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School I.E.M Tomas Arturo Sánchez

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Author’s remarks
This lesson plan gives the students a chance to recognize their own skills and the skills of their partners; it also
gives as teacher the opportunity to recognize student English skills, and their social skills. It is a very
productive class in which students will be able to interact among them with simple phrases

Grade Length of lesson Number of students Average age

7 50 minutes 28 12-13
Area English level
Rural Urban X A1 X A2 B1

Curricular Focus / Axes

Environmental / Sustainability Education
Sexual / Health Education X
Construction of Citizenship / Democracy / Teenagers
Globalization

Topic Modales: can

Module / Unit Module 4/Unit 2
Language Function Language skills Vocabulary
Language focus Expresar habilidad física y Speaking, Listening,
Modales Can, can´t , verbs
mental Writing, Reading
Principles / approach Task Based learning

Learning objectives
By the end of the class, students will be able to exchange information about their
Aim abilities through questions and answers with can
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to …
 Express their skills and recognize the skills of their partners
Subsidiary aims
 Recognize the use of the modal verb can in a short dialogue
 Improve their social skills

Materials needed
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Markers, board
-Annex 1 cards for making groups
-Annex 2 dialogue formats
-Annex 3 Format for completing with the partners
- Annex 4 Assessment final format

Time and
Stage Procedure Patterns of
interaction
Warm up: Teacher says some verbs to the students and asks to them to act with 5 minutes
Ice-breaker physical responses
T-SS
Play soccer SS-SS
Swim Group work
Drive a car
Ride a bike
Cook
Draw
Sing
Dance
Play guitar
Write
Assessment: teacher promotes peer assessment asking repeating the
actions if students make wrong the physical responses and teacher asks
one of the students write each one of the verbs on the board and provides
feedback of the words in spelling if it is necessary
Introduction: Teacher writes a stem question sentence and complete it with each one of 5 minutes
Introducing the verbs adding complements T-SS
language Individual
Pre-?
1. Can you …..? work
teacher provides and explains with some examples
can you play soccer? Yes, I can
Can you play tennis? No, I can´t
and asks each one of the students to answer one of the questions he
makes with the verbs

Assessment: teacher assess the answers grammatically

Practice: Teacher writes two stems sentences on the board and asks the students to 15 minutes
Controlled complete it with one of the verbs T-SS
practice Individual
While-reading
I can __________ but I can´t ________ ; Can you…? work
After teacher gives some examples to the students
Example 1: Teacher says I can play basketball but I can’t play soccer , can
you play soccer?
One student answers : Yes, I can or no, I can’t
Example 2: teacher says: I can dance salsa but I can´t dance bachata, Can
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you play Bachata?

One students answers No, I can´t or yes, I can

Assessment: Teacher promotes self- assessment and provides positive

feedback to the answers of the students
Production: Teacher asks students to select one card with one phrase (annex 1 ) then 10 minutes
Freer practice asks students to read the phrase, underline the action and form groups of SS-SS
Post-reading Group work
four according to the underlined action
Teacher gives dialogues formats (annex 2 ) and explain one in the board
Student A : hello how are you doing?
Student B: hello, I am fine
Student A : I love pizza
Student B: I can cook lasagne but I can´t cook pizza. Can you cook Pizza?
Student A. No, I can´t cook pizza but I can cook spaghettis

Teacher asks the students to start to create a dialogue thinking in their

own skills and try to be coherent

Assessment: teacher monitors work of each one of the groups

Wrap-up Teacher asks students to change groups and to ask questions to at least 15
10 partners according to the dialogue made to identify what they can do T-SS
SS-SS
and what they can’t do and write it in a format (Annex 3) Group work
Assessment: Teacher monitors the activity Teacher asks students to Individual
complete the assessing final format (annex 4 )and conclude the class work

Implementation alternatives
If your school have less or more students you can organize bigger or smaller groups and create more cards based on
the annex 1.
If your students are not too disciplined you can select the students who will change of the groups

Key words
topic skill linguistic vocabulary grade
standards of Writing Modal: can
Modales: can 7
behaviour online speaking Verbs

ANNEX 1
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Cards

I can Swim in a pool I can Play I can play soccer I can play guitar I can play piano
basketball

I can cook soup I can ride bike I can ride horse I can ride moto I can ride moto

I can cook spaghetti I can cook pizza I can cook lasagne I can sing romantic I can sing rock
music music

I can sing rancheras I can dance salsa I can dance merengue I can dance I can dance
reggaeton electronic music

I can write poems I can write essays I can write tales I can write letters I can sing rap

I can swim in a river I can swim in the I can swim in a lake

sea

ANNEX 2 ´

Dialogue formats

According to the example complete and practice the dialogue

Student A : hello how are you doing? Student A : hello ________________?

Student B: hello, I am fine
Student A : I love pizza
Student B: I can cook lasagne but I
can´t cook pizza. Can you cook Pizza?
Student A. No, I can´t cook pizza but I
can cook spaguetties
Student B: hello, __________
Student A : I love _________
Student B: I can ________ but I can´t
________. Can you ________?
Student A. No, I can´t ______ but I
can _____________

ANNEX 3

Format for completing with the partners

Name of the student He/she can He/ she can´t

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Maria Perez She can play guitar She can´t play piano

ANNEX 4

Assessment final format

I feel

writing sentences with Can

writing sentences with Can´t
Making questions with
Answering questions with can

In the activities of the class