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OF TIME &
SUBJECT WEEK DAY & DATE CLASS LESSON
PUPILS DURATION
7:30 – 8:30
English Language 1 Wednesday, January 1, 2020 4 1
60 Minutes
THEME: Science & Technology TOPIC: Unit 1 – Let’s Chat

FOCUS SKILL: Writing LANGUAGE/ Words/phrases related to free-time

L/S/R/W/LA/LiA GRAMMAR FOCUS: activities; words/phrases/language used
in informal letters and emails
Main Skill:
4. Writing
CONTENT 4.2 Communicate with appropriate language, form and style
STANDARD: Complementary Skill:
3. Reading
3.1 Understand a variety of texts by using a range of appropriate reading strategies to construct
meaning
Main Skill:
4. Writing
LEARNING 4.2.4 Use formal and informal registers appropriate to the target audience in most familiar situations
STANDARD:
Complementary Skill:
3. Reading
3.1.5 Recognise with little or no support the attitude or opinion of the writer in extended texts on a wide
range of familiar topics
By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:
LEARNING 1. Use formal and informal registers appropriate to the target audience in most familiar situations
OBJECTIVES: by writing an email responding to Simon, but refusing his invitation.
2. Recognise with little or no support the attitude or opinion of the writer in extended texts on a
wide range of familiar topics by answering 2 questions about the writer’s (Simon) attitude
CROSS CURRICULAR 8.Information and Communications DIFFERENTIATION Strategy 5: Differentiate by the time pupils
ELEMENTS: Technology STRATEGIES: are given to complete a task
TEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIES
PRE-LESSON: (10 minutes)
1. Pupils look at 6 sentences on the board (3 using formal language while the other 3 informal language and state the difference
between the sentences.
2. Pupils work with a partner to change the formal phrases / sentences to informal and the informal to formal.
LESSON DEVELOPMENT: (40 minutes)
1. Pupils turn to Full Blast page 18 and look at the layout of the text and say what it is (an email).
2. Pupils answer 4 questions about what they use emails for and how often they use it. A few pupils share their answers with the
class.
3. Pupils read the email and clarify any unknown words with the teacher. Pupils then work in pairs to answer 4 questions in
Section A
and answer 2 questions about the writer’s attitude (ex:how does he think Mark will feel about this news) (Complementary skill)
4. Pupils move on to Section B and read Simon’s email again and look at the notes Mark has made.
5. Pupils match Mark’s notes with the points A-C which show what he should include in his reply to Simon.
6. Pupils check answers as a class.
7. Pupils proceed to Section C and read Mark’s reply and underline the sentences that correspond to his notes.
8. Pupils answer 2 questions in Section C and compare their answers with a partner before discussing as a class.
9. Pupils go on to Section E and imagine they are Simon’s friend and write an email responding to Simon, but refusing his
invitation.
(Main Skill)
10. Pupils read the TIPS corner and refer to the writing reference on page 170 about the layout of an informal letter/email.
11. Pupils are allowed to use Mark’s email as a model, but must use their own ideas and other expressions/phrases.
POST-LESSON: (10 minutes)
1. Pupils work in groups of 4 and each group is given 10 strips of formal/informal phrases. (Self/Peer Assessment)
2. Pupils divide the strips into 2 groups; formal and informal.
3. The first group to group them correctly wins.
Application ☐ Evaluation ☐ TEACHING & LEARNING Pupil-Centredness
HOTS:
Analysis √ Creation √ STRATEGIES:
TEACHING Form 4 Full Blast Textbook LEARNING ASSESSMENT: Written Work
MATERIALS: English Dictionary/Thesaurus
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