Kora Kora

TP7 Grammar
Pre-Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students will practice using quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns in the context of discussing the potential problems and benefits of a cashless society. The lesson starts with a lead-in asking students to identify pictures of people paying without cash/businesses refusing to take cash, and give their opinions on businesses going cashless. This is followed by a text on cashless societies and a reading comprehension task. This is followed by a small group guided discovery task examining quantifiers and an overview of a few relevant vocabulary words. Finally, there is a controlled practice activity asking students to select the correct quantifiers, and a free practice activity asking students to use the target language to come up with sentences about how they use money in their daily lives.

Materials

Main Aims

  • To introduce quantifiers and practice pairing them with countable and uncountable nouns in the context of discussing the potential problems and benefits of a cashless society.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide fluency speaking practice.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-4 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Say: Hi class, it is good to have you here today. What do you notice about these pictures? (elicit: people paying without cash, people/businesses not accepting cash) What do we call a business that does not accept payment in cash? (elicit: cashless) Are a lot of businesses doing this right now? (point to the picture of the sign) (yes) Do you think a business going cashless is a good idea? What are some problems? What are some benefits? Elicit some target language: if a lot of businesses _______, if only a few people _______, etc. Are (people, business, etc.) nouns? (yes) What are the words that describe the quantity of a noun we have called? (elicit: quantifiers) Today we are going to be focusing on quantifiers, words like enough, a few, and lots of, that tell us the quantity of a noun. Conduct OCFB

Exposure (8-8 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text

Say: Today in our reading we are going to look at the benefits and problems when a whole country tries to go cashless. Share link to Google Form Instructions: Read the text, then answer these questions individually and submit your response on the Google form. You have 4 minutes. ICQ: Are you going to submit your response when you’re done? (yes) Learners answer individually Conduct OCFB

Presentation (Guided Discovery + Language Clarification) (10-12 minutes) • To familiarize students with the target language, and clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language.

Guided Discovery Say: Now that we have read about cashless societies, we are going to take a look at the quantifiers that were used in the text and figure out how we use them correctly ourselves. Share link to Google Form. Instructions: For this activity I am going to send you your breakout rooms and I want you to discuss the answers as a group and then submit your responses individually. You have 6 minutes. ICQ: How long do you have? (6 minutes) ICQ: Are you going to submit your responses individually when you’re done? (yes) Learners do guided discovery in pairs/small groups. (Monitor to ensure they have adequate time to complete the activity). Conduct OCFB Language Clarification Say: Now that we have looked at the meanings of the phrases used to describe likes and dislikes in our text, we are going to take a closer look at the three of them: “enough,” a few,” and “lots of.” Go over MFP for the three quantifiers. Conduct OCFB

Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

Share link to the Google form with students Instructions: for this activity you are going to choose the correct quantifiers to fill in the blanks in the sentences. Do this by yourself, and then submit the form. You have 3 minutes. ICQ: Will you submit the form when you’re done? (yes) Learners answer individually Instructions: Now I am going to send you to your breakout rooms, I want you to discuss the answers you came up with as a group. You have 2 minutes. ICQ: What are you going to discuss? (the answers to the questions). Once they have completed this, divide them into their breakout rooms for 2 minutes to discuss their answers. Conduct OCFB

Free Practice (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

Ensure that students still have the Jamboard link. Instructions: For this activity, you are going to create sentences about yourself using the quantifiers we learned in this lesson. You can use the words in this table to give you some ideas. (demo first sentence). I am going to put you into your breakout rooms, and I want you to take turns creating sentences and sharing them with your partner. You have 4 minutes. ICQ: How long do you have? (4 minutes) Divide students into breakout rooms for 4 minutes to complete the activity. Once they have completed this, have them discuss what they came up with in their group. Conduct OCFB and DEC.

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