Period 61 lesson 6 : language focus
A / Aims and objectives : - Practicing with relative pronouns and relative clauses
.
By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to further practice with pronouns : Who
, That , Which , and clearly identify defining and non – defining clauses .
B / Teaching aids : Text book , handouts …
C / Procedure :
7 min
I / Warm up : Knowledge Game – short answers .
- Tell Ss to work with another partner to answer the
following questions about general understanding .
Questions
Answers
1. Which city in Japan was struck by a huge earthquake ?
Kobe
2. Which country won the 1998 Tiger Cup ?
Singapore
- Work in pairs
( The pair with the
most correct answer
will be the winner )
7 min
8 min
3. Which explorer discovered America ?
Christopher
Columbus
4. Which animal has one or two horns on its snout ?
Rhinoceros
5. Which planet is closest to the earth ?
Venus
6. Which animal in VN was chosen to be the logo of Sea
Games 2003 ?
Buffalo
7. Which ASEAN country is divided into two regions by
the sea ?
Malaysia
- Remark and give marks
II / Presentation :
1. Vocabulary pre-teach :
-Listen and repeat in
chorus and
individually
- Copy down
- Play games
- Give some examples
to make sure that Ss
understand the use of
relative clauses .
10
min
5 min
- Horn (n) : (translation )
-Snout (n) : pointed front , above the mouth
- Rhinoceros ( n) ( translation )
- Swallow (v) : make or let pass down one
,
s throat
- Extensive ( adj) : large , a lot
- Tail (n) : ( translation )
* Checking technique : spelling contest
- Divide class into two teams
* Revision of relative pronouns and clauses
- Ask them to make examples with relative clauses
2. Practice 1
Exercise 1
- Refer Ss to the warm up activity . Ask them to use
relative pronouns : who , which or that to answer the
questions . Start with the words given like the examples :
The city which was struck by a huge earthquake in 1995
in Japan is Kobe .
Read the examples
carefully and work
individually .Then
compare their answers
with a friend
- Read them loudly .
- Match each of the
sentences in Column A
with a relative
sentence in Column B
use a relative pronoun
to join the two
sentences .
- Play games
- write down
- Listen and do the
exercise individually .
5 min
- Call on some Ss to read their whole sentences
- Feedback and give correct Answers .
Exercise 2 :
- Keep Ss in pairs but with another partner.
- Divide class into two teams A and B to practice (the
pair who found partner the most quickly will be the
winner ) .
- Give correct answers : 1.e 2.g 3.f 4.a 5.c 6.d 7.b
3 .Practice 2 :
- Instruct Ss to do the exercise 3 . Underline the relative
clause in the sentence . Then add commas to separate the
non- defining relative clause from the rest of the sentence
.
- Hang the subordinate board with all the sentences on
the board . Call some Ss to do the task .
- Comment and give Answers :
b, Kangaroos , which come from Australia , have long
- Demonstrate in the
front .
- Copy down
- Listen and write the
sentences .
- report in the front .
2 min
tails
c, Ba, who lives in Trang Tien Street , likes playing the
guitar.
d, ( Defining )
e, Neil Amstrong , who first walked on the moon , lived
in the USA.
f, (Defining )
g, Miss Lien , who sings very well , is my English teacher
.
III/ Production
- Further practice with relative clauses :
* Setting the scene “ Now you write the sentences in Ex
3. Replace each underlined clause with a clause you have
written “
- Listen and correct mistakes if necessary .
IV / Home work :
1. Redo all the exercises and copy .
2. Prepare the next lesson .
- Write down .