Unit: 1 Our World

lesson 2

Teacher name:

Date:

Grade: 8

Number present:

absent:

Lesson title

Reading: A magazine article

Learning objectives

8.2.1.1understand with little or no support the main points in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics

8.6.2.1 use a growing variety of quantifiers for countable and uncountable nouns including several, plenty, a large/small number/amount on a range of familiar general and curricular topics

8.3.1.1 use formal and informal registers in their talk on a growing range of general and curricular topics

Lesson objectives

Learners will be able to:

• Read an article about proms and morps

• Learn verbs and prepositions

• Talk about school parties.

Value links

Loyalty – Loyalty might be a core personal value to you if you highly prize friends that are reliable and trustworthy. You might put your friends or chosen family first, always being there for them when they need you.

Plan

Stages / Time

Teachers’ actions

Students’ actions

Assessment criteria

Resources

Start

Organization moment

1.Greeting.

Ask about the weather.

Warm-up

• With books closed, ask individual students questions such as What’s your favourite TV programme / animal / food? Ask them to describe the item they have chosen. Write any adjectives they use on the board and elicit that they are adjectives.

• Elicit and write up other adjectives that students know

Lead - In

“The wish flower” method helps to start the lesson with good wishes to each other.

The aim: To develop Ss speaking skills and create friendly atmosphere

Efficiency: By wishing each other they feel better and feel the support of others.

Students introduce themselves

Students say different words from the picture

At the organization moment T tries to award active Ss. «The praise» method is used to evaluate Ss with phrases like:

“Good job!

Well done!”

Formative Assessment

Good job!

Assessment criteria

-Learn vocabulary to do with television.

Pictures

PPT

Student’s book

Main part

Ex: 1 p:6

Ask students to open their books.

Put students into pairs and ask them to look at the photos and describe the kind of celebrations the photos show. Students may say things such as. The celebrations must be formal because the teenagers are wearing dressed and suits. One of the boys is playing music and everyone is wearing T-shirts

Ex: 2 p:6

Ask Ss to read the article to find out what the difference between a prom and a morpis.

Check answers.

Refer Ss to the information in the Fact. Box. You could then ask Ss why people in other countries seem so keen to copy aspects of American culture.

Ex: 3 p:6

Refer Ss to headings.

Ask ss to read the article again,

Ss can then work alone to match the headings with the paragraphs.

Help weaker Ss with this exercise by reminding them that they should scan the article for key words, they should either look for the actual words in the headings or related words.

Ex: 4 p:6

Ask ss to read the text again.

Put ss into pairs to decide which sentences are true and which false. Ss should correct the false sentences

Students work with a partner. Look at the photos. What kind of celebrations do you think they show?

ANSWERS :

Students’ own answer

Students read the article. What is the difference between a prom and a morp?

ANSWERS :

A morp is organised by the students, so it’s cheaper and more informal.

Learners read the article again and match the headings with the paragraphs

ANSWERS :

2 e

3 a

4 f

5 c

6 b

Learners Are these sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences.

ANSWERS :

1 f (prom night is also celebrated in the UK)

2 t

3 t

4 t

5 f (students can party all night and carry on the next day).

6 f (the writer says it doesn’t matter if you like a prom or a morp)

Descriptor:

- look at the photos and describe the kind of celebrations the photos show

Total: 1 point

Differentiation: Modelling- teacher gives clear description of the task with examples

Descriptor:

- read the article to find out what the difference between a prom and a morpis.

Total: 1 point

Descriptor:

- to match the headings with the paragraphs

Total: 1 point

Descriptor:

- decide which sentences are true and which false

Total: 1 point

Cards

Worksheets

End

Home task:

Ex: P:

Poster

KWL chart