Unit 1 City and village

Homework

Ex:2 Revision

Date:

Teacher:

Form: VII

Subject: English

Theme: Shopping centres

Aim:

• to enable pupils to talk about shopping centres and buying things

• to present and practise n + n combinations

• to practise working with an extract from a dictionary

• to raise awareness of the kind of information that can be found in a dictionary of language and culture

Equipment: picture, dictionary

T h e p r o c e d u r e o f t h e l e s s o n

1. The beginning of the lesson

2.Checking up the homework

T h e m a i n p a r t o f t h e l e s s o n
Activity 1a

Objective: to establish the meaning of new phrases and revise known vocabulary

Ask PP to make phrases with the word 'shop' using the small pictures.
Activity 1 b

Objective: to teach PP how to use the phrases in sentences

Ask PP to say which shops they can see in the picture. Help them to pronounce the new phrases correctly.
Activity 1 c

Objective: to practise using the new phrases in sentences

This is a normal Chain drill activity. In pairs PP make questions and ask their partners to answer them.
Activity 2a

Objectives: to read for gist; to raise awareness of layout, font, etc. as

integral features of particular text types Ask PP to look at the pictures and answer the question.

Language and culture note:

This text is from the Longman Dictionary of Language and Culture. Ask PP if they know what they can find in a normal dictionary (translation, part of speech, example, phonemic transcription). Explain that there are also dictionaries which give extra information about culture (the habits in a country). They are extremely helpful as PP will see in 2b.
Activity 2b

Objective: to read for detail

Tell PP to read the text silently and tell you the differences between corner shop and other shops.

Activity 2c

Objective: to raise PP awareness of different cultures

Ask PP to answer the questions. Draw your pupils' attention to the differences of the corner shops.

Activity 3

Objective: to read for gist

In groups of 3 PP read the conversation and then answer the question.

Activity 4a, 4b

Objective: to give an opportunity for PP to work creatively

In groups of 3 PP make their own corner shop. They role play. One is a Sales Assistant and the others are Customers. They practise buying/selling things. They use the phrases in the cloud to help them.