Date: 19th March Level: IX B, advanced Textbook used: English my love, EDP, 2004. Lesson: Food Materials used: students themselves, board, text-book, worksheet, computer. Time: 50 minutes. Skills: reading, writing and speaking, listening Objectives: - Students will be able to anticipate the content of the text, discussing the title of the text, Students will be able to identify details from written messages, key-information from authentic texts, Students will be able to write short paragraphs on the topic “Food” Students will be able to express opinions related to the topic.
Activity 1:- Warm-up
organizing the class , checking homework Teacher’s activity : Teacher tries to create a pleasant and comfortable atmosphere by means of routine conversation: Greetings. Oral questions (Who’s on duty today? Who’s absent? How are you today?). Students’activity: Students answer the teacher’s questions. The students greet the teacher Hello teacher! ….. is on duty. ….. is absent! Methods : Conversation Evaluation: Oral evaluation Interaction: T – SS, SS – T Time:1-3 min Purpose: - to warm up the class atmosphere; - to get students to relax and to get ready for the lesson; Activity 2: Lead in- questions and answers Aim: to introduce the new topic to the students, the students will be able to anticipate the content of the text. Time: 5 minutes. Procedure: the teacher asks the students the following questions: 1. What “new food” products have you eaten for the first time in the last three years? 2. Are you a healthy eater? 3. Do you buy ready –made or processed food?Why or why not? Students are supposed to come up with answers. The teacher gives feed-back.
Activity 3 : Shopping crossword
Aim: to help students extract the most important shopping vocabulary from certain texts. Time: 15 minutes. Procedure: students will be divided into pairs. I will explain that they will be doing a crossword together. Each student A will receive a handout worksheet A and each student B will receive a handout worksheet B.I point out that A knows all the down answers and B knows all the across answers. Students take it in turns to give a definition so that their partner can guess it. Then one of the students will go to the blackboard and write the correct word. Teacher explains any unknown words and gives the translation.Teacher gives them feed-back.
Activity 4 : Guess the right word
Aim: students will be able to identify details from written messages, key-information from authentic texts, Time:5 minutes. Procedure: in pairs, students will read the sentences and they will arrange the letters so that they will obtain the right words. The teacher will assess their work. Activity 5 : Right containers Aim: students will be able to complete the list of shopping with the right name of the container. Time: 5 minutes Procedure: the students will have to complete to some sentences as quickly as they can. The questions refer to names of the containers. The teacher gives them feed-back.
Activity 6: Read about organic food
Aim: students will be able to work with the knowledge acquired on food. Time: 10 minutes Procedure: students will read the text and match the people to what the say . They have to match six correct sentences.
Activity 7: Food shopping survey
Aim: students will listen to a conversation and choose the correct answers to complete the survey form. Time:10 minutes Procedure: students will listen to a conversation and choose the correct answers to complete the survey form.
Activity 8: Feed-back and homework.
Aim: to review vocabulary related to food. Time: 5 minutes Procedure: students will have to answer short questions about the food they like or not, then the teacher gives students the homework for next time. Write a short pharagraph about healthy and unhealthy food.