INFORMATION OF THE LESSON
The topic: Places to live
Subject: English
Time needed: 2 classes ( 90 minutes )
Aims: To develop listening skills. To present and practice vocabulary. To provide
students with information about the world around them. To enhance students’
motivation to learn English.
Objectives: Students will learn new vocabulary on the topic and will practice it in
their speech.
Students will practice listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
Students will be able to understand native speakers’ speech.
Students will be able to use vocabulary and to speak on the topic
“ Places to live.”
Recourses: Visual aids ( pictures of different kinds of buildings ), video, handouts.
Lesson’s review:
This lesson will help students to develop their listening skills and to learn new vocabulary. Watching video will provide better comprehension because learners can see who is ( or what is ) speaking, where the speakers are, what they are doing, Video is also an effective way of studying body language. It will be helpful for students to remember the vocabulary better because all the learning styles are involved. Students will work individually, in pairs, in groups, so they will feel responsibility for their partner and at the same time feel at ease working together because of the help to each other.
THE PROCEDURE OF THE LESSON
1.Warmer
Revision of the vocabulary- types of houses.
Teacher shows pictures of different houses. Students name the types of buildings. There is a small conversation. Teacher helps by eliciting.
Do rich or poor people live in such a house? Castle- reach, hut- poor.
In what houses do most of the people live? Private house, apartment building, country house, cottage.
Where does the Queen of England live? Palace
What kind of houses are there many in New York? Sky- scrapers.
What is a traditional house of Eskimos? Igloo
What is a traditional house of Kyrgyz people? Yurt
In what houses do Indians live? Wigwam
Which would you like to live in? Why?
Which wouldn’t you like to live in? Why?
In what houses do you live?.
2. Presentation of the lessons topic.
We’ve learned many types of houses, but some people don’t live in a house but in very unusual places. Can you guess where they live? Today at our lesson we will learn about it. We’ll watch a cartoon and you’ll see in what unusual places people can live.
3, Pre- teaching vocabulary.
Teacher uses pictures, flashcards, drawings, translation.
Words: Boomerang, railings, to strangle, to grab, a rope, a bush, to jump ship, fishing net, sideways, damage, to escape, paddle, to catch.
4. Watching the beginning.
Listen to the song and put the sentences in order. If you are not sure, check with your partner. If there are words you don’t understand, underline them and ask the teacher their meaning.
Some people live in the country, -d
Some people live in the city or town, -c
Some people live in the top of a tower, -e
Some people live much nearer the ground. –b
But Joshua Jones can live wherever he goes –a ( or –j )
His boat will take him to all the nicest places he knows. –f
Some people work in an office –i
Some people like to work out of doors –m
Some people work in great big building –k
Some people work on the factory floor –h
But Joshua Jones can work wherever he goes –j ( or a )
Down by the wharf-side, any place the water flows –l
La la la la la, that’s the life he knows –g
La la la la la , that’s the life he knows.
Check with the whole class. Listen the song one more time.
5. Watching the 1st bit.
Identify characters.
Boomer (parrot ), Joshua Jones (the boatman ), Ravi (Indian boy), Fiona (Ravi’s friend), Uncle Harish (Ravi’s uncle, the chef inspector at the bus station), Fairport (Joshua’s naughty dog), Mrs. Carrier or Daksa (Ravi’s mother), Banpuji (Ravi’s father).
6. Watching the 2nd bit.
Who told other people or animals to do the following things.
Say hello.
Pass down the bus please.
Come here, you scallywag!
Don’t go any further than the white railings!
Look what you’ve made me do!
Leave it to me!
Watch one more time and fill in the gaps.
R: It’ Boomer.
F: He must have escaped
R: Come on, we can catch him. I’ll use my fishing net. Oh, missed. Quick, after him.
F: OK.
R: Faster. Fiona, give it all you’ve got. He is probably somewhere in those…
F: Shsh, listen!
R: What to?
F: I just head something funny.
R: We are going sideways, Fiona, you are not paddling.
J: Lie still Fairport, what’s wrong with you? You’ve done enough damage for one day.
F: Something seems to be pulling. Ravi, look!
R: Oh, no!
J : Easy, Fairport.
R: Help! Somebody help!
J: Sounds like Ravi! Oh, streuth, the wier!
F: Ravi, do something!
J: Hang on, you two.
F: It’s Josh!
R: We are over here.
J: Ravi, grab the rope as I come past.
R: OK
J: Got it? Tie it on.
Checking in pairs than in the open class.
7. Watching the 3d bit.
Who said it and why.
Isn’t he clever!
Oh heavens!
Boomer’s jumped ship!
Oh, goodness me!
I’ll strangle you!
8. Watching the whole cartoon and discussion.
Answer the questions.
What are Fiona and Ravi preparing to do?
Whose parrot is it?
Who is looking after it this week?
How does Boomer escape?
Who tries to catch Boomer in the garden?
Why does he miss?
Who sees Boomer after he flies away from the house?
What happens when they try to catch Boomer?
Who helps them?
What does Ravi’s mother say when they get back?
What about Ravi’s father?
What happens at the end?
9. Group work.
In groups draw pictures of the words you have learned or mime them..
Teacher puts students’ drawings on the board and drill the words. The same work is done with miming. Students mime the verb and the class drill it.
10. Besides new words we’ve learned a very unusual place to live. What is it? (a boat)
Would you like to live in a boat? Why? Why not?
11. Follow up.
At home answer the questions:
What would you need for a boating trip?
Who or what would you like to take for a boating trip with you? Why?
What kind of boat would you like to live in? Draw it or describe it.
Assessment:
At this lesson students have an opportunity to listen, watch and to see the visual aids several times, to practice vocabulary, writing and speaking .Doing the home task students will show their creativity, they will remember the new words.
The benefits of using video at the lesson.
VIDEO provides:
Visual aids for learning vocabulary, grammar, language functions.
Develops listening skills.
Stimulates for language production.
Is an effective way of learning body language.
Gives information, widens students scope.
Creates comfortable learning atmosphere.
Is more common and closer for students compared to books.
Used resources:
Video, cartoon “ Joshua Jones – Boomerang the parrot.”, pictures, flashcards, drawings, handouts.
HANDOUTS
But Joshua Jones can live wherever he goes
Some people live much nearer the ground
Some people live in the city or town
Some people live in the country-1
Some people live on the top of a tower
His boat will take him to all the nicest places he knows
La la la la la, that’s the life he knows
Some people work on the factory floor
Some people work in an office
But Joshua Jones can work wherever he goes
Some people work in a great big building
Down by the wharf-side, any place the water flows
Some people like to work out of doors
La la la la la, that’s the life he knows
R: It’s Boomer.
F: He must have _________
R: Come on, we can ________ him. I’ll use me ________. Oh, he missed. Quick after
him.
F: OK.
R: ______ Fiona, give it all you’ve got. He is probably somewhere in those…
F: Shsh, listen!
R: What to?
F: I just heard something _______
R: We are going sideways, Fiona, you’re not _________
F: I am.
J: Lie still Fairport, what’s _______ with you? You’ve done enough damage foe one
day.
F: Something seems to be ________. Ravi, look.
R: Oh, no!
J: Easy Fairport.
R: Help, somebody help!
J: Sounds like Ravi! Oh, streuth, the ________
F: Ravi, do something!
J: Hang on, you two.
F: It’s Josh!
R: We’re over here.
J: Ravi, grab this ________ as I come past.
R: OK
J: Got it? Tie it on.
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