Henry Loftus Henry Loftus

TP7-Grammar
Upper Intermediate level

Description

Grammar lesson on modal deductions

Materials

Abc course books

Main Aims

  • To provide clarification and practice of modal deduction verbs in the context of dialogues about everyday life

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide gist reading practice using a text about looking for a phone in the context of daily life
  • To provide accuracy and fluency speaking practice in a debate in the context of speculation with limited information

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (5-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

T greets students and share screen of a google sites with a photograph from the news T nominates student to read the questions on the screen: "What is going on here?" "Where is this happening?" "Why is this happening?" T Instruction: Discuss these questions with your partner quickly for 2 minutes in breakout rooms T sends link in chat to photo of elephant Ss work in pairs for 2minutes OCFB T nominates student to summarize discussion T reveals context: "An elephant from a nearby jungle wandered into a town in India, they put it down with tranquilizer darts and brought it back to the jungle" 3minutes

Exposure through Text-Work (10-10 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a dialogue text

T will share screen of a google site with a text of a dialogue and a short google form that checks for understanding T Instruction: "Here is a dialogue, it is below the picture of the elephant in the same link I've already sent. This task is different than the one we just finished about the elephant but they are related. Keep this in mind as you are working" "Read through this text and answer the questions below after you have finished, The questions ask about photos A-D. Do this in 5 minutes" "When you have finished answering the questions send me a thumbs up emoji, and then check your answers with your partner in breakout rooms" ICQ- "What do you do after you have finished reading?" Answer questions Ss work individually for 5minutes Ss check their answers in pairs for 2minutes OCFB T shares screen of google slides answer key and asks if there are questions about meaning. T directs Ss attention to meaning of "deduction" and nominates student to read "The process of reaching a decision or answer by thinking about known facts" CCQ: "What is another way of saying this?" Speculation, Guessing, Reasoning, Predicting, Assuming

Language Clarification (10-10 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

T shares screen of a google form T partially demos first question: It must be switched off. It just puts me straight through to voicemail. CCQ Does she know it's true or is she not sure? Knows it's true But someone might be using it to call Australia! CCQ Does she know it's true or is she not sure? Not sure (imagining) T Instruction: "Complete this form, work individually, you have 4 minutes" ICQ: individually or in pairs? individually T shares link to form Students work individually for 4 minutes T shares google slides of answer key CCQ: Any questions about the answers? T answers questions about activity 2minutes T shows slide of stress for "He might have been waiting for a chance to steal my phone" CCQ: Which option has the correct stress T drills pronunciation chorally of "He might have been" using backchaining 2minutes

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

T shares screen of a google site with a new dialogue, google form and rephrasing exercise about Easter Island Instruction: "Read this dialogue and write the correct form in the blanks on the right. Then read these sentences about Easter Island and rephrase the sentences on the right. You have 5 minutes. Work individually and then check your answers with your partner in breakout rooms. Send me a thumbs up when you have completed the task" ICQ: Are you writing answers or is this multiple choice? Writing T sends link in chat Ss work individually for 5minutes Instruction repeat: "Check your answers with your partner you have 4 minutes" T sends Ss to break out rooms, Ss work in pairs 4mins OCFB T presents Ss with a google slide with answer key CCQ: Any questions? Did you agree with your partner?

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

T instruction "At the bottom of your website below the Easter Island questions, you will see some facts about imaginary people and then another fact that is a bit unexpected" With your partner in break out rooms speculate about what happened to the person. One person makes a suggestion and your partner can either agree or offer a different theory. Use the words we learned about today and the right form and tenses" T nominates a student and models with him/her 3minutes "Work with your partner, you have 5 minutes Ss work in pairs for 5 minutes

Delayed Error Correction (2-2 minutes) • To correct errors from freer practice and lesson

T gives feedback, corrects errors and highlights language that sounded good on zoom whiteboard T elicits corrections 2 mins

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