Filton College Session Plan Date: 19/3/12 Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm Duration: 3hrs Course: EFL – Upper Int Subject: General English Lecturer: Sue Petris Aims of session: to review and consolidate Reporting Verbs; to complete Module 12 with the film review writing activity General Learning Objectives: Functional Skills Development By the end of the session learners will be able to: By the end of the session learners will be able to: - Identify at least 12 reporting verbs - Identify the structures that attach See General Learning Obj’s to these verbs - Correctly categorise given reporting verbs Opportunities to promote E&D, ECM E&D: L’ s have opportunity to describe own cultures and experiences Every Learner Matters (ECM) - Being healthy: water allowed in class, comfortable classroom temperature - Staying safe: bags & coats secure and away from pathways; no trailing flexes or broken furniture - Enjoying and Achieving: fun activities & scaffolded tasks to ensure all achieve; a variety of teaching styles used to accommodate different learner styles - Making a positive contribution: ensure team/group work is included – peer support and co-operation. - Economic wellbeing: skills being practised increase employability Real Time 9.30 Real Time 9.40am Resources/Health & Safety - Health & Safety: commensurate with normal classroom teaching Resources: - Tutor’s own resources for Reporting Verbs - New Cutting Edge Upper Intermediate Student’s Book p134-5 Starter Learning Activities Include differentiation and functional skills development Register Recap: Time phrases in reported speech (P/Point) Teaching and Learning Phase Learning Activities Include differentiation and functional skills development Grammar focus - Reporting verbs: HB 1011 Session Plan Learning Checks Q+A Learning Checks Filton College Session Plan - - - - 10.40am 11am Peer teaching Clear up any outstanding issues from last week’s grammar input class feedback to board reported speech sentences they have collected; peer checking and assessment Writing focus: a film review (p135 of coursebook) - 12.20 Tutor monitoring - complete questionnaire activity from last week, in pairs - Real Time Class f/back: each group goes through their examples on the board for the rest of the class Group work Peer teaching & assessment Break - 11.20am elicit examples from L’s plus constructions that follow them if they can remember any; give out h/out P1 and go through examples as a class; then split class into 3 groups and give each group a separate page of sentences to work through Using the examples as a guide, L’s should identify the correct form of the verb plus the relevant constructions that follow; they should then insert the verb into the correct category on the sorting sheet Brainstorm recently seen films and share with partner Read the review of ‘Bend it like Beckham’ and do the gap fill; check in pairs Make notes as per the heading in Task 3 Use this as a template to make notes about a film of L’s choice that they have recently seen Write up the review Swap with a partner and read each other’s work – feedback to other pairs Class f/back Plenary/ Recap Learning Activities Include differentiation and functional skills development Recap: Reported speech verbs quiz (Smartboard) Learner records Evaluation & Notes for next session HB 1011 Session Plan Work – peer assessment Group work Learning Checks Q+A