Unit 1 Communications

Date:
Form: IX
Subject: English
Theme: Lesson 6 School Council
Aim:
• to provide PP with extensive speaking and listening practice in the context of talking about student councils
• to enable PP to talk about democratic structures in schools
• to practise reading for the main idea, to practise listening for specific information
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 1
Objective: to build vocabulary
PP check the words in the Wordlist.
Activity 2a
Objectives: to set the scene for the listening and speaking activities to follow; to introduce PP to the concept of student councils in the USA PP look at the picture and describe it.
Activity 2b
Objective: to give practice in listening to check specific information
PP listen to the tape and find the person who is described in the pictures in
Activity 1a.
Tapescript:
Hi! My name is Michael. I'm a senior at the Pleasant Valley High school in Chico California. Our school has an educational responsibility to promote an understanding of discipline. I think where there is good discipline there are good results. I'm a student councillor of my school. I was elected at an election at the end of the school year. My project is: "For the best school discipline". A student council in our school is elected each year at the end of the school year and forms a student council for the next school year. As a student councillor I lead a "student government" lesson which is once a week. There are 40 senators in the government. There are senators from each class of the school and they make 10 groups. Each group has a leader and he/she is responsible for his/her group work and for sport, environment, discipline, finance etc. The "Student government" has its own project and constitution. Our goal is to help our school to develop as fully as possible.
Activity 2c
Objectives: to practise listening for specific information
PP listen to Michael speak about a school council in California, and then answer the questions in pairs. Check the answers with the whole class.