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Arzu Ozel - Free time activities
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson students will use their reading and speaking skills to learn about popular activities in Europe. In the first part of the lesson, S's will learn about new activities and vocabulary identified in various photos and then read advertisements for popular activities, try to remember the essential information about the activities and explain them to their partner. In the second part of the lesson, S's will discuss in pairs how they and their families relax in their free time. They will read various statements and discuss whether they apply to them and finally they will read the advertisements again and recommend the most appropriate activity for the people listed.

Materials

Abc Free time activities
Abc Bungee jumping pictures

Main Aims

  • To (a) help S's learn new vocabulary in relation to free time activities (b) practise gist, scanning and intensive reading (c) practice speaking about their own hobbies and recommending activities to others.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To learn lexisand vocabulary regarding free time activities.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-8 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

T greets students and shows them a picture of her doing a bungee jump and talks about it. T then asks S's if they do any unusual or extreme activities (or have done in the past) and why they do them. If no one has - ask students why do you think people do these activities? T then asks S's to look at photos in Ex 1 and identify them.

Pre teach Vocabulary (5-6 minutes) • Pre teach four new items of vocabulary

Show picture of device, gadgets, thrill and flight simulation for pre teaching vocabulary in order to prepare S's for Ex 2.

Reading Ex 2 - Scanning for information (8-10 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible - scanning website for information

T asks S's to work in pairs and work on Ex 2. Student A reads the first two adverts and student B reads the last 2 adverts. They then have to match the name of the activity in Ex 1 to the adverts.

Intensive reading (8-12 minutes) • Students intensively read to remember essential information about the activities.

T asks S's to complete Ex 3, Students intensively read to remember essential information about the activities and explain to their partner.

Speaking - part 1 - Ex 9 (5-5 minutes) • Students speak about how they and their family relax in their free time.

T asks S's to complete Ex 9 -T first gives a few examples on the board about her interests and hobbies. T asks S's for feedback

Speaking part 2 - Ex 10 (5-8 minutes) • Students discuss the statements and explain their response to them.

T asks S's to discuss the statements in Ex 10.

Speaking - Part 3 - Ex 11 (10-12 minutes) • Students give recommendations regarding activities and justify their reasons. Use different verbs for 'like'.

T asks S's to look at the adverts in Ex 2 and then choose the most appropriate activity for the people listed in Ex 11. They can recommend any activity they like, but need to justify it. T reminds S's of a number of different verbs used for like - such as: loves, into, enjoys etc. Remember, it is more interesting to use a range of vocabulary when you speak/ write!

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