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LESSON PROJECT

Date:

Grade:

Level: Beginners

Textbook : Snapshot. Starter

Lesson: 3 – “ I’m French – Canadian”

Type of lesson: Vocabulary – Countries and nationalities

Grammar - Plurals of the nounsSkills: Speaking, Writing, Listening

Linguistic Functions: Talking about your nationality and saying where you are from

Materials: hand-outs, textbook, Language Buster cassette-player, audio-cassette, illustrations

LESSON AIMS:

• To activate vocabulary denoting countries and nationalities

• To practise the intonation of the nationality adjectives

• To talk about nationality and say where you are from

• To introduce the plural of the nouns

• To raise awareness of the forms of irregular plurals

PROCEDURE

ACTIVITY 1: Interaction: T-S; S-S Timing: 10

Aim: - a warm – up activity to check the pronunciation of different countries and capital cities

Organisation: Pair-work

Materials: A map of Romania, textbook

Procedure:T shows Ss the map of Romania and asks them question to elicit the key words in the lesson:

country, capital city.

T asks Ss to open their textbook and find Romania’s number on the map. T asks Ss to do ex. 1 /pag20. Working in pairs, Ss have to match the names of the capital cities with the names of the countries, then

find their numbers on the map. T matches the names of the countries and the capital cities in a table on the

Bb.

Assessment: Whole class assessment of the activity by correcting possible mistakes in point of location on

the map.

Expected difficulties: Ss may find difficult to pronounce the names of some countries or capital cities.


Previous work : Exercises dealing with the pronunciation and location of countries and capital cities

Aim: - To introduce the nationality adjective for each country

To practise the pronunciation and intonation of nationality adjectives

Organisation: Individual work Materials: textbook, audio-cassette, cassette-player

Procedure:

T writes the nationality adjectives for some countries, highlights their endings and then asks Ss to use

them in order to name the nationality of the people living in the other countries written in the table on the blackboard.

T plays the tape to check the answers and practise pronunciation.

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Assessment: Whole class assessment of the activity by correcting possible mistakes in point of spelling and

pronunciation.

Expected difficulties: Ss may find difficult to form some nationalities adjectives.


Previous work : the previous activity

Aim: - to practise talking about your country and nationality

Organisation: Pair-work Materials: textbook, cue-cards

Procedure:

T reads the model dialogue in the textbook and then gives each Ss cue cards to encourage them to

substitute other people and nationalities. Ss read the information on their cards and then ask and answer questions to find out who their partner is, where they are from and what their nationality is. Ss have to write

their questions and answers on the notebooks.

Assessment: T evaluates dialogues.

Expected difficulties: Ss may have problems when asking questions.

ACTIVITY 4: Interaction: T-S; S-S Timing: 10Previous work : the previous activity

Aim: - to practise talking about nationalities

Organisation: Individual work

Materials: textbook, audio-cassette, cassette-player, Language Booster

Procedure:

T gives Ss 2 minutes to write the missing questions from the conversation at ex. 3b. T elicits their answers and then plays the tape to check correctness.

To practise more the nationalities adjectives and the questions related to them, T asks Ss to do ex. 7 /

pag. 15 in the Language Booster.


pronunciation.Expected difficulties: Ss may not guess the right questions.



Aim: - to introduce the rules for the plural of the nouns

- to practise the plurals of the nouns


Materials: textbook,

Procedure:

T writes a list of nouns on the Bb and asks Ss to look at them and decide the rules.T asks the rules governing the plural of the nouns on the Bb, drawing Ss attention to the irregular

plurals and checks the pronunciation.

T asks Ss to write the plurals of the list of nouns at ex. 6 / pag 21.


pronunciation.

Expected difficulties: Ss may find difficult to guess the rules.

ACTIVITY 6 : Interaction: T-S; S-S Timing: 8

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Aim: - to consolidate the use of plurals- to practise the use of the verb “to BE” plural


Materials: textbook,

Procedure:

T writes a few sentences on the Bb and asks Ss to change them into plural. T draws attention to the

change of the verb “to BE” and the form of the noun.Assessment: Whole class assessment of the activity by correcting possible mistakes in point of spelling and pronunciation.

Expected difficulties: Ss may not have retained all the rules correctly.

Home Assignment: Language Booster – Ex. 1-10 / pag. 13-15 (1 minute)

Final Assessment: T comments on all the activities and appreciates Ss who have mostly contributed during

the lesson by giving marks. (1 minute)

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