Intermediate Course 16 Unit 11 Day 6 Lesson A FFI

Lesson Learning Objective:

Students will be able to:
 Talk about social changes using the passive of the present continuous and present
perfect.

Important considerations:
Encourage self- and peer-correction before providing the right answer.
Activate previous knowledge about passive voice.

Things to keep in mind

Don’t allow Spanish in class.
Don’t forget to let students know how long they can take for each activity.
Elicit information from Ss.
Monitor students in every activity and take notes of important errors to correct students.

Previous preparation/Materials needed

Markers & eraser
CD 4
Unit opener poster
The Link
CCs: are being + past participle, is being + past participle, has been + past participle,
have been + past participle.*
Prepare: Visuals (You’ll need at least 6 pictures related to social change; look for them and have
them ready for the session - Activity 3)
Vocabulary cards (You’ll need images for Activity 4)
Issues cards (Activity 5)
Numbers (Activity 6)
Rules and cards (You’ll need images for Activity 16)

Grouping
Activity Procedure Material Time
pattern
1 Feedback Praise Ss on their achievements Total 1’/1’
and alert them to the class
weaknesses reflected by the
quizzes. Refer to “Giving
Feedback to Students”
https://goo.gl/n26ILD. Remind
Ss to review the information in
Unit 10.
2 Unit 11 Opener Put up Unit Opener Poster on Total Markers 3’/4’
the wall. Ask 1 S to read the Unit class Eraser
objectives and then copy them Board

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 in the portfolio. Unit Opener
Use Unit Opener Poster to Poster
introduce new vocabulary. Link
Ss look at the pictures and tell
what they see. 5’/9’
Ask : Are they trends in this city Ss
too?
Have Ss do the “Before you 3’/12’
begin”.
3 Warmer Books closed Board 2’/14’
Prepare visuals (See Appendix Markers
Activity 3) Eraser
Place the visuals on the walls. Trios Puzzles
Write on the board:
What social changed have you
noticed recently?
Ss get into trios to discuss the Total 3’/17’
question. Ss share with the rest class
of the class.
4 Vocabulary Prepare vocabulary papers (See Teams Vocabulary 3’/20’
Appendix Activity 4) cards
Fast-food chain, laid off,
outsource, spread, wireless,
available, monorail, tough,
tuition fee, recruit, overseas.
Before the class hide the words Total
and definitions around the class
classroom (or in the hall). Ss are 3’/23’
divided into small groups. Ss
need to look for the words and
definitions under the chairs to
match them with the correct
definitions. Check.
5 Pre- Books closed Issues cards 3’/26’
Reading/listening Prepare issues cards (See Pairs
(activating Appendix Activity 5)
schemata) Ss get into pairs to talk about Total
the issues they have heard in class
the news recently. Check.
6 Listening Books closed CD Player 3’/29’
(Detail) Play CD 3 –track 10 (Ex. 1B) Audio CD
Prepare numbers(See Appendix Numbers
Activity 6) Individual Issues cards
Give each pair a set of numbers.
Each pair must have 2 sets and Small 2’/31’
different colors. groups

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 Ss listen and put the issues
(Activity 5) in order by placing Total
the numbers next to the issues. class
Ss compare answers.
Check.
7 Post-listening Books open SB (p 108) 4’/35’
(Ex. 1C)
Ss cover the text (Ex. 1A) with Board
their link or notebook so that Eraser
they cannot see the text. Individual Markers
Ss transform the sentences to
give more importance to the Ss 3’/38’
object instead of the subject (Ex.
1C). If Ss struggle model with Total
this sentence on the board (e.g. class
People are eating more salads.
/ More salads are being eaten)
Ss compare answers with other
classmates. Check.
9 Presentation Books closed Total Board 3’/41’
(Clarification of Ss read their answers (from Ex. class Markers
meaning) 1C) and write the examples on Erase
the board.
Have other Ss underline the
important words on the board. CCs
(Clarification of Show CCs: are being + past 3’/44’
form) participle, is being + past
participle, has been + past
participle, have been + past
participle.* CD Player
(Clarification of Audio CD 3’/47’
pronunciation) Play CD 4- Track 10 –Grammar SB
The passive (Ex. 2) (p 108 &
Ss listen and repeat to the 109)
proper pronunciation of the
sentences.
10 Practice Books open Individual SB (p 109) 4’/51’
Ss transform the sentences by
changing the underlined verbs Ss
into passive. (Ex. 2A).
Ss compare answers with other Total
classmates. Check. class
11 Practice Books open Small SB (p 109) 4’/55’
Ex. 2B groups
Ss get into small groups to
discuss the situations. Total

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 Ss share their ideas with the rest class
of the classmates
12 Extra practice Books open Individual SB 4’/59’
Have a S read ‘Common errors’ (p 150)
Ss decide which verbs in the
sentences need to be changed Pairs
into passive. Check.
Ss get into pairs to discuss the Total 4’/63’
information and give their class
reasons. Check ideas.
13 Listening Books open Total CD player 4’/67’
Play CD 4- Track 11 –Speaking class Audio CD
naturally Reducing auxiliary SB (p 109)
verbs (Ex. 3A) 4/71’
Ss listen and repeat to the
proper pronunciation of the
sentences.
14 Listening Books open Individual CD player 4’/75’
Play CD 4- Track 12–Speaking Audio CD
naturally Reducing auxiliary Ss SB (p 109)
verbs (Ex. 3B)
Ss listen and complete the Total
sentences. Ss compare answers. class 5’/80’
Check.
15 Production Books open Small SB (p 109)
(Ex. 3B) groups 10’/90’
Ss get into small groups to
discuss the situations in Ex. 3B. Total 5’/95’
Ss share with the rest of the class
class
16 Grammar game Prepare rules and cards (See Small Rules and 10’/105’
Appendix Activity 16) groups cards
Ss get into small groups.
Homework Assign: The Link: Unit 11 Lesson A Ex. 2 & 3
**Each activity has a suggested time. You may adjust the time as needed.

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APPENDIX

Activity 4

Fast-food
chain
Laid off
to obtain goods or
Outsource services from an
outside source.
to distribute over a
greater or a
Spread relatively great area
of space.

Wireless
readily obtainable;
Available accesible

Monorail
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 difficult to perform,
Tough accomplish.

Tuition fee
a new member of a
Recruit group, organization.

across, or beyond the

Overseas sea; abroad.

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 Activity 5

College tuition fees

New technology
Obesity
Outsourcing jobs
Shortage of skilled workers
Traffic congestion
Activity 6

1 2 3
4 5 6
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Activity 16
City report
Type of activity
Trios

Structures
Use of passive

How to use the game

 Ss get into trios
 Each group gets a set of cards
 Ss take turns to pick up a card and tell part of the story of the city and the
improvements there have been.
 Each S has to go adding information to the story depending on the picture they pick.
 At the end, Ss have to tell their story to the rest of the group.
 Afterwards, Ss need to choose the story they liked the most.

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