Date 22/06/2015

Stage (What?)

Aim (Why?)

Inter.

Time

Mats

Introduction

To greet and explain

todays aims.

Warmer

To create interest in
todays topic.

Flashca
rds of
people.

Speaking and
listening to each
other.

To discuss other
pictures related to
lifestyles.

Book

Feedback

To compare answers.

Procedure (How?)
1. To greet the student and to tell todays aims.
1. In a moment, I will give you pictures of people, I
want you to work with your partner and to divide
those people in smaller groups.
2. Provide a set of flashcards with pictures of people
3. Pair the students.
4. Students will do the exercise.
5. Feedback: Do these people have similar lifestyles?
What kind of lifestyle do they have? Do they have a
busy life?
1. For the next exercise, I will give you more
pictures. I want you to take a look at them and
talk about them with your partner using the
questions in your book. You can open your book
now. (provide example if needed)
2. Students will do the exercise in pairs.
1. Open class feedback.
So what do you think about
Alex/Brynn/Luciana/Tom/Liza?
2. Who of those people have kids do you think? Which
one likes to sport? Which one likes to go shopping?

Listening for detail.

To play the audio and

listen for detail.

Book

1. For the next exercise, I want you to take a look at the

pictures again and fill in the names of the people in
exercise 2a. For example, who of those is a professor
do you think? So what do we fill in here?
2. Students compare their answers with their partners.
3. We are now going to listen to a recording of these
people talking about their lifestyle. I want you to listen
and to check if your answer matches.

To compare answers.
Feedback

1. Open class feedback.

So who is the professor?
To discuss questions
with each other.

Speaking and
listening to each
other.

Book

To introduce both,
either and neither.
Clarification and
restricted use of
both, either and
neither.

Flashca
rds
Board
To compare answers.

1. Next, we are going to compare their lifestyle

with ours. I want you, together with your
partner, to read the questions on exercise 2c
and ask them to each other.
2. Write on the board the following: Both... and I...
Neither.... and I ....
3. Ok, so who here likes to sport? Or doesnt like
to eat fish? In that case we could say: Neither
Jorge and I like to eat fish...
1. Show the flashcards.
2. Elicit and provide meaning and form. Give example
sentences.
3. I want you to read the sentences on page 72 and fill
in the questions below. (provide example). When
youre finished, compare your answers with your
partner and make exercise 2b.

Feedback

1. Open class feedback.

So what do you have for not only one thing but also
the other?

To practice with both,

either and neither.
Further restricted
use of both, either
and neither.

Book

To compare answers.
Feedback

To practice with both,

either or neither.

Further restricted
use of both, either
and neither.

1. Open class feedback.

So what do you have for the first exercise?
Book

To compare answers.

Feedback
Language analysis.
Both and
Meaning: Indicates not only one thing but also the other.
Form: Conjunction. Followed by the plural verb form (they).
Example sentence: Both Jos and Jessica like to sport.

1. For the next exercise, you will get three texts of

people with a different lifestyle. I want you to read
the text and make the exercise below by filling in
Both.. and, either...or or neither... nor.
2. Students make the exercise.
3. Students compare with their partners.

1. Now its time to talk about your own lifestyle. In

the next exercise I want you to fill in describes
your lifestyle. When youre ready talk about it
when your partner. For example ...
2. Students will do the exercise.
3. Students will compare in pairs.
1. Open class feedback.
So what can you tell me about your lifestyle?

Either or
Meaning: Indicates one thing or the other.
Form: Followed by the singular verb form (he).
Example sentence: Either Nuno or Lisa is able to help.
Neither nor
Meaning: Indicates not one thing and not the other.
Form: Followed by the singular verb form.
Example sentence: Neither Wendy nor Tom eats fish.