unit 9 lesson plan

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Unit 9

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egetables-

How much?


Suggested Lesson Plan


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Thislessonshouldtakeabout5or6academichourstoteachandpractice.Oneacademichouris40minutes.However,ifyouhaveaclassof

verysmartkids,thisshouldtakelesstime.
Goal:Teachvocabularyrelatedtovegetablesandlearnhowtogoshoppingforvegetables.
Vocabulary:vegetables:carrot,tomatoesetc.
Presentation Stage
Powerpoint:Usethepowerpointpresentationtopresentandteachnewvocabularyandsentencesofthelesson.Ifyoudonothaveoverhead
projectorsorcomputers,printandusetheflashcardsinstead.Alternativelyyoucanusethevideoslidetopresentthenewlanguage.
Practice Stage
FlashcardSlamming:Cutoutthesmall‐sizedflashcardsandbringtoclass.Getthekidstositinacircle.Thisisusuallypossiblewhenyouhavea
smallgroup.Showthemthecardsandsaythewords.Thenputthecardsonthefloorortableandwhenyousayaword,thekidsslamthe
card.Thestudentwhogetsapointistheonewhosaysandtouchesthecard.
Fly‐swattinggame:withtheflashcardsalldisplayedaroundtheclassroom,calloutawordorsaysomethingaboutacardwhilestudentsrun
andslamwithfly‐swatters.Thestudentwhogetsapointistheonewhosaysandtouchesthecard.
ShoppingRoleplay:Thereisaspeciallessonplanfordoingtherole‐play.Refertotheroleplaylessonbelow.
Worksheets:Useworksheetsassettlers.Handoutworksheetswhichreflecttheareacoveredforthelesson.Lookintotheworksheetsection.
Theworksheetshaveinstructionsonwhattodo.
Output stage
VideoSlide:Turnofftheaudioofthevideoslideandshowitwhilestudentstellyouwhattheysee.Studentsgoshoppingforvegetablesisthe
ultimategoalofthislesson.Youwanttoseethathappen.
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Unit 9

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V
egetables-

How much?

Suggested Lesson Plan
Shopping Role play lesson plan
1. Preparatory stage
Firstusetheshoppingdialogueflashcardstopracticethelanguagestudentswilluseintheshoppingroleplay.Putthecardsonatableorwall
andplayslapandsayorflyswatting.Witheitherofthesegames,studentslistencarefullyastheteachersayssomethingrelatedtooneofthe
cardsdisplayed.Thestudentslamstherightcardandrepeatswhattheteachersaid.Forexample,youhaveallthedialoguecardsdisplayed,
andyoucalltwostudentsupfromtwoteams.Thensaysomethinglikethis:“MayIhaveakilo,please?”Thestudentwhoslamsthecardand
repeatswhattheteachersaidgetsthepointforhisorherteam.Keepdoingthisuntilyouhavedrilledthemproperlywiththedialoguephrases.
Afterthegame,takethecardsandholdthemtoyourchestsothestudentscan’tsee.Thenplayamimingandmouthinggameforstudentsto
guesswhichcardyouareholdingandscorepointsaccordingtotheirguess.Forexampleifyouhadthecard:“Howmucharethecarrots?”,
youmouthandmimetheactionwhilestudentsguessthephraseorsentence.
Worksheet:Handoutthesentencesworksheetsandgetstudentstodosomewriting.
2. Stage two
Bringsomeveggiestoclassorpicturesofvegetablestosetupavegetablemarket.Photocopyandcutoutthemoneycardssincestudentswill
needthemtobuyvegetables.Doaquickvocabularyreviewofvegetables.
Startbybeingthevegetablevendor.Studentscomeuptoyouandpracticebuyingvegetablesusingthephrasesandsentencespracticed
above.
3. Stage three
Atthisstageletthestudentsdothedialoguewithoutyourhelp.
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