Teacher: Abderrazzak HASSAR Class level: Common Core

Textbook: Outlook Class size:

Unit 6: How we keep healthy Lesson type : Conversation
Title: Asking for & Giving Advice School : EL Ijtihad
Class period : 1 hour Date :

 Students Performance Objectives (SPO): At the end of the session, SS will be able to:
 Recognize different expressions of asking for and giving advice;
 Use the target structure by providing dialogues in the production stage.
 Material(s): Cue cards and BB.

Time Procedures Techniques

5 mint Warm-up
-T greets SS.
- T: Welcome to my class. Greeting
-T writes the date on the BB.
25 Presentation:
mint - T writes a dialogue on the BB and asks SS to read it and get its main idea. Setting the
Dialogue scene
Sarah: What’s the problem?
Amal: I don’t know what to do. I have a severe headache. What do you think I should do?
Sarah: Well…if you need my advice, I suggest you take an Aspirin and rest. Dialogue
-T asks SS to look at the dialogue again and answer the following questions:
-T: What is Sarah asking about?
-SS: Asking about the state of Amal.
-T: Good, how do you know? Which expression does she use?
-SS: “What’s the problem?”
-T: What is Amal’s response?
-SS: “…What do you think I should do?”
-T So, what is she asking for? Q/A
-SS: Asking for help/advice.
-T: Good. And what does Sarah advise Amal to do? Which expression….?
-SS: “If you need my advice, I suggest you…….”
-T draws a chart on the BB.
Asking about health Asking for advice Giving advice
-What’s the problem? - What do you think I should do? - I think you should……….
- What’s the matter? - What would you do in this situation? - Maybe you should……..
- How are you doing? - What should I do? - If I were you, I would……..
- How are things going? - What can I do? - You had better…………… Chart
-What is wrong? - What would you advise me to do? - Why don’t you…………...?
- How do you feel? - What would you do in my place? - I would advise you to……
-Is everything alright/fine? - What do you suggest? - You ought to………………
-What seems to be the - In your place, I would……
problem? - What/how about…………
- I suggest ………………..
-T asks SS to give other expressions they know to fill in the chart.
- SS provide their potential answers.
-T fills in the chart.
Checking comprehension
-T reads out an exchange between A and B and sees whether SS will notice something wrong. Negative
A. I have a toothache. What should I do? checking
B. Thank you.
-T: What do you think? => SS: B needs to give a piece of advice, not say “thank you”.
-T: Good. So what can you advise B? => SS: “B” should see a dentist and rest.
8 mint Practice: Completion
-T asks SS to complete the dialogue on page 69, act. 3. drills
22 Production:
mint -T provides situations and asks SS to use expressions of asking about health, for advice and giving advice,
according to the given situation.
Situation 1: A cough. Situation 2: Your friend is getting thin. Situation 3: Your brother is getting fatter &
fatter. Situation 4: Your friend suffers from insomnia (cant’ sleep at night) Situation 5: Your father has Cue cards
poor appetite. Situation 6: Your sister has toothache. Situation 7: A sore throat. Situation 8: A headache.
Situation 9: Flu. Situation 10: Stomach-ache.
-SS come to the BB and present their dialogues. -T asks SS to copy the lesson.