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LCB TTC Taller Didáctico 2009 Prof. Gladys BayaSolis, YohanaPlanning #1
Unit 9:
Superhuman
 
Book: Adventures – Elementary, Ben Wetz, Oxford
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Unit 9 (p. 93 – 100 Student’s book)
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File 9a
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Estimated level: Elementary
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Estimated Age: 14/15 years old
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Number of Students: 25
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40 minute lesson
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Assumed knowledge : Simple Present: Affirmative, Negative andInterrogative. Vocabulary items related to parts of the body.Vocabulary items related to activities.
Cognitive Objectives : By the end of the lessons, students will be ableto identify characteristics of a superhuman. They will be able also toactivate previous knowledge on parts of the body.
Affective Domain Objectives : By the end of the lesson, students willbe able to recognize virtues, which can be considered of superhumans, in every human being, allowing the respect for diversity andthe awareness of their own virtues.
Motorskill Objectives : By the end of the lesson, students will haveengaged in group activities that allowed them to move from theirdesks to foster pair work.Warm-up (5 min)-Stick the image on the wall covered by another piece of paper-Divide the class in groups-Allow them to ask YES/NO questions in order to guess who the characteris-The first group that gets it wins a point (To be added to the “Weekly BoxScore”
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)Introduction to the topic (5 min)
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Weekly Box Score: teams for Team work will be assigned weekly and the score jotdown on a poster on the wall. At the end of the week, the winning team will get aprize (either candies, or choosing the reader for the following week, or being theteacher’s helpers for the week)
 
LCB TTC Taller Didáctico 2009 Prof. Gladys BayaSolis, YohanaPlanning #1-Ask the following questions:
Is Superman human?
Are there any other superheroes withsuperpowers?
Are they human?
Do you know any
Superhuman
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What do you thing the term Superhuman refersto?-Write the title on the boardActivation of vocabulary (7 min)-Stick to the board 2 larger copies of the picture in the book-Divide the class in 2 groups and sit them in a line-One member of each group will come to the front and write the name of one part of the body next to the number, once he is back to the line,another student will come to the front.-The first group that finishes correctly will win a pointPre reading (3 min)-Turn to page 93, Students’ book , and ask the following questions:
Is the girl on the picture a superhuman? Why?
What other characteristics can be considered of asuperhuman?
Which parts of the body are necessary for asuperhuman?Reading (15 min): Inspiration (p.94 Students’ Book)-Before reading, look at the picture on page 94 and try to guess what thetext is about.
Global
: Read the text and check if your predictions were right.
Specific
: Read the text again and answer the questions on Ex 2.
 
LCB TTC Taller Didáctico 2009 Prof. Gladys BayaSolis, YohanaPlanning #1Answer checkingPost reading (5 min): In pairs discuss if you know any other case of superhumans? Teaching moment:
good at + ing
-Write down the example on the book-Elicit from the students examples of things super humans are good at...Homework: Find out pictures of super humans and bring them to class inorder to create a poster.Appendix
 
SuperhumansGrant
is good at
paintingExample 1Example 2
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Alez, Thanks a lot for your suggestions and your possitive comments! I'm more than glad that you use my plan if you need to. It's totally rewarding! Thanks a lot! Yohi

Gladys, Going over your comments, I've realized that most of the things you suggest, I'm on my way to change them; but as regards the teaching point, it's more of an insidental teaching of a structure, that's why it takes just 5 minutes... However, I'll go over it as well. Thanks!!! Yohana

Great first draft, Yohana! 2 things I particularly like: 1. your having taken into account affective development as part of your teaching; 2. the different groupings you've thought of (pairs, small groups, class as a whole). Exc for group dynamics! If I was asked for one suggestion to improve this plan, I'd say at some points it insinuates the teacher is thinking of younger learners: the motor-skill objectives are not challenging for mid teens, only one simple structure is to be introduced (no production really required), rewards for positive discipline are "concrete" and external, and the homework involves no linguistic development. So I'd suggest adapting these aspects thinking of the differences between primary and secondary school children. Keep it up! Gladys

Hi Yohi! I really loved your plan! It's great! This idea of showing students another concept of "Super human" is excellent to encourage a different way of conceiving human beings (Does diversity ring a bell here? Haha) I really liked the "Weekly Box Score"!!! It's a very original way of motivating students! ;) Finally, and this is just a suggestion, what about asking the students what THEY are good at before asking them to create a poster about others? I think it will be more "personal" and will help them internalize better the structure. You can ask them to create a poster about their own abilities to show them that, after all, we can all be super human (: I loved your plan! Can I use it if I have to teach this unit some day? ;)

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