Reza Yekani Reza Yekani

Materials

Abc Postcard H/O

Main Aims

  • To provide product of a postcard to a friend/family member.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide review, clarification and practice of holiday adjectives (delicious, awful, nice, terrible, lovely, beautiful, happy, upset, interesting, boring)

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (1-0 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

T talks about his trip to Istanbul and expresses his interest in the food, drink and places.

Exposure (5-10 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading/listening

T projects pics to elicit vocabulary. T drills the vocabulary and deals pronunciation. T writes a jumbled word and gets Ss to guess what the word is to complete the sentence. Part I T projects the activity on the board to demonstrate the task. T gets one student to do the activity (open class). T gives out the H/O and students work in groups (PW/closed class). T monitors the task to provide any probable support. T gets Ss to check answers in bigger groups (GW/closed class). T provides feedback. Part II T projects the next activity on the board to demonstrate the task. T gets one student to do the activity (open class). T gives out the H/O and students work in groups (PW/closed class). T monitors the task to provide any probable support. T gets Ss to check answers in bigger groups (GW/closed class). T provides feedback.

Useful Language (8-10 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

T projects the pictures on the board to set the scene. T elicits information about San Francisco and what it's like. T introduces the characters (Ruben, Pasha and Allen). T explains Ruben and Pasha are not in London; they are in Boston, San Francisco, USA. Part I T introduces the concept of exchanging postcards and when people send postcards to each other. T projects Ruben and Pasha's postcard to Allen. T elicits who has written to who? T puts the jumbled questions on the board and gets Ss to sort it out (demonstration). T gets the Ss to read the postcard and answer the questions. Part II T projects the brainstorming activity on the board to demonstrate the task. T gets one student to do the activity (open class). T gives out the H/O and students work in groups (PW/closed class). T monitors the task to provide any probable support. T gets Ss to check answers in bigger groups (GW/closed class). T provides feedback.

Productive Task(s) (18-20 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

T shows Ss his parents' photo. T elicits that he is in Istanbul now and he wants to send his parents a postcard. Part II T projects the next activity on the board to demonstrate the task. T gets Ss to help him do the activity (open class). T gives out the H/O and students work in groups (PW/closed class). T monitors the task to provide any probable support. T gets Ss to check answers in bigger groups (GW/closed class). T provides feedback.

Feedback and Error Correction (5-10 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

T posts the postcards around the class and gets. T gets Ss to read and select the best postcard for him to send to his parents. Part III T projects the next activity on the board to demonstrate the task. T gets one student to do the activity (open class). T gives out the H/O and students work in groups (PW/closed class). T monitors the task to provide any probable support. T gets Ss to check answers in bigger groups (GW/closed class). T provides feedback.

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