Vasile breban, criseni Teachers name: silvia covaci WORKING PLAN Date: 25 April, 2008 Title: Street children

Communicative aims: Talking about different life conditions Skills covered: SPEAKING, Reading, Writing Grammar: adjectives, verbs Class: 7 Teaching materials: a picture of a street boy, cassette player

Timing 1min 3 min 2 min 2 min 10 min 10 min 5 min 5 min 7 min 1 min

Procedure Informing the Ss about the aims of the lesson Ask the children to speak about themselves: What are you? How old are you? Where do you live? Do you eat enough? Do you sleep in warm and clean beds? So, do you live a happy life? Tell the Ss to look at the picture of a street boy in Manila. Ask them if they think he is happy. What is he doing? Why? Pair work: Imagine you are Eduardo. What are your thoughts? Write them in your notebook. Write the sentences on the blackboard in the reported speech. Eduardo thought/said to himself that he was very poor. Inform the Ss that they are going to get a song text about a poor woman. First they have to fill in some words and then they will check listening. Pair work. Explain the new words: blister, sole, whistle, embarrassed, Paradise Find some action words related to the word STREET Ss have to answer some questions about the text of the song: How does the woman feel? What about the man? What is your attitude? Homework : Make a comparison between you and the children of the street.

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ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE By Phil Collins She calls out to the on the street: Sir, can you .. me? Its cold and Ive nowhere to Theres somewhere you can tell me? He walks on, doesnt look .. He pretends he cant hear her Starts to whistle as he crosses the street Seems .. to be there. Chorus: Oh, think twice Cause its another day For you and me in Paradise Think about it. She calls out to the man on the street He can see shes been .. Shes got blisters on the soles of her feet She cant walk but shes trying Chorus: Oh, think twice Oh, Lord, is there nothing more anybody can do Oh, Lord, there must be something you can say. 1. Look at the text of the song and fill in the blanks with one of the words in the list: embarrassed, help, crying, sleep, man, back 2. Listen to the song to see if you were right. 3. Give a short definition for or explain the following words: street, Paradise, cry, day 4. Find rhymes for the words in Ex. 3. 5. Find some action words related to the word street. 6. Think about it: a. How does the woman feel? b. What about the man? c. What is your attitude/ What would you do? 7. Make a comparison between you and the children on the street.