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Shopping Different shops Lesson Plan Topic: Different shops Aims: To understand words for different shops To ask for items sold in different shops To make sentences about different shops Level: ESOL Entry 1 Target Language: Post Office chemist market newsagent bakery caf!" #an $ ha%e &" $ can buy && in &&"" 'lso re%iew: fruit paracetamol tea %egetables clothes maga(ine coffee newspaper sandwiches cigarettes cough mi)ture antiseptic cream cake bread chocolate coke" Resources *orksheets: 1" +ame the shops ," Different shops -" Sort the words ." #omplete the sentences /" #rossword LearnEnglish acti%ities: Shops and shopping 0 hangman Different shops 1 matching items to shops 2uying in shops 1 ordering sentences Introduction This lesson re%iews %ocabulary relating to e%eryday shopping and introduces different shop names" Students practise speaking and listening using these items in a meaningful conte)t" They then write short sentences about different shops" Procedure Introduce different shops: Elicit names of shops and buildings students already know" 3ake a list on the board" 4i%e clues until students ha%e suggested shops to be focussed on in this lesson" 5E)plain that #hemist and Pharmacy are both acceptable"6 4i%e out worksheet !" and ask students to label the pictures" 5!A for weaker students !# for stronger ones6 Spea$ing practice: 7e%iew how to ask for things in shops" 'sk for suggestions but focus on 8#an $ ha%e && please98 8E)cuse me ha%e you got any &&&98 Drill the :uestions if necessary" +ominate one student to run the bakery one to run the caf! one to run the newsagent and one to run the chemist" Seat each one at a separate table with the caf! at the biggest table and ask them to make a sign for their shop" 4i%e them the pictures of items for their shop %&#'E"( cut into indi%idual cards" 4i%e all other students one of the ; shopping lists on %&A6
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Demonstrate that each student should %isit the different shops and ask for the items on their list" The shopkeeper should gi%e them a picture of the item they ask for" 'll students should finish at the caf! and can check each others lists and items" $t may take more than one attempt to get this acti%ity running smoothly and repeating the acti%ity with a changeo%er of roles and shopping lists would be beneficial"

7ationale: this acti%ity practises the spoken forms of the target language pro%iding lots of opportunity for repetition and is good for kinaesthetic learners" Spelling focus: #hoose one of today?s %ocabulary items Take the first turn yourself" Put dashes for the letters elicit suggestions for letters write the unwanted letters at the bottom of the board and the correct letters o%er the dashes until the word is complete" 3ake sure each student sitting down has an opportunity to suggest letters@ go round the room or name students otherwise one or two students tend to dominate" 'llow students to ha%e a turn at the board" 't this le%el most students need a lot of support at the board for e)ample: write the word clearly for them on a piece of paper for them to refer to check they are filling in the guessed letters correctly etc" 7ationale: 'lthough it is important to recognise letter Asounds? when learning to read this is an e)cellent way to practice letter Anames? as well as focussing on spelling" LearnEnglish activit): BShops and shoppingC 0 Dangman Reading activit): 4i%e out worksheet *" and ask students to sort shopping into the right columns" #heck using a giant %ersion on a Smartboard if possible otherwise check orally LearnEnglish activit): BDifferent shopsC 1 matching items to shops +riting activit): Put a giant %ersion of worksheet ," on the Smartboard if possible or write up the first sentence" 'sk one student to read the sentence and ask for suggestions to complete it" 7epeat with sentence , to ensure students understand what is re:uired" 4i%e out worksheet ," and ask students to complete the sentences" Students can write original sentences when they ha%e filled the gaps in 1 and ," LearnEnglish activit): B2uying in shopsC 1 ordering sentences Electronic -riting option: Students can type up their paragraphs in *ord and illustrate with clip art" .ome-or$: #rossword /" to reinforce spelling of target language"

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'ny or all electronic acti%ities could be gi%en as homework for further practice instead of being carried out in class" Training would ha%e to be gi%en in class at the beginning of the course" Students would need access to a computer for this" Plan de%eloped by Sarah 2urn 2olton #ommunity #ollege

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