Zahraa Shaabani Zahraa Shaabani

TP1- It's Against the Law Lesson
Upper-Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson students will develop their conversation fluency skills through speaking exercise based around a test to see "how honest they are" in order to notice the grammatical patter we use to express hypothetical situations. Finally, students use these grammatical patterns during a mingle task to discover more about their classmates and how honest they really are.

Materials

Main Aims

  • To develop conversation fluency skills.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To review vocabulary related to crime.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (5-7 minutes) • To re-focus Sts after the break, set the lesson context and engage Sts to re-activate vocab related to criminals and honesty.

T introduces herself and reminds students about the previous session, reviews problematic vocabulary or pronunciation and gives them 1-2 minutes to solve a crossword activity.

Exposure (8-10 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

T tells Sts a story related to honesty about her little brother when he was a little less than honest. Then T shares an example of a way in which she was very honest. T put Sts in pairs/small groups to share their experience of being honest/less honest. Encourage Sts to share the reasons and consequences. T points out that this activity is supposed to be about sharing fun and interesting stories, nothing too personal or serious, because this could be a sensitive area for some students. T elicits some Sts who are willing to share their stories with the WC

Highlighting (8-10 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

T holds up a copy of a handout test to explain how it works. Each student have to read 10 questions with multiple choices about honesty and choose one answer. after that that St are put into pairs/groups to discuss their answers together. Sts must make brief notes of what their partners say and ask follow ip questions for more information. T rearranges groups to get Sts to discuss their findings with their new partners using the notes they made to help them. Sts check their own answers using Anwer key 3A handout

Clarification (5-7 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

T conducts WC feedback on the answers to the honesty test done in the previous stage. Sts are instructed to locate other examples of TL in the transcript. The sentence is written on the WB with the form of each one highlighted with the use of different colored markers. T makes sure Sts understand the form of hypothetical situations and writes more examples on the board if the students seem to still have problems.

Controlled Practice (5-6 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

T writes a sentence on the WB. Ex: If I (live) in japan I (eat) sushi everyday. Sts elicit the right form of the verbs to make the sentence correct. T gives Sts handouts to practice second conditional. T monitors and checks that learners are completing their tast. Sts check their answers with partner and explain their choices. T finishes the with WC feedback.

Semi-Controlled Practice (6-8 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

T writes on WB: If I lived in France, I would speak french fluently. T discusses this sentence with students explaining and gives them a handout that contains an exercise to complete imaginary situations using second conditional. Sts share their sentences with a partner, who checks that the form and meaning is correct. T monitors and makes a note of good language use, as well as correcting mistakes.

Free Practice (6-8 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

T put Sts into groups and asks them to discuss their imaginary wishes, after that T asks Sts to work individually and write 3 sentences about themselves using the second conditional form. T monitors the correct use of the TL and notice mistakes. T elicits Sts who are willing to share their sentences and discuss them with the WC, and engage WC when correcting mistakes.

Wrap up (2-3 minutes) • To ensure that the aims of the lesson have been clearly understood

T asks Sts what was the topic of today's lesson? what grammar was studied in class? when do we use this grammar?

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