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First Lessson, Level A2- Evergreen

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide review and practice of Past simple tense - affirmative and negative statements, simple present statements, simple present questions, factual conditionals, time clauses, frequency adverbs in the context of Internet usage

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide scan and detailed reading practice using a text about Internet usage

Procedure

Ice breaker (15-25 minutes) • To introduce myself, and get to know the students, while allowing them to get to know more about each other. To create movement

- Put the following on the board in some sort of random shape: 1992, 10, Zimbabwe, gold, 32, Toyota - Ask students what this means. (Entertain 3 guesses). - Answer: Personal facts about myself - Show on projector Get to know you ex: Give students 5 mins to create their own life picture. Sts come and create on board

Warmer/ Lead in (5-10 minutes) • To engage students in the topic

In pairs, sts answer the qs: - Q 1. from Grammar and Beyond, 2A- what kinds of things do you do on the Internet? Q. 2- What is one good thing, and what is one bad thing about spending time online? - Nominate Sts to answer

Reading (15-20 minutes) • To provide students with practice reading for specific information and to provide some of the target language in students' weekly spelling list

P. 2, 1A. Sts will be given questions, then will individually read the text, and answer Ex. C, Q. 1, and 4 to practice skimming for specific information - peer check with partner sitting next to them - Whole class feedback Ask Sts: Why does the verb have an 's' in q. 4. What is the subject? - Ans: 'People' - What part of the verb is that? Ans: 3rd person singular - that's why it has an 'S'. Sts will be given questions, then will individually read the text, and answer Ex. B 1. and 3. Peer check. Then Elicit responses in whole class setting (Give each student a slip to cover ans. to 'face to face' highlighted in book)

Definitions (25-35 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language from spelling list they will be tested on next week

- Students will be put into groups of 3, and be instructed to use Oxford Learner's Dictionary as well as glossary in back of book to define words . - (= Meaning/ form) - Drill pronunciation with word stress blocks on board - Once everyone has finished with the definitions, we will go through the work as a class. Sts will then each write sentences using 5 of the words- assigned by counting out which half of the 5 they'll work on, then sts will use the words in sentences. Go over appropriacy dealyed error correction

Verb conjugation (40-50 minutes) • To practice with positive and negative stations, yes/no questions,/ answers/ wh (information) qs and answers

Ask: What tense was the reading in? - What is the present simple used for? (p. 3) - Write down on board - Check meaning of habit CCQ: 1. if something is a habit, do I do it once? No 2. Do I do it a lot? Yes - What is the most common verb in English? Conjugation of 'to be' as whole class - I am, you are, he is.. she is - Negatives contractions: I am not, you are not ... - Negative contractions : I'm not, you're not.... I - Conjugate 'to shop (online) ' - negative conjugation - Ask questions to formulate questions using 'Do, does, where, when, how often, who, what' using the verb 'to shop' - peer check - whole class - Ask what parts of speech are these words? ' sometimes, never, hardly ever' ? - Ans: Adverbs of frequency. - 'Frequency' ?- Elicit the no. of times things happen - Remember we said past simple is also used to say how often things happen - Draw a timeline with 6 demarcation lines on it and have students fill in where these words fit - Write sentences 'I am hardly ever free' and ask a student to come up and break sentence down into parts of speech. what verb that is, and get students to work out where in the adverb of freq. comes when you're using verb 'to be' - write another sentence, repeat procedure and ask students to work out where adverb of freq. comes when you're using other verbs - Write down a question- repeat procedure and ask students to work out where adverb of freq. comes with questions - Listening Ex. 2.2- frequency adverbs

Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • to give Sts practice in formulating simple past questions

Separate students into different pairs than original. Sts use the prefix clauses " what time" and 'when" to formulate questions about the following activities? - sleep? Go dancing? Eat? Study? - Get sts to find two activities to add to this list and make qs about - 4 mins - Sts practice "how often" qs which they answer with frequency expressions on timeline - 4 mins - Whole class feedback

Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • * To have students practice putting sentences into the correct word order

Ex. 2.4 Questions , p. 8 - let students know we'll be going over class syllabus after break

Explanation of different activities in class - post break (10-20 minutes) • to get students to appreciate that all parts of english language learning are necessary for their development

- Draw a heart and elicit guesses as to what it might mean - write word family and ask a few students how they would illustrate that - write 'communication' and task class with illustrating that (5 mins) have each student draw and then describe their piece (10 mins) show then a square, explain that each part (reading, writing, speaking, listening practice) is necessary. Think of situations in which you might need to do each of these things, in pairs, then pairs share with groups, then groups share with whole class. Let them know that we all have a preferred task, eg. I love writing. I write poems for fun- explain my approach- they can always ask me questions.

Rule overview (20-30 minutes) • To explain student obligations

- Walk through student syllabus - explain attendance policy (secretary example)- life is about showing up and being on time - I'm going to be doing fun stuff in the beginning of the lesson and after breaks. So don't be late, and attend both parts of the session. I also give quiz notes towards the end, so you have to be here for all of class - Need to buy the book- incentive- 30 mins to do the hw in class. A one time offer. If we get here tomorrow and most people have not got a copy of the book, then we will just jump into class, and you will have to hand in double homework on Monday. - Any questions?

If and when revision - (8-10 minutes)

- what part of speech are 'if' and 'when' classified as? - factual conditionals - Write sentences in bold under 'Grammar presentation'. - Main clause? - Elicit - Ask if order can be reversed - Comma if time clause comes first

time clauses and conditionals (10-15 minutes) • Students will identify when to use a particular clause, (appropriate)

Ex. 3.2 - pairs, whole class - Ex. 3.1 time clauses - Read individually Do individually - peer check - Have students read sentences out then give preferred option - whole class

Homework- workbook exercises (3-6 minutes)

- Ex. 1 - Ex. 2A - And start learning your 10 words for test net week Tues. Tomorrow, I will give you another 10 words, so make sure you are in class. - If it snows, check this website- write down, and go to

If there is time (3-5 minutes) • to use up all available lesson time

Students ask me any qs they have. Students can start homework

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