Class: 1a Date: 1st Feb 2011
Time: 8:30
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Relative Clauses (Defining/Non-defining Relative Clauses – Revision)
Aims: To account the theory on the Relative Colauses
To use the rules of the Relative Clauses in practice
Materials: Student Book Solutions (Intermediate)
English Grammar in Use (Second Edition); Raymond Murphy
(Unit 94/95 – Relative Clauses (4/5) “Extra Information Clauses” (1/2)
Time | Stage | Activities | Objectives | What if | |
Teacher | Students | ||||
8:30 | Introduction 1 min | Greets the students and asks how they are. Asks to sit down. | Greet the teacher and sit down. | To create a friendly atmosphere. | |
8:31 | Checking homework 2-3 min | Asks to show their stories which they wrote at home. Also, checks the attendance and marks those students who do not have their homework. | Show their homework (whether inexercise books, whether on the shit of paper). | To check whether Ss understood the task correctly. To check whether they had completed all the requirements. | |
8:34 | Warm-up 1-2 min | In short presents the plan of the lesson. Asks to revise the rules on Relative Clauses. | Listen attentively and start revising the rules. | To engage Ss. To catch the attention of the Ss. | |
8:36 | Revision 8 min | Asks Ss to have a look on the board. (Ss are given two sentences-one is the example of Def. Relative Cl. and the other one is the example of Non-def.) Asks about the rules, about the choice of the relative pronouns. | Ss are asked by the teacher. Ss look at the examples on the board. Ss analyse the sentences and try to apply the rules why explaining. | To revise the theory on both types of relative clauses. To compare two sentences. To apply the rules during explaining the choice of the relative pronoun. | |
8:44 | Practice 15min | Teacher asks Ss to open the book at pg. 112. Asks Ss to start doing exercises. | Ss start soing exercises. Ss are asked to read in turns. Ss are asked whether everything is clear. | To use the rules in practice. | |
8:59 | Practice (revising vocabulary) 3-4min | Asks Ss to open their books at pg. 131. Asks to look through the learn this box. Explains what they have to do in the given exercise and start doing exercise together. Translates some unknown words into Lithuanian. | Ss follow the requests of the teacher and start reading and doing the exercise. Ss are asked whether they understand everything they are doing. | To revise not only the theory on the Relative Clauses but active vocabulary too. | |
9:03 | Practice 5-8 min | Asks Ss to come back to the topic on the Non-def. Relative Cl. Gives out exercises and quickly explains what they have to do. Checks after several minutes. | Ss look through the exercises, coplete them individually and start checking after that. | To check whether Ss cope with the material from the different source. | |
9:11 | Feedback Setting homework | Asks Ss did they learn something new. Asks what they can do now. Reminds that they should be ready to talk on their topic for the next time. Says goodbye for the students and wish to have a good day. | Ss answer the teacher’s questions. | To get feedback and see whether Ss understand thing they they are doing. | |
