Lesson #1

UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE ELSALVADOR

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS Y HUMANIDADES

LICENCIATURA EN CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION CON ESPECIALIDAD EN IDIOMA INGLES/ LICENCIATURA EN INGLES

Generalities

Level: Basic English                                                       

Topic:

Target structure:

       1.      Possessive Adjectives.

       2.      Possessive Case.                                                       

Time: 1 hour class.

Objectives:

At the end of this lesson SWBAT: create and have a short conversation with a partner by using the possessive form of nouns and the possessive adjectives.  

What is your favorite…?

Activity type: Ice-breaker.

Materials: Two objects, (It must not be a ball; it could be whatever, but it must be something that Ss can pass among them), chronometer, and CD player.

Time: 10 minutes.

Teaching Purpose: To motivate students to speak by asking questions to their classmates.

Procedure:

      1. Professor will form three or two groups of students. (One group will be in the left and the other in the right, but if they are three groups, two will be in each corner and the other in the middle)

      

      2. Once the professor has formed the groups, students have to form a circle, and the professor will give to each group a ball or an object to pass it among them.

      

      3. Professor will give students 30 seconds to ask among them W-H questions or YES/NO questions. (In this case, students are going to ask favorite things of their classmates)

      

      4. The students, who have the ball or the object, have to make questions to the students next to them while professor plays the music. (They have to ask quickly because of the time.)

      5. When they answer the questions, the students, who asked, have to give the object to the other.

     6. Once the time is over, the students, who have the objects, will be standing up, and the others sitting down. However, the students, who are standing up, have to ask questions among them. i.e.: “A” student will ask “B” student, and “B” student will ask “C” student, and “C” student will ask “A” student if they are three groups.

                                                          Grammar Face

Materials: A power point presentation about possessive adjectives and some exercises.

Time: 15 minutes.

Teaching Purpose: To introduce the possessive adjectives and some rules.

Procedure:

      1. T will bring a PPP to the class in order to explain to Ss the possessive adjectives and the possessive form for proper names and common names.

       2. In the PPP, T will include exercises (controlled activities) in which Ss will practice.

       3. If there is any doubt, T will allow Ss to ask in order to clarify the explanation.

Note: Ss can pass to the front and write the answer on the board.

                         

Controlled Activity

Materials: Worksheet.

Time: 10 minutes.

Teaching purpose:  To internalize the possessive form by practicing in singular and plural.

Procedure:

      1. T will provide a worksheet in order to practice the possessive form in proper names and common names.

       2. First, Ss will practice the possessive form in singular by working alone.

       3. Second, Ss will collaborate by giving the answers when T asks for them.

       4. Third, T will ask Ss to work with the same worksheet but changing the singular form by the plural form.

       5. Finally, T will ask for the outcomes.

Note: Ss can pass to the front and write the answer on the board. 

Semi–Controlled Activity (Chain Work)

Materials: Flashcards, Music.

Time: 10 minutes.

Teaching Purpose:  To let Ss practice the possessive form by speaking and practicing pronunciation.

Procedure:

      1. T will ask Ss to form three groups of ten.

      

     2. When having the groups in order, T will provide Ss some flashcard of animals which are going to be used for passing around the groups. i.e.: T will give 5 flashcards to each group. The first one who gets the flashcard will tell to the classmate who is next to him or her “This is my dog”. Then, the person next to him will take the flashcard and say to the other “This is Maria´s dog” and so on.

      3.When doing this, t will play music, and when T stops the music the person who gets the flashcard will tell to whom the animal belongs to.

Note: They can vary names when saying the possessive form. 

Free Activity (Conversation)

Materials: Ss´ notebooks, Laptop, Canon Projector.

Time: 15 minutes.

Teaching Purpose: To put in practice what Ss learned in the class.

Procedure:

      1.T will ask students to get in pairs and create a short conversation by applying what they learned in class.