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ICELT Lesson Plan Please complete all sections of the plan before teaching the lesson You must provide a copy of the lesson plan all materials for the tutor You can also share your lesson plan materials with your TP colleagues Name English Sarah WooLesson No Oxford English 9B Module 1 Unit 1 Grammar Use not as as to compare things Date24th April 2014 Name Pinyin Hu YuanyuanLevel Junior 3 intermediate mixed ability Main Lesson Focus Please tick Grammar Lexis Functions Reading Listening Speaking Writing Candidate No 051No students 35 SchoolCailu Middle School Lesson length 40 minutes Which lesson shape framework are you using PPP T T T Guided Discovery TBL Main Lesson Aim s by the end of the lesson the sts will Subsidiary Aim s by the end of the lesson the sts will have been introduced as as structure to compare things have clarified some idioms involved with as as developed speaking skills Personal Aims Which teaching skills do you want to improve on in this lesson Consider feedback from your previous observed lesson s 1 Provide differentiation Make the lesson suitably challenging for all sts 2 Make the staging of PPP lesson clear as both a demonstration for teachers and as a way to develop the confidence of the sts Assumptions What do your students already know about the language an activity the topic that will help them in this lesson 1 Sts are familiar with the comparative of adjectives 2 Sts are capable of describing things from various perspectives Class profile and Timetable Fit Information about your class age level number motivation etc and how this lesson fits with previous and future lessons Class 1 Grade 9 consists of 35 native students aged from 14 to 16 Being graduating students they shoulder huge burdens from the great expectations of their parents All the sts started learning English in Grade 1 Primary School Most of them gain a considerably satisfactory proficiency in English while about 20 of them are afraid of English especially boys who are unwilling to memorize words and speak up in class Thus their productive skills are a little weaker than the receptive ones The overall aim for this week is to help sts know more about our surroundings and develop their ability of describing and comparing things by using PPP TBL and CLT approaches aimed at improving sts overall abilities as well as establish their confidence The topic for this unit is our Earth I will teach them the key contents of a whole unit over the 7 days 7 40 minutes lexis reading skills listening skills grammatical input writing skills This session deals with the grammar section of the unit using not as as allowing sts to practise comparing things from various perspectives after learning the comparative of adjectives Anticipated Problems and Solutions Very specific problems and solutions related to classroom management ProblemSolution 1 Mixed ability class Four students form a group involving weaker learners in strong students answers Use ICQs and CCQs to ensure all sts have understood teacher s instructions Use classroom management monitoring to ensure all sts are involved 2 3 Early lesson Warm up the class by informing them of a good news Language Analysis Sheet What new language are you teaching reviewing Grammar functions and or lexis Give the context marker sentence and show how you will highlight features in each area to help learners understand it What is the context for the new language E g A dialogue between a teacher and student The student is asking for advice on how to best prepare for the English part of Gaokao This is a PPP lesson The sports meeting is coming Sts are supposed to make Comparisons to choose the right person by using as as structure What is your Marker sentence For grammar or functional language What are the new lexis for a vocabulary lesson Mary s as tall as Peter Mary runs as fast as Peter Class One has won as many events as Class Two Mary has as much homework as Peter MPFAnticipating Problems and Solutions What is the Form and how will you clarify it not as adj as not as adv as not as many countable nouns as not as much uncountable nouns as 1 Present marker sentences 2 Elicit the forms on PPT What problems do you think students will have with the form Since the students have learned the comparative form of adjectives they may tend to use the comparatives instead of the base form Solutions Highlight the differences Mary s taller than Peter Peter s not as tall as Mary What is the Meaning Use and how will you clarify it Mary s taller than Peter Peter s not as tall as Mary What problems do you think students will have with the meaning use Students may not familiar with some idioms involved with as as Mary runs faster than Peter Peter doesn t run as fast as Mary 1 Create a context 2 Invite students to make comparisons by using the comparative of adjectives 2 Elicit the sample sentences by rewriting the sentences that the students have made to demonstrate the meaning 1 as as a bee 2as as snow 3as as a bat 4as as a lion 5as as coal 6as as lightning 7as as a lamb 8as as a wolf 9as as a peacock 10as as a mouse Solutions 1 Use a set of pictures to provide them with some hints 2 Use CCQs to clarify the meaning What phonological features will you highlight Contraction Mary is Mary s Stress Mary s as tall as Peter What problems do you think students will have with pronunciation Students are used to using Mary is instead of Mary s Students are not familiar with stress Solutions 1 Finger correction to guide students to use contraction 2 Model and drill carefully and highlight them clearly Procedure section Please include all stages and enough detail for the reader to understand exactly what the teacher and students do Stage Objective Purpose s of stage Inter action TimeProcedure What will the Ss and or the T do Activity 1 Greeting Establish a rapport arouse sts Interests and lead in the topic T sts 1T tells sts the exciting news that we are going to hold the sports meeting this week 2 Look and compare I Elicit the form of as adj as and clarify the meaning T sts 3T presents two pictures T asks sts to make sentences according to the given situation Sts watch and make comparisons using the comparative of adjectives T demonstrates the marker sentences based on the previous ones that sts have made 3 Discuss and talk Practise and gain feedback on the previous language input T S2T introduces the situation Sts discuss in pairs and make comparisons T checks the answers and gives feedback 4 Think and match Introduce some idioms involved with as as T gives out task sheets Sts works in groups to complete the idioms T checks the answers T asks some CCQs to convey some of their meanings 5 Look and compare II Elicit the form of as adv as and clarify the meaning S S T sts 11T presents the table T asks sts to complete the sentences according to the given data Sts watch and make comparisons using the comparative of adverbs T demonstrates the marker sentences based on the previous ones that sts have made 6 Look and completePractise and gain feedback on the previous language input S Sts 5T presents an activity table Sts read the table and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences Sts check the answers in pairs T checks the answers 7 Look and compare III Elicit the form of as many c n as as much u n as and clarify the meaning S15T presents the table T asks sts to complete the sentences according to the given table Sts watch and make comparisons using the comparative of adverbs T demonstrates the marker sentences based on the previous ones that sts have made 8 Read and complete Practise and gain feedback on the previous language input T sts 3T introduces the situation Sts discuss in pairs and make comparisons T checks the answers and gives feedback 9 Compare and write Freer practice T tells the sts that she is going to buy a new mobile phone and now there are two alternatives T shows the details of each phone Sts work in groups of four and discuss the differences T monitors when Sts write a report on the two mobile phones 10 Feedback Give feedback on production Demonstrate some of sts production through the projector and provide comments Mater