Lessonplan FDE I Hansjuerg Perino
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Lessonplan FDE I Hansjuerg Perino Lesson: Let’s talk about shopping! (Unit, Coursebook, pages): English File, Pre-Intermediate, Unit 4B, pages 30-31. Topic: Present perfect simple vs. past simple; shopping vocabulary Overall aims: By the end of the lesson, the students… • … will be able to talk about their shopping habits/experiences; • … will have understood the difference between the present perfect and past simple tenses; • … will know how to use both tenses appropriately; • … will have practiced their speaking and writing skills. Class level / profile: pre-intermediate grammar school students aged between 12-14 years. Time Phase Aims / content: "WHAT" – "Why this" Procedure/ Method: "HOW" – "why like this" Anticipated Problems ---> Proposed Solutions Materials / Media required 3’ - 5’ Lead-in • Introduce the topic of the lesson • Elicit some lexis and grammar • Gather students’ attention • Brainstorm lexis based on the theme “shopping” • Student-teacher interaction (frontal) • Students remain silent Proposed solution: Teacher names students • Blackboard/chalk 8’ - 10’ Pre-task (communicative) • Activate previous knowledge • Ask each other about their shopping habits using present perfect and past simple • Teacher models the task with a student. For example, “Olivia, have you ever bought something you have never used?” • Teacher sticks some speech bubbles on the board containing useful language. • Teacher presents the activity and gives instructions. S/he ensures that the students understand they need to keep the conversation going. • Teacher asks students to stand up and walk around the class, asking each other questions. • Students will answer only “yes” or “no” Proposed solution: 1. Draw attention to the short answers 2. Teacher jumps in and asks complementary questions only if necessary. • Blackboard • Colourful speech bubbles (Attachment 1) • “Find someone who…”-worksheet (Attachment 2)
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LessonplanFDEI HansjuergPerino
Lesson: Let’s talk about shopping! (Unit, Coursebook, pages): English File, Pre-Intermediate, Unit 4B, pages 30-31. Topic: Present perfect simple vs. past simple; shopping vocabulary
Overall aims: By the end of the lesson, the students…
• … will be able to talk about their shopping habits/experiences; • … will have understood the difference between the present perfect and past simple tenses; • … will know how to use both tenses appropriately; • … will have practiced their speaking and writing skills.
Class level / profile: pre-intermediate grammar school students aged between 12-14 years.
Time Phase Aims / content: "WHAT" – "Why this"
Procedure/ Method: "HOW" – "why like this"
Anticipated Problems ---> Proposed Solutions
Materials / Media required
3’-5’
Lead-in
• Introducethetopicofthelesson• Elicitsomelexisandgrammar• Gatherstudents’attention
• Brainstormlexisbasedonthetheme“shopping”
• Student-teacherinteraction(frontal)
• Studentsremainsilent
Proposedsolution:Teachernamesstudents
• Blackboard/chalk
8’-10’
Pre-task
(communicative)
• Activatepreviousknowledge• Ask each other about their
shopping habits using presentperfectandpastsimple
• Teachermodelsthetaskwithastudent.For example, “Olivia, have you everbought something you have neverused?”
• Teacherstickssomespeechbubblesontheboardcontainingusefullanguage.
• Teacherpresents the activity andgivesinstructions. S/he ensures that thestudentsunderstandtheyneedtokeeptheconversationgoing.
• Teacher asks students to stand up andwalkaroundtheclass,askingeachotherquestions.
• Studentswillansweronly“yes”or“no”
Proposedsolution:1.Drawattentiontotheshortanswers2.Teacher jumps inandaskscomplementary questionsonlyifnecessary.
• Blackboard• Colourful speech
bubbles(Attachment1)
• “Find someonewho…”-worksheet(Attachment2)
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• Teacher monitors and writes downmistakes.
• Modality:Groupwork• Teacher writes some examples of
correct and incorrect language on theboard.
5’
Delayederrorcorrection
• Studentsreflectonthelanguagetheyhavebeenusingduringtheactivity.
• Studentsformulatetherulesusingtheirimplicitknowledge.
• Teacherasksstudentswhichtensestheyhavebeenusingtocompletetheactivity.
• Teachershowssomesentenceswrittenontheboardandasksstudentstoinpairscorrecttheminpairsandtoformulatearule.
• Teachercheckstheiranswers(Sus-Tinteraction).
• Studentsdonotmakemistakesorteachercannotcollectthem.
Proposedsolution:Teacherbringspre-fabricatedsentences.
• Blackboard/chalkormarker
7’-10’
Language
presentation
• Revisethestructures• Elicittherulesfromthestudents
• Teacherasksstudents,basedontheexamplesontheboard,aboutthestructureanditsuse.
• Teacherdiscusseswiththestudentsthegrammarcontentonpage1324B.
• TeacherdisplaystimelinesontheOHPtoclarifythedifferences(Attachment3).
• Studentsfeeloverwhelmedbytherules.Theycannotdifferentiatethestructures.
Proposedsolution:TeacherinvestsmoretimeinvisualisingthetensesontheOHP.
• OHP(Timelines,Attachment3)
• Coursebook
5’
Controlledpractice
• Studentspracticethestructuretheyhavejustlearned.
• Studentssolveanexerciseinthebook.
• Askstudentstoanswertheexercise4Bb)onpage133.
• Individualwork.• Teachercorrectstheexerciseand
clarifiesdoubts.
• Studentscannotperceivethedifference.
Proposedsolution:Instead of doing a freerpracticeactivity,teachergivesstudents an extra exercise(See extra worksheet – PlanB).
• Blackboard• Coursebook• Extraworksheet
(Attachment4:Teacher’sbook,page172)
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8’
Freerpractice• Practisetheirwritingskills• Consolidatetheunderstandingof
thestructures
• Teachergivesstudentsawrittentask(Attachment5):“Describethebestthingyouhaveeverbought.”Askthestudentstorefertothecircumstancesinordertopracticebothstructures.
• Studentsdonotfinishthetask
Possiblesolution:Finishitathome.
• OHP
2’
Closingthelesson
• Presentthehomework• Announcefollow-uptopic
• Homework:page133,exercises4Baandc.Finishprevioustaskifnecessary.
• TeacherexplainsthatHWwillbecorrectedinthenextclass.
• Saygoodbye
• Coursebook
Total time: 40’ – 45’
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Attachment 1
WHY?HOW? WHAT?
WHEN?
WHATFOR?
HAVEYOUEVER...? DIDYOU...?
LessonplanFDEI HansjuergPerinoAttachment 2
Find someone who…
Questions Names
1. …has ever been shopping in Miami.
2. …went shopping last weekend.
3. …has ever bought something he/she never wore.
4. …bought a new jacket recently.
5. …has ever been to an Outlet.
6. …went to Globus yesterday
LessonplanFDEI HansjuergPerinoAttachment 3
Past simple
E.g.: Last Tuesday, we travelled to London.
Present perfect 1
E.g.: Have you enjoyed the movie?
now
time
now
time
events in the past
event in the past that lasts until now
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Present perfect 2
E.g.: I have just had lunch.
time
now event in the past without clear start and end the effects of which are still visible now
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Attachment 4
LessonplanFDEI HansjuergPerinoAttachment 5
What is the best thing that you have ever bought? Write about your most memorable shopping experience! What is the best thing that you have ever bought? When did you buy it, where and why? Write a text of between 10 and 15 sentences and make sure to use both the past simple and the present perfect. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
