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Target Language Examples Concept Questions
Grammatical Structures/Functions Grammatical Structures/Functions
Comparative form of adjectives Which place do you like more?
Happier, freer, stronger, more beautiful
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Anticipated Language Difficulties Solutions/Remedies
Vocabulary: some words in the text Vocabulary: vocabulary matching exercise after reading, mime actions and
pictures of feelings with facial expressions
are difficult to explain. E.g:
adjustment, acceptance.
Grammar :
• difficult for students to
remember which adjectives
• Presenting different examples of adjectives with different endings.
need the word more to be
• Exercise with the written form of adjectives for students to practise.
transformed into the Eg: clean- cleaner.
comparative form • Presenting some rules but not very thoroughly. Eg: words that end in y
• Spelling problems with the like lazy in the comparative form they become with –ier (lazier)
common comparative form.
Eg : happy-happier, Sad-sadder.
• Also irregularities of forms
will not be easily understood.
Eg good –better.
Timetable Fit Ss are already familiar with free time activities in English from previous lessons.
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Board Plan(s)
Culture shock
Which feelings people feel when they first go to a new place until they feel
ok?
Clean – cleaner
Good – better
Dangerous-more dangerous
Happy- happier
Cheap-cheaper
Serious-more serious
Fine –finer
Free-freer
Lazy-lazier
Bad-worse
Beautiful-more beautiful
Sad-sadder
Dear ________
It’s my first week here and I love it/hate it. People are better here than at
home We went to a bar last night and it was great/awful.
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CELTA Lesson Plan Name Dionysios Gkouskos Date 04/11/10
PROCEDURE
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T shows pics on Ss produce known words To revise known Pics Class 3’
Pre-reading projector and and listen to new words words and
elicits words or collocations and to
presents the present new
words orally, collocations
drilling involved
Pair work T shows Students converse with To prepare students Class in pairs 2’
pictures of each other about what for the reading that
facial feelings might one is going to follow
expressions and encounter with
encourages
students to
discuss
different
feelings that a
person in a
foreign country
may experience
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Reading T gives Students read the text Adapted Class- 4’
handouts of for overall idea text Individually
text to Ss
Vocabulary T divides class Ss pick up the strips of Το motivate ss to Strips with 2 groups 4’
practice and into two groups paper and try to match understand the words and
reading and hands out the words with their vocabulary and definitions
comprehension strips of papers actual definitions simultaneously the
with words and text more
meanings and profoundly
places them up
side down in
front of ss.
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Grammar T creates a Ss try to brainstorm and to revise and help Exercise 1 Class 5’
revision and context for afterwards to find the the t presenting some p. 95 on separately on
presentation presenting comparative form of grammar rules WB WB
comparative form various adjectives.
of adjectives and
then gives a
revision exercise
to see how much
they already know
T urges students
to come on the
WB and write the
comparative form
of an adjective
each. At the
same time
depending on what
mistakes students
make T also
explain some rules
and does some
drillings
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Grammar T gives handout Ss try to match the To revise known and handout Class in pairs 5’
Practice to students with correct adjectives with further understand
exercise gap filling the sentences. the comparative form
exercise
regarding the
comparative form
of the previous
adjectives
Controlled T presents what Ss try to find suitable To motivate, and Coursebook Class 3’
practice Kind of email words in the gaps in prepare students for WB individually
(writing) someone that order to fill the exercise their own writing
lives in a foreign
country has
written and gives
handout of
exercise in p.132
to fill the gaps
Free practice T gives Ss try to elaborate on Το motivate Ss to Exercise 2 2 groups 8 – 10’
(writing) instructions about their ideas and write as practice the new p. 95
new activity much as possible vocabulary and
And tells students grammar
to take tips from
exercise 2 in
order to continue
the email with
their own words
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Feedback T asks for Ss exchange their emails To ensure ss leave Written Class in pairs 5’-7’
feedback with others and present the classroom feeling emails
some ideas with one they have acquired
another new language
Strips of paper
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Invent Create new ideas, machines
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Acceptance When we cannot change
something so we learn to live
with it
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