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GESE Grades 7-9 - Lesson Plan 1 - Choosing Topics (Final) PDF
GESE Grades 7-9 - Lesson Plan 1 - Choosing Topics (Final) PDF
Time:
2 x 45 minutes
Aims:
To choose individual Topics
To develop topics through mind maps
To choose the best mind map points for generating the language of the Grades
Procedure:
1. Thinking of ideas for a Topic (45 minutes)
i) Thinking of questions for the teachers favourite things (10 minutes)
Show on screen or hold up some large pictures of an object thats important to you/a
person that you respect or dislike/a place thats important to you/an important social
activity in your life/an ambition/a social problem. (Please note, these are only
suggestions for generating ideas. You can choose alternative themes or objects if you
think they are more productive and stimulating for your class.)
Tell the class that they are going to think individually of questions they would like to ask
you about the pictures. The questions can be either FACTUAL (e.g. What are the 3 most
important facts about this object/person?) or PERSONAL (e.g. If you could meet the
person what would you say? If you could change the object or situation, what would
you do?) Use a strong student first to demonstrate a couple of questions. Give the class
2 minutes to write their questions down.
After 2 minutes, put the students in groups of 3 to compare questions and discuss
grammatical accuracy. Give them another 2 minutes to discuss their questions. Then
invite the class to ask you questions about the pictures for 4 minutes.
ii) Small group discussion: brainstorming possible topic titles (15 minutes)
Ask the class how doing an interview can be more comfortable for us > the answer is:
Interviews are more comfortable if we can choose to talk about something that were
interested in. Tell the class that they are going to think of a selection of possible
interesting ideas to talk about in the Topic.
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Grad
des 7-9 (B2)) - Lesson pllan 1: choosiing a Topic
Handou
ut 2: Grrade 7 la
anguage
e
GRADE
E
Example language::
Give advice and make
e suggestions:
including sshould/ough
ht to, etc.
What yo
ou should do
o is ....
If I were
e you, Id ....
You oug
ght to
Youd be
etter ....
Have yo
ou thought about
a
....ingg ....?
What should be don
ne is ....
Describe p
past habits using
u
used to:
When I was
w younge
er, I used to ....
We didnt use to ....
Its diffe
erent now, but
b it used tto ....
Can you
u tell me mo
ore?
What ha
ave you don
ne so far?
ment:
Agreement/disagreem
Im not sure
s
I agree
e with you.
Im sorry
y, I dont ag
gree.
I comple
etely agree.
I couldnt agree mo
ore.
The simple
e passive te
ense:
Im not sure
s
what should be doone.
It is used
d for ....ing.
It is mad
de from ....
Second conditional:
If I could
d ...., I would
d ....
If I were
e rich, I would ....
It would be better if ....
Relative clauses:
Because o
of and due to
He could
dnt go due to the wea ther
I passed
d the exam because
b
of the teacherr.
P
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des 7-9 (B2)) - Lesson pllan 1: choosiing a Topic
Handou
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anguage
e
GRADE
E
Example language::
Feeling and emotionss:
It makes me feel...
I have mixe
ed feelings about
a
it.
Speculatin
ng:
Impossibiliity:
Im sure it cant
c
be ....
It cant posssibly be ....
There is no
o way I woulld ....
Persuading
g and disco
ouraging:
3rd conditional:
If I hadnt studied
s
so hard,
h
I woulddnt have passed.
I would hav
ve gone, if I hadnt beeen late.
If I hadnt had
h an accid
dent, I woulld have won
n.
Present pe
erfect continuous:
Before I me
et you, I had
d never me t an English
h person.
I had neverr been to En
ngland untill last month
h.
Linking expressions/ccohesive de
evices:
Even thoug
gh, in spite of, although,
to continue
e, in other words,
w
for examplle
Even thoug
gh its rainin
ng, its still w
warm
I passed the exam, in spite
s
of thee noisy room
m.
I enjoyed windsurfing,
w
although I wouldnt go again.
To continue
e, I was talk
king about m
my plans.
In other wo
ords, I dontt understan d!
P
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anguage
e
GRADE
E
Paraphrasing and reccapping:
In oth
her words ....
What I mean is .....
What Im trying to
t say is ....
Anywaay, as I wass saying ....
Regrets, w
wishes and hopes:
h
Expressing
g assumptio
ons:
Presu
umably, this is right.
Im no
ot sure, but my best gu
uess is ....
I assu me the reasson is ....
Hypothesissing:
I supp
pose one reason could be ....
In the
eory, if I did X, Y might happen.
Evaluating
g options:
Im no
ot sure what to do. On the one hannd ....
but on
n the other hand ....
I can ssee benefitss on both siides.
If I do X then I miight learn something, bbut if I do Y,
Y
it mig ht be quicker.
Evaluating
g past actions/events:
Verbs + ge
erunds and//or infinitive
rememberr, stop, forget
I remeember think
king that wa
as a bad ideea.
I remeembered to
o bring some
e money.
I forgo
ot to bring any
a money..
I alwa ys forget sa
aying things when Im tired.
I thinkk I should sttop studying maths.
I stopp
ped to buy a magazine
e.
Mixed cond
ditionals:
I woulld be in Lon
ndon now if I hadnt mis
issed my pla
ane.
If I weere rich, I wo
ould never have boughht this car.
Should/mu
ust/might/ccould
+have + infinitive