Teacher – T.N. Kaufmann
Unit 7 “Being together”
Lesson 5 “I don’t belong” pp 103-104. “New Millennium English”, 8.
Aim of the lesson – by the end of my lesson my Ls will be able to give ground advice for himself how to be friendly and polite with people.
Stage
Greeting
(aim-to greet Ls)
Warm-up
(aim-to help Ls
start speaking
L2)
Engagement
(aim-to help Ls
realize the topic
of the lesson
Time
10 sec.
What the T does/says
Glad to see you, morning.
What Ls do/say
Morning.
Patterns of interaction
T-CL
2 min.
Ls, look at these pictures.
(pictures of different people are on the
screen or board)
Are we different?
What are we different in? Look at this
card (1) and fill in these bubbles with the
words describing our differences. e.g. We
are different in brain abilities.
Work in pairs, half a minute for you.
Ls look at them.
T-CL
2-3 min.
Your time is up. So, what are we different
in?
(the T. listens to each pair and collects
differences on the board + asks guiding
questions in order to complete the scheme
fully.)
OK. We are different.
(objectives-to motivate Ls to realize that
people are different
- to revise words (nouns)
helping concentrate on differences.)
Do we sometimes ignore people who are
different from us?
(the word “ignore” is on the board with
the Russian equivalent)
So, we do not pay attention to this person,
is it good?
Yes, we are different.
Ls share ideas, fill
bubbles.
Each pair present their
small projects.
Pair work
Yes, we do.
T-CL
No.
Pair-class
Comments
I agree with you. (The T. writes “It is not
good to ignore a person who is different
from me” on the board)
Does the person feel OK when we ignore
him?
Is it a problem?
Is it possible to solve this problem?
Who do you think have to solve this
problem?
Study
( aim-to focus on
language they
are going to use
a bit later)
How can we solve the problem? Work in
pairs and write a list of ideas. Half a
minute for you.
(the T. distributes empty sheets of paper,
the format is A4 and crayons.)
Well, please, read your lists.
(the T. sticks them on the board)
Is it enough to be friendly and polite with
people who are different from us?
Well, today we are going to discuss this
problem a lot and add this list of ideas
how to be friendly and polite with people
who are different from us.
( objectives- to revise words (verbs)
describing friendly behavior.
- to help Ls realize that it is
not good to ignore a person who is
different from us.)
25-30 min.
Ls, we have already mentioned, that a
person who is ignored doesn’t feel OK.
Engagement The problem is “How does he feel?”
(objectiveWork in groups of 4 and brainstorm the
to
words. 2 minutes for you.
No.
Yes.
Yes, it is possible.
Both of them, a person
who ignores and a person
who is ignored.
Ls share ideas, write a list
of them.
Pair work
Each pair read their own
ideas.
Pair – CL
T-CL
No.
Ls recollect words,
Group-work
complete the spidergramm.
brainstorm
ideas)
(a spidergramm with the example is on
the board)
A Person who is ignored
To be shocked
feelings
Pre-reading
(objectiveto motivate
Ls to read
the text)
(to feel unsafe, to be embarrassed, to be
worried, to be on his own, to feel clumsy,
to feel upset, to feel shy…..)
Well, your time is up. Please, read words
describing bad feelings.
(objective- to recollect words describing
feelings)
Now, open your course-books on page
103. Look at the picture. This is Nasim. Is
she different from the others? She is an
Indian girl, but lives in G.B.
Is she happy?
How does she feel?
Is it going to be easy for her to be with
the others?
Why no, give your reasons. Work in
pairs, half a minute for you.
Well, what are the reasons?
(objective-to predict the content
Each group read words.
Group-Class
Ls open their course books
and look at the picture.
T-CL
No.
Ls give ideas they have
recollected before.
No.
Ls collect reasons.
Pair work
“She is a foreigner, she
doesn’t know English
Pair-Class
according to the picture)
well, she is shy, she
doesn’t understand
anything, her appearance
is different, her mental
abilities are not of high
level……”
OK.
Whilereading
(objectiveto develop
scanning)
Read the text and find information which
proves the statement “It is not easy for her
to be with the others”. Fill in the table
with the words and phrases which
describe the characters do and feel. Do it
individually, 2 minutes for you.
Ls read and fill in the
(the T distributes cards with tables (2))
tables.
Nasim
Postreading
(objectiveto check)
T-CL
Ind. work
Other people
(objective- to collect words and phrases
which describe the characters do and
feel.)
Well, Ls, what does Nasim do and feel?
What do other people do?
(objective- to narrate using words and
phrases which describe the characters do
and feel.)
Ls read ideas from the
table.
P1,P2..-CL
Presentation
(objectiveto present a
new
grammatical
structure)
Is it their problem?
Is it possible to solve this problem?
Who do you think have to solve this
problem?
OK. Ls let’s advise Nasim, teachers and
her classmates how to be friendly and
polite. Use the ideas from your tables and
this structure.
(the structure is on the board – If I were
Nasim/a teacher/ her classmate, I would
(do smth)…” e.g. If I were Nasim I would
try to talk to my classmates.
If I were a teacher, I wouldn’t shout at
pupils.
If I were her classmate, I wouldn’t laugh
at her.
(objective- to perceive a grammatical
structure, which helps Ls to give advise)
W-Speaking Well, let divide our class into 3 groups, a
(objectiveNasim group, a teachers group, a
to interest
classmates group. Advise each of them
Ls in
how to be polite and friendly. 1 minute
arguing)
for you.
Well, your time is up. Give advice for
Nasim, for teachers, for classmates.
(objective-to use vocabulary and a new
grammatical structure in the situation of
giving advice)
Activate
8-10 min.
Imagine, 2 newcomers have appeared in
(aim-to use
your class. Give ground advice for
language as
yourself on how to behave and to be
freely and
friendly and polite with them. Do it
communicatively
individually. 2 minutes for you. Don’t
Yes.
Yes.
All of them.
T-CL
Ls work in groups.
Group work.
Each group give advice.
Ls do their small projects.
Individual work
as Ls can.)
forget about the structure “If I were in
that situation, I would….”
OK, Ls you are welcome.
(objective-to give ground advice for
himself how to be friendly and polite with
people)
Ls present their small
projects.
Individual learner-Class
Card #1
PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT IN ……………………………
Brain abilities
(mental)
(height)
(nationality)
(habits)
(appearance)
(creativity)
(interests/hobbies)
(culture)
(age)
Card #2
Nasim
e.g. – didn’t talk to any classmates
(- she shrank away from people
- she burned inside with humiliation
- she smiled at classmates sometimes
- she spent breaks in the classroom
- she stood alone
- she didn’t say anything about all this at home
- she kept her puzzlement and disappointment at herself)
Other people
Teachers
e.g.-some teachers were kind to her
(- some teachers spoke slowly to her
- some teachers shouted at her
- some teachers smiled at her
- some teachers never sat down by
her)
Classmates
e.g.-Ls laughed at her
(- Ls ignored her)