CEPLessonPlanTemplate

Teacher/s:YuweiSpencerZhang
Level:A5

Date/Time:February13,2015

Goal:Helpstudentsimprovepronunciationaswellasintroducethemtothe
differencesbetweencommentaryandfacts

Objectives(SWBAT):
StudentsWillBeAbleTo
1.Identifycommentaryandfactsinawrittenessay
2.usetheproperintonationbasedonthetypesofsentencesgiven

3.useproperpronouninrelativeclauses

4.havebetterpronunciationonspecificpronunciationsymbols

Theme:Inventions

Extensions:reallifeinventorsandtheprocessofturninganideaintoreality(sharktank!)

Aim/Skill/Microskill

Activity/Procedure/Stage

Interaction

Activity1:Pronunciation
AsaNNS

Transitionto#4or
Wrapup:_______________
____

3.1PreStage:Teacherfirstlyshow TSs
atonguetwisteronthescreenwith

difficultphonetics:Therethose
thousandthinkerswerethinking

howdidtheotherthreethieves

gothrough.

Teachershareexperienceof

pronunciationasNNS.

Instruction:

AsaNNS,exceptofintonation,
differentfirst
pronunciationalsoisabigtopic
languages
whenlearningEnglish.Now
shouldbe
pleaselookatthesentenceon
takeninto
thescreenandtrytosaythis
consideration
sentenceouttoyourpartner.Do

Time
5min

youfinditeasy?Ipersonally
dontthinkitiseasysincethere
aresomany/th/inthesentence.
Yes,asaNNSIusedtofind/th/
tobehardtopronouncebecause
wedonthaveit.

3.2.DuringStage:Havestudents
inpairandtalkaboutWhat
pronunciation/letterdoyouthink
tobehardtopronounce?
.

Instruction:
AsaNNS,sometimeswemight
findsomepronunciation
symbolshardtosay.Soinyour
dailyspeaking,what
pronunciationoralphabetdoyou
thinkitshardforyouto
pronounce?Talkingroupand
discuss.Nowletsdoittogether.

Teacheraskoneortwostudentsto
readthecollectedphoneticsout.
Teachermodelthepronunciation.
Teachershowsmoviesnameswith
difficultphoneticsonthescreenfor
studentstopractice.

Instruction:
Soherewehavelistedoutsome
ofthedifficultphonetics.Takea
lookatthemanddoesanyone
feelingthattheywanttoread
themoutfortheclass?
Nowletstakealookatthese
wordsonthescreen.Andtryto
pronouncethemasthewaywe
justpracticed.

someofthe
studentsmight
finditeasy.

Ss

studentsliked
thispart

TSs

3min

57mi
n


Activity4:Relative
Clauses

TransitiontoWrapUp:
___________________

3.3PostStage:
Havestudentstopracticethe
pronunciationsymbolsonPage.163
athome.

*possiblehardphonetics:v,a/ae/e,
n/l,th

Share:
AsaNNS,Ithinkthekeypointof
agoodpronunciationisnotto
soundlikeaNS,buttoget
everyoneunderstandwhatyou
aresaying.

TangibleOutcome&T.
feedback/peerfeedback:Students
willbeabletopronouncesome
hardpronunciationsymbols
correctly

followup
activitiescan
beconducted:
onephonetics
symbolone
session

4.1PreStage:Showstudents
sentencesonthescreen.Talkin
groups,answerthequestionson
thescreen.Havestudentsshare
conclusionwiththeclass.

Question:
1.Isthepronounforpeopleor
things?
2.Isthepronounforsubjector
object?
3.Whichpartofthesentenceisthe
RC?

4.2.DuringStage:
Havestudentslookattheexercises
onthescreen.Finishtheexercises
andtalkingrouptodecidewhento

Ss

Ss

10min

10min

useWHICH/THAT,whentouse
WHO/WHOM.Teachersharetips
andpoints.

ExtraQuestions:
1.CanWHObeusedin
nonrestrictiveclause?
2.WhyBRACKETS?

4.3PostStage:Havestudentsto
finishtheexerciseonWORKBOOK
page35.Askstudentstoreadeach
paragraph(iftimepermits)andtheir
answer.Checkanswertogether.

TangibleOutcome&T.
feedback/peerfeedback:Students
willbeabletousecorrectpronoun
fordifferenttypesofrelative
clauses.

Wrapup

THAT
cant
be
usedin
nonide
ntifying
clauses
!

5min

10min

Ss

LessonEvaluationProcedures:
Ss
Askstudentstothinkofaquestion
thattheywanttoknowaboutRCs
onapaperandhanditin.Teacher
explainsomecommononesinnext
class.

5min

Materials:PowerPointforActivities

AnticipatedProblems&SuggestedSolutions:
notmanystudentscomingtoclassbecauseitspublicholidayleavethegrammaractivity
fornextclasswhenstudentsareallhere


ContingencyPlans(whatyouwilldoifyoufinishearly,etc.):
ifstudentsfinishearlywecanreviewthedialoguesfromthepreviousdaytogoover
pronunciation

alsocandiscussmonopolies

PostLessonReflections:
studentsareinterestedinpronunciationandintonationstudy
studentswerereceptivetofeedbackandwearegladthatwerememberedtodofeedback
sharktankworkedbutwouldhavebeenbetterifallthestudentshavebeenpresent
welikedtousemovietitlestopracticepronunciation