Period 3 A sample lesson plan for Using Language

(GEORGE'S DIARY 12-14 JUNE)

Introduction

Language is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the students read, listen, write and speak in English, making use of the focused words, collocations, structures and topic ideas covered in this unit. The teacher may follow these steps: warming up by listening and reading aloud, reading for forms, copying and making sentences, making sentences of noun clauses , closing down by reading and writing travel diaries.

Objectives

To help students read the passage GEORGE'S DIARY 12-14 JUNE

To help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing

Procedures

1. Warming up by listening and reading aloud

Language is created to be listened to and spoken first. So open your book to page 2 and read the text aloud while listening to the recording. Watch your pauses between the thought groups.

2. Reading for forms

Read the text GEORGE'S DIARY 12-14 JUNE on page 8 to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicates, darken the connectives and underline all the useful collocations.

3. Copying and making sentences

You are asked to copy all the underlined collocations into your notebook after class as homework. You may make your own sentences with these collocations.

4. Making sentences of Noun Clauses

To revise Noun Clauses you are next to make sentences with the useful collocations from GEORGE'S DIARY 12-14 JUNE.

5. Closing down by reading and writing travel diaries

Kids, have you ever kept a journal of your trip?

Not only is it fun to write but it is a great mement when the special time has passed. Now start writing and sending your travel diaries to us!