Teacher : KHATIB Class level : 2 BAC Lettres Hassan I High School

Mohammed
Textbook : Gateway 2 Estimated time : 50 min Class size : 32
Unit 7: Citizenship Lesson : Idiomatic Expressions Date : March, 2016
Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will have been able to:

- Be familiar with some ten common idioms.

- Practice them in their own sentences.

Timing Stages and Procedures Mode of work

05 min Warm up: Review of idioms dealt with in Unit Three. Whole class
- In the bag - dead loss. She passed the exam with flying colours –
Kick the bucket - Shake a leg, etc.
- Under the weather: ill: You look a bit under the weather. What’s the
matter?
- An arm and a leg: Very expensive: A house in Casablanca costs an
arm and a leg.

Presentation: T. provides a situation in which some of the target idioms are

included. T. elicits their meanings.
Study this Example situation:
15 min
This was a piece of advice from a father to his son, who is a student.
Read it and underline the idioms: Individual work

 If I were in your shoes, I would start hitting the books the

soonest possible. You should learn to study regularly. It isn’t
useful to wait until the last week and then start cramming for your
exams. You should be optimistic. You should really keep your
fingers crossed. You know I’m always on the go, I can’t help
you!

Meanings: Teachers elicits and explains their meanings:

- In sb’s shoes: in sb’s situation. Whole Class
- Hit the books: To start studying: You should stop missing your classes
and start hitting your books. I know you have a test next week.
- To cram: to learn a lot of information in a short time.
- Keep your fingers crossed: hope that sb will be successful: Good luck
with you exam! We are keeping our fingers crossed for you.
- On the go: Very busy.

20 min Manipulation:
* Ss do exercises A and B and C on page 91-92.
Class correction and discussion.

Exploitation:
10 min
Ss write their own sentences using the idioms covered in the lesson.
- Ss copy the model sentences on the BB.