Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción English Pedagogy Teaching Practice

LESSON PLAN (PPP)School: Corporacion Liceo Industrial Metodista de Coronel

Class: Second G grade high School

Number of SS: Forty four students

Unit: Unit 3 “Technology and Inventions”

Date of lesson:May 25th 2012

Time of lesson: Ninety minutes from 14:00 to 15:30.

Length of lesson: 90 minutes.

Student-Teacher’s name: David Esmeyden Medina Novoa

Main Aim: At the end of the lesson students will be able to apply capital letters and rules of punctuation correctly in some short pieces of text about facts that concerns teens life.References to Planes y Programas (OF, CMO, AE)

Exponent(s): Punctuation Marks:

Capital letter : I, An etcPeriod: Full Stop (.)Question Mark: (?)Colon: (:)Comma: (,)Speech Marks: (“ ”)

Assumed Knowledge:

Vocabulary about teens life.

Pronouns.

The structure of a paragraph.

Target Language: Punctuation marks.

Anticipated Problems:…..and Solutions:

Ss might not know key vocabulary presented in the power point presentation and activities.

Before the reading T explains that vocabulary and T clarifies any possible Ss doubt.

Aids: Worksheets, markers, a whiteboard, envelopes, flash cards Two power point presentations.

Adapted from University of Sussex

StagesProcedure

What I am going to do?What I am going to say?

Instructions, CCQs, Feedback, etc ObjectivesTime(min)

InteractionT-Ss; Ss-

Ss; etc

Ellicitation

Presentation

- T reads and shows a short piece of text to Ss without capital letters and without taking any pause while he reads. T not takes care about full stops, Exclamation marks, etc. T asks some CCQs to students to know if they noticed something wrong in the text.

- First T shows Ss a PPT about the rules and use of capital letters within sentences. First T explains the functions of capital letters by examples and second T asks Ss to answer and click some questions related to capital letters which appear in the PPT. Orally.

- Then, T shows another PPT to explain what is a end mark and other ways to punctuate and use punctuation marks in sentences and texts by examples. The punctuation marks that are going to be expose are:

Period (.) : Full stopColon: (:) Question Mark: ?Exclamation Mark: !!Commas: (,)

Did you comprehend what I read?Did I take any pause? So, look the text, what is missing there? Can I begin a sentence with lowercase letters?

Ok, let see, Use a capital letter for

Click the sentence that uses capital letters correctly.

An end mark is also known as punctuation, and comes at the end of a sentence. It lets you know when to stop.

To present the context of the class

To familiarise Ss with punctuations marks and capital

letters

7 m

20m

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Practice

Production

At the same time T asks some questions related to the use of punctuation marksTo check if students’ understanding.

T asks Ss to get in groups of four people, and then T shows Ss an envelope, which contains a card game inside. First T explains the rules of the game trough an example and says that this game is a kind of competition. Finally T gives out the envelopes to every group to start the game.

T gives some pieces of advices to fit sentences with their proper punctuation mark and they have to work and collaborate each other to win the game.

Finally teacher checks students’ answers written and says which group won the game.

-T explains Ss that they have to apply everything they learnt.-T explains Ss that they have to punctuate and add capital letters to some short pieces of texts to help them make sense.

- Then to conclude the lesson, T checks Ss’ answers.

Where are we going?

- Ok, get in groups of four people, you have to fit every sentence with their proper punctuation mark, remember we learnt from the PPT. I will to give out an envelope to every group. You’ll have just 20 minutes to complete the most sentences you can. Remember that the group who have the most correct sentences win the game

Read the sentences carefully and collaborate each other help your classmates which belong to your team.

Ok, time is over let see your answers.

Now, punctuate and add capital letters, where do you think they have to be apply

Read a lot your text, indicating punctuations marks.

To practice how give sense to

sentences using punctuations marks

To apply capital letters and

punctuation marks in a text

30m

30 min

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