Interaction pattern: Pair work

Aim: To give freer practice in description of personal things with the help of adjectives in the correct order.

Grammar and functions: to practice grammar (order of adjectives) and vocabulary (personal things); giving advice.

Procedure:

Have you ever lost things? What were they? What things do you usually have in your bag? (write a list of things on the board).

Where can we look for lost things?

Work in pairs.

One of you works in a Lost and Found office; the second is a customer who lost his/her bag. Choose the bag you’ve lost from the pictures. You should:

customer	Office worker
Greet Say that you lost your bag Describe a bag Say what was there in the bag Describe things in details (shape, size, colour, material…) Express your emotions (if the bag is here or not) Thank for help	Greet the customer, ask if you can help Ask to describe a bag Say that you have some bags coming to the description and ask for details, things inside the bag Ask to describe these things Say whether this bag is in your bureau or not If there is no such a bag in your office, say where else to look for the bag/ give the bag back

Exchange roles.

Film or book review.

Target language: Vocabulary on the topic Films/Books Review expressing opinion and giving recommendation.

Interaction pattern: Group work/Pair work/Individual Work

Aim: To give freer practice in giving a book/film review according to the plan, expressing opinion and giving recommendation.

Procedure:

Have you ever read a film or book review? What was the film/book about? Did it help you to choose whether to watch/read it or not?

What do reviews include? Elicit a list on the board.

Think of a film/book you’ve watched/read recently. Tell about this film/book to the others.

Others fill in the table and choose the film or book they would like to watch or read explaining their choice.

Name of the film/book
Genre
Author
Plot
Main characters
Specific features (effects, costumes, acting…)
Personal opinion
Recommendation
Comments

Unit 7 “horrible history”

Activity: Guessing game

Target language: Dates and Past tenses

Interaction pattern: Pair work

Aim: develop sts’ speaking for fluency with the functional language on the topic Dates.

Procedure:

Each person says one number or date in turn and the other should guess what number or date it is.

For example: 9.11.01

Is that somebody’s birthday?

Did something happen on that day?

Was it the World Trade Center Disaster?

Activity: Description of a historical event

Target language: Dates and Past tenses