Subject Methods 2

PLANNING
Student’s name Osvaldo Mammino
Date May 2nd, 2009
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Year 2nd
Level Pre –intermediate
Number of students in the class: 15
Seating arrangement: In rows of 4 (front faced)
Book suggested Ben Wetz (2005) OUP Adventures pre –intermediate
Lesson Unit 2 “Crime” - 2.a Crazy criminals

Assumed knowledge Present simple

Present continuous
Adverbs of manner
Personality adjectives
Simple past of be (was /were)
Simple past of regular and irregular verbs (with action verbs)

Aims of the lesson By the end of the lesson the students will be able to revise the use
the simple past of regular and irregular verbs , as well as vocabulary related to crime.

Skills involved: Reading and listening

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S EXPECTED WHY?

ACTIVITY
Warm up: The teacher stars Ss answer the questions To tune them into English
the class asking the orally and individually (five minutes)
students how was their
weekend. The students
answer some questions
guided by the teacher.

The teacher sticks some They look at the cards and To introduce them into the
photographs on the board stick the cards on the right topic.
related to crime. Divides picture. To make them familiar with
the class in three groups of Then the learners check the new vocabulary related to
four. Each group has a set words they stuck and the crime
of cards with vocabulary teacher copies them on the (10 minutes)
related to crime. and a board.
photocopy of the different
acts of crime. They have to
stick the cards on the
photocopy.
After that the teacher check
the words they have stuck
and write them on board
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S EXPECTED WHY?
 ACTIVITY
The Teacher now elicits the Some students say the To elicit pronunciation and
student’s pronunciation by words on the board intonation
asking them to repeat the
words on the board After
that the students copy the
words on the board

Now the teacher asks them The students look at the To arise the Ss’s interest
to open the books on page picture on the book. They To introduce them into the
13. She asks some question answer some of the topic.
to the learners. questions To identify some of the
Example words in the presentation
What is the man doing? (5 minutes)
Why is this mun running?
What has he got in his
hand?
What is the girl taking
from the man’s coat
pocket?

The teacher asks some The Ss do the mimicry To revise some of the
students to come to the while the rest of the class words related to crime
front. This time the teacher try to guess the word To check comprehension
say a word related to (10 minutes)
crime. The teacher
whispers some of the
words related to crime and
the students have to do the
mimicry.

Presentation
Teaching moment
Pre – reading
The teacher asks the The students look at the To give a purpose for
learners to open the books pictures and say sth about reading
again on page 14 this time them. To arise the Ss’s interest
and asks the students some Some of the Ss say the To introduce them into the
questions about what they pictures are funny topic through an oral task
see in the photographs. The (5 minutes)
students work in groups of
two this time, they have to
say something that calls
their attention in the
pictures.

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S EXPECTED WHY?

 ACTIVITY

While reading
The T tells the Ss to read The learners now read the To encourage reading
the paragraph and match text and match the comprehension
the stories with the pictures passages with the pictures To assign a reading task
The Ss do silent reading After the task they check To check comprehension
The teacher monitors them what they matched (5 minutes)
and passes round in case
they need any help
After the reading task is
finished, they check
together (class as a whole)
The teacher guides the Ss’s
answers and asks whether
they agreed or not

Post reading
T divides the class in
groups of 4 and asks them
to find the past simple
forms of go, have, look etc.
and negative sentences in
past simple and a question
using past simple
Ss work in groups To revise the use of the
cooperatively. simple past in context
To give them a purpose for
reading
To check comprehension
(5 minutes)
END OF THE TEACHING
PERIOD