The bowler.

Long-term plan unit: 8 Sports

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Lesson 6

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Theme of the lesson: The bowler

Learning objective (s) that this lesson is contributing to

5.3.5.1- keep interaction going in basic exchanges on a growing range of general and curricular topics;

5.3.6.1- communicate meaning clearly at sentence level during, pair, group and whole class exchanges;

5.3.7.1- use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about a limited range of general topics

Lesson objectives

All learners will be able to:

Most learners will be able to:

• watch a video about an Indian cricketer.

• talk about cricket and my sporting hero.

Some learners will be able to:

Success criteria

Identify facts and details in extended talks with little support

Figure out the content of a conversation with some support in extended talk

Demonstrate an ability to organize and express ideas clearly

Make an argument and evolve reasoning while speaking

Value links

Lifelong learning

Cross curricular links

Geography, PE

Plan

Stages of the lesson

Planned activities (replace the notes below with your planned activities)

Teacher’s notes

Greeting

Greet students; students respond to greeting and take their places.

Hello, boys and girls! How are you?

Warm up

• Write the following on the board:

They eat a lot of cake and chocolate.

They practise every day.

They go on lots of holidays.

They never give up.

• Check students’ understanding of give up. Ask students to say which sentences describe the best sport stars.

Cricket is played on a field between teams of eleven players. It is played with a ball, bats and two wickets (three sticks stuck in the ground with two pieces of wood on top of them). Cricket

is played mainly in England and countries formerly under British rule, such as Australia and India.

• Ask students to open their books at page 88.

• Refer students to the photos and ask them to identify

the sport.

Put students into pairs.

• Ask some students to report their ideas to the class.

• Write students’ ideas on the board.

Ask students to read the information in 1–5.

• Play the video with the sound off.

• Students watch the video and order the information.

• Students compare their answers in pairs before you check answers with the class.

• Ask one student to come to the front of the class to write the events on the board in the correct order. Ask the rest of the class whether or not they agree with the order that the student at the board has given

Videoscript

A lot of games are popular in India, but the number one sport is

cricket! Like hockey, cricket started in England. It started 500 years

ago. Today, kids all over India love playing it. Their dream is to

become a famous cricket player. This is Fahim Adin. He’s 22 years

old. When he was a child, he played cricket with his six brothers.

They still play together today. But now Fahim Adin wants to be

a professional cricket player. He’s a bowler. In cricket, the bowler

throws the ball to the player with the bat. Fahim Adin is a really good bowler. He’s fast; he’s strong; and he can throw the ball over 160 kilometres per hour! But there’s something else special about Fahim Adin. He’s deaf. He can’t hear. He uses sign language to communicate. Fahim Adin and his coach are preparing for a very important match. Fahim Adin must play well today because this man is watching him. He fi nds new players for professional cricket teams. Can Fahim Adin be a professional cricket player? YES!! Look at him! He plays the best game of his life. So what’s next for Fahim Adin? Do you think his dream

comes true?

Answers

1 players wearing normal clothes

5 children playing

2 a cow and lots of traffi c nearby

3 nets

4 a trainer

4 8.2 Before you play the video again, ask students if they can complete the gaps. This is only a quick test of memory. Students should not be discouraged if they cannot complete the gaps.

• Play the video.

• Students complete the text with the correct information.

Answers

1 one

2 500

3 22

4 six

5 160

5 8.2 Ask a student to read out the four questions.

• Play the rest of the video so students can answer the questions.

• Check answers.

Answers

1 He’s deaf. / He can’t hear.

2 He uses sign language to

communicate.

3 He plays the best game of his life.

4 He fi nds new players for professional cricket teams

6 • Read out the questions.

• Put students into pairs to ask and answer them.

• Ask a few students to report back to the class on what their

partner said, e.g. Martina thinks cricket is interesting.

7 • Briefly tell students about your sporting hero.

• Read out the questions and then ask students to work alone

to answer them.

8 • Put students into pairs.

• Give students a minute to tell one another about their sporting hero

Homework

For homework, students could try playing this

online cricket game:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/

skills/6137400.stm

Additional Information

Differentiation - how do you plan to give more support?

Assessment - how are you planning to check learners` learning?

Health and safety check ICT links

More support will be given to weaker learners by giving them a modified worksheets in some tasks with greater support

-through questioning and the redirecting of questioning in feedback activities

-through observation in group and end performance activities

-through formative task

-Health promoting techniques

-Breaks and physical activities used.

-Points from Safety rules used at this lesson.

REFLECTION

Answer the most relevant questions to reflect on your lesson.

Were the lesson objectives/learning objectives realistic?

What did the learners learn? What did/didn’t you like? What was difficult?