REQUESTS : A LESSON PLAN
1. Level Elementary, approximately 90 hours of English 1. Level The lesson below was given to students near the end of their first year English.
2. Aims To present, practice and produce some forms of the present tense of must for expressing obligation.
To develop the skill of listening for specific information.
To check or teach certain vocabulary items: visa / valid / passport / to carry / a gun / an employer / a vaccination. 2. Aims To present, practice and produce polite request and some appropriate polite responses.
To revise the use of the simple past tense for narrative.
To revise some / any / a / one.
3. Exponents Must I? Yes you must.
You must / mustn’t.
When / Where / What must you… 3. Exponents Q: Could you lend me a …. please? Could you lend me a …. Please?
A: Yes, of course Yes certainly I’m afraid I haven’t got one / any
4. Time 60 minutes approx. 4. Time 55-60 minutes approx.
5. Aids Picture similar to that of Streamline Departures. (Oxford University Press)
Unit 58 (see below)
3 sets of handouts, 2 sets of cards, 2 OHP transparencies.
OHP, BB, cassette player, Bu-tack. 5. Aids BB, realia, game for free production stage
6. Anticipated problems Student may spontaneously say you mustn’t to the question Must I?, although this form is not taught. The teacher will not correct this during the lesson as the contrast between must and need will be the focus of the next learning point on the syllabus. 6. Assumed Knowledge The students had already been taught have got, countable and were familiar with the use of a / some / one /any / and with the vocabulary item broke.
7. Procedure 1. Warm up
2. Presentation
3. Production
4. Homework 7. Procedure 1. Revision : dialogue about last weekend
2. Presentation of polite requests with affirmative answer
3. Presentation of polite refusals