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STUDENTS’ PROBLEMS:
I anticipate that the following may cause problems:
- some students may have problems in the speaking activity
- some students may need more practice in describing pictures
- some students may tend to be noisy and disrupt others
TEACHING TECHNIQUES:
conversation/discussion
lead-in
elicitation/presentation
pair work/individual work/ frontal work
AIDS/MATERIALS:
textbook
board, chalk , video projector
pictures
1. Introductory -T greets Ss and asks them about their -to induce a friendly 1’
stage feelings atmosphere
-T checks attendance
3. Lead-in - T asks SS if they have ever described a -to make the - flashcards 5’
person. SS are asked to mention what kind connection with the with various
of things do they take into consideration lesson features
when a person is described ( hair, face, - use adjectives that
eyes, other features). T writes on the board describe people
these categories and the adjectives ( hair: -raise interest in the
brown, black, curly, straight; eyes: blue, topic
big, green;
Other: wrinkles, moustache, beard etc)
used by SS. Everything is written in Ss’
notebooks.
Interaction: S-T, T-S, S-S
Role of the teacher: Participant and
assessor
4. Presentation - T announces the aims of the lesson and - introduce the topic of -board 8’
of the new asks students to open their books at page the lesson -student’s
lesson 36. SS are divided in 2 groups ( the online -check previous book
group and the group of students from the vocabulary on the -notebooks
classroom). One group is asked to describe topic
different people they see ta page 36 and -recognize physical
37 and the other group is asked to guess features
the number of the pictures.
- SS are asked to read the “Look out!”
information. They are explained the correct
order of using adjectives when describing a
person ( Size, type, colour). Some
examples are written on the board.
Interaction: S-T, T-S
Role of the teacher: Resource, facilitator
5. Guided - T asks SS to solve exercise 1 page 37. -check understanding -cd player 10’
listening and They have to read and listen to the of the vocabulary -student’s
reading sentences and then write the names of the book
practice people they see under the pictures. They -board
listen again and check. -chalk
- SS are also asked to pay attention at -consolidate
exercise 2 and 3. They have to listen to vocabulary
Michael talking about his friends and write
their names in the gaps. They have to listen
again and circle the words used to describe
Michael’s friend in column 1 and 2.
Interaction: S-T, T-S, S-S
Role of the teacher: Organizer, resource,
facilitator
8. Setting -SS get homework : They have to describe -describe different -textbook 1’
homework a friend, a teacher and a singer/actor They people
have to use between 5 to 8 lines for each
description. The homework will be put in
the Portfolio.