Smuggling in Cornwall - Lesson Plan Snapshot
Smuggling in Cornwall - Lesson Plan Snapshot
Smuggling in Cornwall - Lesson Plan Snapshot
NAME: Florentina Filimon SCHOOL: Gimnazial Iacobini (Brazii) DATE: 24th of May, 2013 GRADE: 7th TEXTBOOK: Snapshot Pre-Intermediate UNIT 16: They used to hide here. LESSON: Smuggling in Cornwall LESSON TOPIC: Vocabulary, word building from different parts of speech (Verb verbal noun noun ) TIME: 50 min LESSON AIMS: to enrich students vocabulary to teach word formation techniques (suffixation er/or, transforming a verb into a verbal noun by adding the ing suffix) to practice word building and using new words in appropriate contexts SKILLS: reading comprehension writing speaking TECHNIQUES: explanation group/pair work observation COMPETENCES: By the end of the lesson the students will be able to: form families of words by correct word building integrate new words in meaningful sentences/phrases RESOURCES: textbook notebooks worksheets blackboard, chalk ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS: Students may encounter difficulties in understanding the meaning of verbal nouns Students may need more time to solve some tasks than predicted
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: The teacher will explain thoroughly the meaning of the verbal nouns and there will be an additional worksheet with definitions and pictures so that the students understand the exact meaning of each word. The students will be working in pairs in order to finish tasks quicker.
* Ss are asked to guess the meaning of the words from Ex.1a)/pg. 93 and write in their notebooks the unknown words. * * T checks if Ss understood the general meaning of the text by asking them to answer True or False to the statements from Ex.1b)/pg. 93 Estimated time: 5 min Activity 6 vocabulary: word building from different parts of speech Aim: teaching Ss how to form verbal nouns and nouns from verbs Interaction: T- Ss, Ss-T Procedure: * T writes the example from ex. 3 pg 93 (smuggle smuggling smuggler) on the blackboard. Ss are asked to explain the meaning of the three words and the difference between them as parts of speech. * Based on the Ss conclusions a general rule for word formation is made: We can form verbal nouns by adding ing to the vb; verbal nouns refer to the activity while nouns formed by adding er/or refer to the person performing the activity. Estimated time: 3 min Activity 7 word building practice Aim: Ss practice word building in order to better understand how it works; Ss learn how to integrate new words in meaningful contexts. Interaction: Ss- Ss, T- Ss, Ss-T Procedure: * T gives the example on the blackboard (paint painting painter) and asks the students to do the same for the rest of the words from ex. 3 a) pg. 93. * Ss work individually to fill in the chart on their worksheet. * T checks if the students understand the meaning of the newly formed words * Ss answer the 2 questions from ex. 3 b): 1 painting, building, heating; 2. cooker, heater * Ss are asked to do Ex.4/pg.93 from their textbook. Answers are checked with the class. ( 1. painting; 2. cooker; 3. heating; 4. driver; 5. cooking; 6. singing, acting; 7. builder; 8. heater) Estimated time: 15 min Activity 8 Production Aim: Ss show that they can use the new vocabulary in sentences of their own. Interaction : T- Ss, Ss-T Procedure: T asks the Ss to make sentences using the words built in the previous activity and also give other examples. Estimated time: 5 min Activity 9 Feedback and homework Aim: to get feedback from Ss about the lesson; to make Ss practice at home the new vocabulary.
Procedure: Ss will be asked to do the Ex.5/pg.105 as a homework. Ss are asked if they have any questions about the lesson or homework and if they enjoyed the lesson. Estimated time: 2 min