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TP 7 Jesús Solano
Pre-Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson students will practice writing an email, between 35 and 45 words

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To provide product writing practice of an email in the context of holidays

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide practice of present continuous in the context of family newsletters

Procedure

Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Activate Schema: Teacher share screen to a Jamboard that shows some family pictures. Teacher asks students some questions to activate schemata: - Is your family big or small? - Do you talk to every person in your family? - How do you communicate with your family the most? Teacher calls on specific students and reacts to their answers appropriately. Teacher then points out that both in U.K. and U.S., families use a facebook group, a blog, or an email to send news to their family, and that this class students will practice writing an email to their family to let them know about how they are doing.

Exposure (8-10 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading/listening and to clarify the meaning and form of target language

1 Layout Teacher shares their screen to a picture embedded in a Google forms document the email is written by Jamie Harker letting her relatives know about how her family (i.e.: her parents, and her older brother) are doing, what are the activities they are currently doing and the activities they are doing at the moment. Students are pointed out to read the email and to answer some multiple choice questions about the layout of the email (to arrange the order of the elements in the email, what are some comon greetings, if this email is formal or casual, what are some common ways to say goodbye). Students will work for around 3 minutes before being sent to breakout rooms to check answers with a partner. Teacher checks answers with the group and explains the parts of an email showing a small diagram 2 Language Students are pointed out to solve a Google Form where they will find some sentences about the target language (present continuous for temporary present) first they will have to complete the sentences with the appropriate option (4 questions) and finally they will have two additional questions where they will see the difference between actions at the moment of speaking and temporary present, teacher procedes to check the answers with the group and checks grammar with them and the time adverbs that are usually used for this concept (currently, for the moment)

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

Students are pointed out to write an email individually, teacher shares a screen to the checklist where students will see the elements they need to use to complete the activity. Students then will be shared a Google form link where they will need to write an email where they have to use an appropriate greeting, an introduction, mention three different people in their family and 3 activities for each member using the target language, and an appropriate closure for the email. Teacher shares link through Zoom chatbox.

Feedback and Error Correction (8-10 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

Teacher directs students to check each other's email using the checklist. Teacher shares zoom board to write down two or three different mistakes heard during the activity, then Teacher asks students for the correct form of the language, pronunciation, or part of lexis; checking with the student and writing the correct form.

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