

Materials

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Main Aims

To practice listening for specific information in the context of making a life change.

Subsidiary Aims

To clarify and practice used to + infinitive in listening and writing activities in the context of making a life change.

Procedure (5-82 minutes)

Lead in (6 minutes) • To activate students' schemata

The lesson starts with a game. Tr reads out a few sentences and asks Ss to say whether they are correct or incorrect. The Ss are made to stand in the middle of the class. If the sentence is correct, they move to the right. If it is incorrect, they move to the left.

Restricted Written Practice (8 minutes) • To practice and review the different tenses.

Ss are given 2 HOs. Ss are instructed to match the sentences with the correct tense and stick it on the second HO.

Error Correction and Feed back (8 minutes) • For Ss to understand the task and check answers.

PC is done. During WCFB, SS share their answers. The different tenses - their meaning, form and use are discussed.

Lead in (5-7 minutes) • To activate students' schemata

Recent pictures of JK Rowling and Christin Ronaldo are shown. Ss are asked to discuss the following questions n pairs: What are they famous for? Then Ss are shown pictures of the same people in the past. What were they like then? How have they changed?

Reading Practice (10 minutes) • To practice reading for specific information and to draw inference from the text about life change.

Ex 2A and 2B.

Post reading practice (10 minutes) • To identify and use verbs+prepositions in speaking accurately and fluently in the context of making a life change.

Ss are asked to identify the functions of words in bold from the reading passage. Tr. says that certain verbs are used with prepositions. Tr. asks Ss to note down a few phrases (verbs+prepositions) . Ss share their answers with the class. Ss are then instructed to make sentences with a few phrases that they noted down. PC and WCFB are done.

Pre listening activity (5 minutes) • To predict the main idea of the listening activity based on making a life change.

Ss are asked to look at the pictures displayed o the IWB and discuss the following question: What life changes do you think these women have made? Ss discuss in pairs and share their answers with the class.

Listening Practice (8 minutes) • To listen for specific information in the context of making a life change.

Pg 68 Ex 4A

Post listening task • To practice listening to draw inference from the recording based on the context of making a life change.

Ex5

Language Input: used to + infinitive (10 minutes) • For Ss to clarify and review the use of used to + infinitive in the context of making a life change

A few example sentences (from the listening activity) are displayed on the IWB. Jasmin Wellis used to work as a doctor in York. CCQs Is this sentence in the past tense? Does she still work as a doctor? Was it a habit or was it a situation? Can you rewrite this sentence in the past simple? Yes She worked as a doctor in York. I never used to eat chocolate. Is this in the present or past? Is it a habit or a situation? How will we change this sentence into a question sentence? Did you use to eat chocolate? Is this in the present or past? Can we use used to describe a situation or habit in the present? No Pronunciation: Jasmin Wellis used to work as a doctor in York. I never used to eat chocolate. Tr says the sentences and Ss reapeat after her. Tr marks the weak and strong forms in the sentences on the board. Form: Tr writes the form of the sentences on the board.

Restricted Written Practice (10 minutes) • To practice writing the target language accurately in the context of making a life change.

Less restricted speaking practice • To practice speaking fluently and accurately using the target language in the context of making a life change.

Ex 8A and 8B