Practicum Lesson Plan on The City Unit

STUDENTS’ AGE: 14 UNIT: In The City

STUDENTS’ GRADE: 9th Grade TOPIC: There is / There are / Some / Any /
Many / Much

PROFICIENCY LEVEL: A1 LANGUAGE FOCUS: Listening, Speaking,

Writing

PLACE: Public School CLASS SIZE: 28

ASSUMED KNOWLEDGE
Students
➢ know how to use “to be” in negative, positive and question forms.
➢ know how to use Simple Present Tense, Present Continuous Tense, Simple Past Tense.
➢ know plural and singular nouns.
➢ know how to make a sentence using “There is / There are”.
➢ know some places such as hotel, pharmacy, candy shop, hairdresser, railway station, etc.
TIME ALLOTTED
➢ Total class time (2 lessons/80 minutes)
➢ Warm-up Activity (5 minutes)
➢ Introduction (10 minutes)
➢ Main Activity (20 minutes)
➢ Follow-up Activity (Brochure and its presentation: 20 minutes, My Street In The Box:
20 minutes)

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 The students will be able to:
➢ make sentences that include “there is/there are”.
➢ recognize the difference between “a/an/some/any”
Objectives ➢ answer the simple questions about the listening text which is related to
Window of the World.
➢ prepare their own brochure for their imaginary town/city or a place in
their town/city as a group.
➢ respond to Yes/No questions about their streets by using
a/an/some/any/many/much.

Activities

Activity Activity Description (Teacher: T, Students: Sts, Student: St)

➢ Sts come to their English class. T asks her sts how they are and
how their holiday was. For instance:
T: Where did you go for your holiday? Were you at home? /
Did you go to your hometown? For instance, I didn’t go to my
hometown, but I went to İstanbul because I love İstanbul. There
Warm-Up are some shopping centers like İstinye Park, Kanyon, Zorlu
Activity Center, etc. Also, there is a wax museum about celebrities. It’s
(5 minutes) Madame Tussauds Museum. Did you hear it before? There are
some sculptures of celebrities such as Brad Pitt, Marilyn
Monroe, Müslüm Gürses, etc. What about you?
S: ​I went to my hometown. / I was at home.
T: You said you went to your hometown. What did you see in
your hometown? Are there any museums/shopping centers, etc?
S:​There is a museum. There are some shopping centers...

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 ➢ T opens a picture of İstanbul and to make sts recall their
knowledge about the unit;
T asks​: “Where is this place? What do you think? What do you
see in this picture? Are there any buildings? What about ships?”
etc.
While sts tell what they see in this picture, T notes some of the
sentences on the board. For instance “​There are some
buildings/apartments. / ​There is a bridge etc.” and underlines
Introduction there is​and ​there are​.
(10 minutes) ➢ Then, T asks​: Yesterday, we learned the difference between
there is and there are. Do you remember it?
S: We use there are for countable nouns, there is for
uncountable nouns.
T:​Is there any plane/train/statue in this picture?
S:​There is not any plane/train/statue in this picture.
T:​Is there any volunteer to write his/her sentence on the board?
Then, they discuss the difference between some and any as a
whole class. T makes sts recall the last lesson.
T: ​When we use “some”, it means that we don’t know exactly
how many buildings/apartments are there in this picture, and we
use some and any with uncountable nouns and plural nouns.
Also, we can see “some” in positive sentences, and “any” in
negative sentences and questions.

➢ In China, there is a park called Window of the World. T opens a

listening text about this park.
Then, T says: Now, open your student’s book. You can see
some questions on page 38, we will listen to an audio about
Main Activity Window of the World. It is a park in China. Please listen to the
(20 minutes) audio carefully and mark the sentences true or false. Then, we
will check your answers as a whole class.

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 ➢ After that, sts will share their answers according to the listening
text as a whole class.
➢ Then, T asks: ​“Would you like to go to Window of the World?
What would you like to see there? Think about the most
interesting places in your town. What are the most interesting
places for you? Why?” and gets the answers from sts.

Brochure

➢ T makes groups of 4 sts to create their own brochure for their

imaginary town/city or a place in their town/city.
➢ T: ​Now, as a group, I want you to create an imaginary town or a
city. Then, you will write a brochure for your imaginary
town/city or a place in your town/city. Remember to:
○ write a sentence to introduce your town, city or place
(name, where it is),
○ say what there is in the town, city or place
○ give some ideas for things to do there
Follow-up ○ write a closing sentence
Activity ➢ T: If you want, you can look at this example (T shows an
(Brochure: 20 min, example brochure by using the smartboard, and distributes some
My Street in The colorful papers to the sts). You can start now. Write your
Box: 20 min) brochure in 35-50 words. Also, you can use your colored
pencils and you can draw some pictures. In the second hour,
you can continue to write your brochures. After you finish your
brochures, volunteers will present them. (While sts write their
brochures, T walks around them by making error correction).

My Street In the Box

➢ T: ​We will play a game. The game’s name is “My Street In The
Box”. There are some yes/no questions about your street in the
box. We will form a circle. A student will hand the box. I will
open to a song. Move the box clockwise around the circle until I

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 stop the music. When the music stops, the student who is
holding the box takes a question from the box, reads the
question loudly and answers the question according to his/her
street by using a/an/some/any/many, etc. After you answer the
question, don’t put it back in the box. For example, when the
music stops, I am the person holding the box. I am taking a
question from the box. “Is there any school in your street?” (T
reads the question she/he took). “Yes, there is a school in my
street.” (T answers the question.). We have a rule for this game.
If you throw the box and don’t listen to your friends, we will
stop the game and you can’t play this game again.

➢ Assessment: T assesses her/his sts’ success according to their

developmental process in the activities. Also, T assesses sts
whether they do their homework or not. In general, exams will
be conducted comprising the necessary topics covered.
➢ Homework:
Assessment & T: ​Which city do you want to visit and why do you want to visit
Homework this city? For example; I want to visit New York because I love
shopping. There are some brands and these brands are not in
Turkey. There is a long subway system, so I can visit
everywhere in New York. Like this, I want you to write a short
paragraph by using there is/ there are/ some/ any/ many/ much,
etc. Do your homework and bring your homework to the next
class.

★ Smartboard
★ The picture of İstanbul
Necessary Tools ★ Student’s book
★ Colorful papers
★ A box which includes questions on small pieces of paper

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 MATERIALS

★ Warm-up Activity

(Yeşim teacher with Jimmy Fallon)

★ Introduction

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★ Main Activity (Listening)

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 ★ Follow-Up (Brochure)

Brochure example:

★ My Street In the Box

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Questions in The Box:

Is there any hotel in your street?

Is there any pharmacy in your street?

Is there any candy shop in your street?

Is there any pet shop in your street?

Are there any flower shops in your street?

Is there any gas station in your street?

Is there any school in your street?

Are there any shoe shops in your street?

Is there any hairdresser in your street?

Is there any bus station in your street?

Is there any book shop in your street?

Are there any hospitals in your street?

Is there any police station in your street?

Is there any theatre in your street?

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 Is there any cinema in your street?

Is there any railway station in your street?

Is there any bank in your street?

Is there any supermarket in your street?

Is there any cafe in your street?

Are there any restaurants in your street?

Is there any post office in your street?

Is there any park in your street?

Are there any museums in your street?

Is there any library in your street?

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