Lesson Plan Topic Target : Listening skill Date: 29th February 2012

: Matriculation students

Proficiency level of students : intermediate Subject Students area : Lexical cohesion : Urban

General objectives of lesson : a) To polish students ability to comprehend the message that is conveyed. b) To make the students understand the concept of lexical cohesion. c) To train the students to distinguish the variable of accents. d) To make the students be more attentive in listening. Previous knowledge: a) Students have already acquired the ability to converse fluently in English. b) Students already have ample knowledge on English syntax. Materials required for lesson : a) Songs. b) Video clips. c) Task sheets. d) Computer e) Projector f) Speakers

Procedure Activity 1 What teacher will do Time: 25 minutes Mode: T Class Will play English songs for the students to listen Steps: 1) Teacher will give Materials: a) Songs : 1) Written in the instructions for the students. 2) The teacher will play the 1) Listen to the teachers instructions carefully and ask the teacher if they cannot understand What students will do

stars Tinnie Tempah 2) I wont give up Jason Mraz b) Computer c) Speakers d) Projector

first song for the first time. 3) The teacher will distribute task sheets. 4) The teacher will play the song for the second time with pause in every two verses. 5) The teacher will give 1 minute for the students to fill in the blanks. 6) The teacher will play the whole song again for the third time without pause. 7) The teacher will give 5 minutes for the students to fill in the blanks. 8) The teacher will check the answers with the students. 9) The teacher will then move on to the second song. 10) The same instructions will be given to the students. 11) The teacher will discuss the concept of lexical cohesion with the students.

the instructions. 2) The students will listen attentively to the first song. 3) The students will skim through the task sheets. 4) The students will listen again to the song and try to fill in the blanks at the same time. 5) The students will fill in any blanks that they have missed. 6) The students will recheck their answers whilst listening to the song for the last time. 7) The students will finalized their answers and make sure that all blanks are completed. 8) The students will discuss the answers together with the teacher. 9) The students will listen to the second song. 10) The same instructions are followed by the students.

11) The students will discuss the concept of lexical cohesion with the teacher.

Activity 2 What teacher will do Time: 20 minutes Mode: T Class Steps: Material: a) Video clips b) Computer c) Speakers d) Projector e) Power Point presentation 1) Give clear instructions to the students. 2) Show the list of words from the Power Point presentation. 3) Ask the students to pick a word from the list. 4) Ask the students to stand up and only to sit when the word that they chose comes up from the videos. 5) The teacher will play the video. 6) The teacher will then monitor the students. 7) The teacher will then move to the second video. 8) The same instructions are applied for the second video. 9) The teacher will then discuss with the students 1) Listen to the teachers instructions carefully and ask the teacher if they do not understand the instructions. 2) The students will skim through the list of words from the Power Point presentation. 3) The students will then choose a word from the list. 4) The students will stand up and sit when their words are mentioned in the video. 5) The students will watch the video. 6) The students will then do what they are instructed to do. 7) The students will get Will play videos for the students to listen and watch. What students will do

about the activity.

ready for the second video. 8) The same instructions are applied for the second video. 9) The students then will discuss the activity together with the teacher.

Evaluation of lesson: 1) The first task is to test students ability to relate words within sentence. This is when the concept of lexical cohesion is applied by the students as they are able to guess which words are suitable to use according to the context. 2) The students are able to comprehend the message that is conveyed when they understand the concept of lexical cohesion. 3) Lexical cohesion is the grammatical and lexical relationship using a text or sentence. Cohesion can be the links that hold a text together and give it meaning. 4) The second task is done so that students are more attentive towards the varieties of accents in English. 5) The students are exposed to different accents so that they are able to distinguish them from one another. Reflections:

Task sheet 1 Written In The Stars Tinnie Tempah

Oh ________in the stars, a million miles away A _______to the main oh Seasons come and go but I will never _____ And Im on my way. Lets Go! Yeah, you listening now They _____they aint heard nothing like this in a ____ Thats why they play my songs on so many different ____ Cause I got more- in hits than a disciplined child So when they see me _______ baraaap baraaaap Man Im like a young gun fully black Barrack I cried _____ drops over the massive _____ I only make hits with like I work with a racket and _____ Look at my jacket and _____so damn berserk So down to ____ Im bringing gravity back Adopted by the major I want my family ____ ______ work hard just to get all their salary taxed Look Im just a writer from the ghetto like Malory Blackman Where the hell is all the sanity at? I used to be kid that no one ______ about Thats why ______ have to keep screaming till they _____ you out Oh ________in the stars, a million miles away A _______to the main oh Seasons come and go but I will never _____ And Im on my way. Yeah I needed a change When we ate we never took because we needed a change I needed a break, for a _____ I even gave up _______and praying I even done the legal stuff and was leaded astray The say the ______ is the root to the evilest ways But have you ever been so hungry it keeps you awake Now my _______ will leave them amazed Feels like a long time coming Since the day I thought of that cunning plan! One day I had a dream I tried to chase it but I wasn't going nowhere, ______ round I knew that maybe someday I would understand

trying to change a tenner to a hundred ______ Everyones a kid that no one cares about So you gotta ______ till they hear you out Oh ________in the stars, a million miles away A _______to the main oh Seasons come and go but I will never _____ And Im on my way. Oh ________in the stars, a million miles away A _______to the main oh Seasons come and go but I will never _____ And Im on my way.

Task sheet 2 I Wont Give Up - Jason Mraz When I look into your eyes ___________________________ ___________________________ well there's so much they hold and just like them old stars I see that you've come so far to be right where you are ___________________________

I won't give up on us even if the skies get rough _____________________ _____________________ And when you're needing your space to do some navigating _____________________ to see what you find ___________________________ some even fall to the earth we've got a lot to learn god knows we're worth it no, I won't give up I don't wanna be someone ___________________ I'm here to stay and make the difference that I can make

our differences they do a lot ______________________________ we got yeah we got a lot at stake and in the end, you're still my friend at least we didn't tend for us to work we ________________________ ____________________ without the world caving in I had to learn what I got, and what I'm not and who I am I won't give up on us even if the skies get rough _____________________ _____________________ I'm still looking up I won't give up on us ______________________ We got a lot to learn god knows we're worth it I won't give up on us even if the skies get rough _______________________ _______________________

Task Sheet 3: Word List First Video: When Harry Met Sally List of words 1. Thinking 2. Cold 3. All right 4. Perfume 5. Sleep 6. Lonely 7. Respond 8. Nuts 9. Expect 10. Sandwich 11. New Years Eve 12. Realize 13. Spend 14. Impossible 15. Crinkled 16. Possible 17. Show up 18. Last 19. Want 20. Night

Second Video: Jane Eyre List of words 1. Bear 2. Obscure 3. Thornfield 4. Earthly 5. Trampled 6. Unworldly 7. Poor 8. Earnest 9. Position 10. Imagine 11. Thought 12. Hearts 13. Person 14. Decide 15. Equal 16. Destiny 17. Parted 18. Go 19. Machine 20. Leave 21. Companion 22. Hear 23. Flesh 24. Hardly