LESSON PLAN

DATE: January 28th, 2013 TEACHER: Aura Milena Araque Ramrez TIME: 1 hour OBJECTIVES:
Students will be able to identify the difference between "there is" and "there are". Students will be able to identify some places previously shown in pictures in a video about a real city in the world. Students will be able to describe the place neighborhood where they live.

LEVEL: Kids, A1 TOPIC: Places and objects of the city. Use

of there is and there are

VOCABULARY
School, hospital, caf, park, cinema, car, tree, bridge

MATERIALS
Videos and flashcards.

WARM UP:
Check students' homework and review the use of "there is" and "there are" explained in the previous class. (10 minutes)

MAIN CONTENT ACTIVITIES:

Show students a set of pictures about the different places and objects that can be found in the city and check how many of them they know in English. (10 minutes) After that, show students a video in which they have to identify those places shown in the pictures and try to discover the way they are said in English. Repeat the parts in the video in which the vocabulary is said. While they are watching the video, the pictures will be on the board and their names will be around the classroom. Ask students to stand up and put these names in the corresponding pictures according to what they watch and listen in the video. (10 minutes) Once the video is over, show students the pictures again and make them repeat the vocabulary with correct pronunciation. Make them repeat chorally, then individually. (10 minutes) Incorporate the use of there is and there are with the new vocabulary. Show a specific part of the video (min 1:37) and write a sentence on the board such as There are two cars in the city. Make students watch the video again and write sentences about what they see using there is and there are correctly. (15 minutes) Make students read one of the sentences they created. (5 minutes)

HOMEWORK: Describe the places where they live, writing sentences as the ones written with the video.

 NOTES AND TIPS FOR THE READERS

It is important, at the moment of planning a class, to take into account the students level, needs, likes, and obviously, the topic. It could be a bit difficult to select an appropriate video to teach a specific topic, but what is more important is that at the moment of doing it, it should be meaningful and, if thats going to be the center of the class, to create activities that keep them busy and concentrated as the video goes on. Furthermore, when the videos are not at the level of our students, and you didnt find more videos, its important to introduce the topic before, or help students with the use of pictures in order for them to understand what the video will be about. Using videos is not always a struggle, but its another way of teaching using technology and enhancing students motivation. Nevertheless, as previously mentioned, videos are not only for fun and for making the class more enjoyable, but to become that joy in a significant experience in learning, too.

The video used for this class can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/user/thedailyenglishshow

The pictures used for the vocabulary in the next page:

School

Hospital

Cinema

Park

Caf

Bridge

Car

Tree