Lesson plan Unit 6A: Think positive - or negative? Duration: 50 min Lesson aim Objectives Materials Target Audience: Pre-intermediate (A2) 6B01717 Kazakh language and literature Group: B016-1717-23-04 Master’s student: Daurenkyzy Altynay Teacher-mentor: PhD., ass. prof. Balkhimbekova P. Zh. to learn a specific use of future forms, which is to make predictions about the future in the context of the lesson "thinking positive - or negative". Students will be able: - to get acquainted with the new vocabulary of common opposite verbs; - to practice the contracted forms of will / won't; - to read an article which states that negative thinking can be good, and discuss the findings: - be creative in creating posters that express their own ideas. Canva Presentation, textbook “English File 4th Edition A2”, “Wordwall” and “PostMyWall” online platforms Planned Planned activities Resources timings Start Warm-up 5 min Teacher shows the students a picture and asks the question: T-Sts «What kind of mindset do you have?» Slide 4-5 p. Grouping: Teacher divides students into 4 groups of 4-5 students, they can perform all activities in these groups during the lesson. The lesson should begin with guessing the topic according to the picture related to the main ideas of the topic. After students' predictions, there will be discussion about thinking positively or negatively. Task 1 10 min Task 2 10 min Task 3 10 min Vocabulary: Opposite verbs Ex.1 a-b, p.47 Students focus on Ex.a and match the verbs and pictures. Slide 7-8 p. Teacher checks the answers, but doesn't drill pronunciation Wordwall: yet. Then Sts do Ex.b by writing the verbs in the Opposite https://word column in Ex.a. The first one has been done for them. wall.net/reso After that, the teacher plays an audio recording (6.2) in urce/6362602 exercise b to check the answers and ask the students to 0/vocabulary listen to the pronunciation of the verbs. In groups, Sts try to remember the verbs and their opposites. A (book open) says a verb and others (book closed) say the opposite. Sts should pay attention to their pronunciation and intonation. Grammar: will / won't (predictions) Slide 9-11 p First teacher explains about new grammar: the future form Wordwall: will / won't + infinitive that it can also be used to make https://wordwal predictions. Sometimes both forms are possible, e.g. l.net/resource/6 I think the government will lose the election. 0492403/pre-int I think the government is going to lose the election. ermediate-willStudents practice their understanding by matching the wont beginnings of sentences with their endings using the online platform "Wordwall". Teacher checks Sts know what an optimist and a pessimist are. Then, Sts focus on the eight conversations and go through the ‘Your friend says’ phrases and ‘You say’ responses. Sts label each response with O for optimist and P for pessimist. Teacher plays an audio recording (6.3) in exercise a to check the answers Pre-Reading: Ex. 5 a-b, p.47 Students look at the cartoon of the girl studying and they Slide 12 p. should find out if the girl is an optimist or a pessimist. Then, the teacher gives Sts time to read the article and check their answer to Ex.a. They should also answer the question “What is defensive pessimism?”. While-Reading (6-7 min): Students should read the article using scanning reading skills. Then they focus on the Ex.e and make sure to understand what they are reading. When they finish reading the article, the groups will ask each other a few questions to better understand the main idea. Task 4 10 min Post-Reading: After reading the article, the teacher gives the students a group work on creating a poster. The poster's theme: “Think positive - or negative?". Students should share their ideas and solutions on this issue according to the criteria given. Students use the “PosterMyWall” platform to create posters, and there are ready-made templates with interesting font options, as well as easily using the elements from the working place without registering on the platform. Feedback End product will be evaluated according to the criteria for 5 min creating a poster: Design - 30 % - All text can be easily read from a distance; - Flow of the poster is easy to follow; - White space used well; - Images/graphics are used instead of text whenever possible; - Key points/lists are used instead of text whenever possible; - All images are relevant and necessary to the poster. Content - 40 % - The content is focused on 3-4 key points/main ideas; - Problem, or driving question, is explored; - Solutions related to the problem are explained; - All content is relevant and on the key points; - Conclusion is stated, but not duplicated in text. Oral Presentation - 30 % - Each group presents their poster to the entire class; - Each member of the group should speak; - Each group should give a brief overview of the poster; - Each group should know all the details of their poster. Totally: 100 % Slide 14-15 PosterMyWall: https://www.p ostermywall.c om/index.php/l /classroom-pos ters Slide 16 p.
