Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Outcomes/ Objectives
Activities
1. Opening discussion: Since last time
This is a regular introductory activity done every Tuesday
morning this unit. Students describe what they did (past
tense) over the weekend, providing an opportunity for
informal reminders about grammatical form and
pronunciation of final consonants. Anticipates late arrivers.
Class
Class
Class
Speaking/
Listening
Class
Ind.
Group
Class
Activation of schemata
Identification of money matters of interest
to the students
Fluency
Speaking/
Listening/
Class
Focus on
form
Group
Class
Activation of schemata
Automatization of present progressive
Accuracy plus Fluency
Four skills
10 min.
Language
Skills
Ind.
Pair
Group
Class
Reading
Speaking/
Listening
Learning
Strategies
Critical
Thinking
Analyze
Materials
AS = All-Star 3
HO = Handout
(in appendix)
HO #1
(Task)
HO #2
(Grammar)
Use context
to discover
meaning
Make
Inferences
AS pp.58-59, #2
Reasons
for opinion
A-S, p. 60 #1
15 min.
Understanding Warranties
9. Warm-up: read definition of warranty, identify products
in picture, students discuss which items they think a
warranty is needed for and why 5 min.
Pairs
Class
Activation of schemata
Vocabulary building
Fluency
Speaking/
Listening
Ind.
Class
Reading/
Writing
Class
Focus on
form
Class
Pairs
Class
Listening/
Speaking
Group
Fluency
Creative and authentic language use
Outcome/product focused language use
Four skills
Use context
to discover
meaning
Analyze
Reasons
for opinion
HO #3
(Grammar)
Adapated from: AS
p. 60, p. 71, #2
A-S, p. 60, #3
Plan
Problemsolve
Storycorps
Project
description is in
Appendix B
http://storycorps.org/
animation/to-r-psalazar-with-love/
HOMEWORK:
(1) Write paragraph in Language Journal. (See Appendix B.)
(2) What is a major purchase they plan to make (or would like to make)? What
do you need to think about it to make a smart purchase? (Think about
things like price range, new/used, where you want to buy it.) Bring in any
ads or other material from newspapers, magazines, fliers, internet, etc.
Realia
(examples of
ads for cars and
appliances to
illustrate
homework
assignment)