TEACHER LANGUAGE
A) Presenting 3 of your selected vocabulary items which would need to be concept
checked,
Show how you would elicit, explain and concept check each of the three items.
1. “Influenced”
T: Would you all agree that the choices we make when we are older are affected by our
experiences when we are young/ growing up? Our childhood could affect what we
choose to do as a career or even something as simple as our favourite foods.
C: Yes.
T: Would you agree another word for affected is influence? Are you familiar with this
word?
C: (Some are)
T: Can you think of situations where you were influenced by specific experiences or
situations you found yourself in?
Several students share their personal stories.
T: Is it a verb or a noun?
C: (Some are unsure, most say verb)
T: Depending on how it is used in a sentence, it could be either. For example, it would be
a noun in this sentence: her mother’s influence made her study medicine? How could you
use it as a verb?
S: Her mother is influencing her decision
T: And if we want to use past participle here?
S: Her mother influenced her decision
T: Excellent
2. “Demonstrations”
T: How do large groups of people show that they do not agree with something that is
happening in their country or community?
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T: What are these people doing? What is another word for “protests”?
S: Demonstrations
T: Excellent. Have any of you ever taken part in a protest?
T: Can you tell me where the stress is in this word?
S: Second syllable
, T: Very good. What part of speech is this?
S: Noun
T: Good job
3. “Rebellious”
T: Do you respect and follow rules or do you try to get out of following them? For
example, when you don’t want to listen to someone like a teacher or parent. If Sarah
never listens to her parents when they ask her to do something. She stays out after her
curfew, never cleans her room and gets into trouble all the time at school for being late
and wearing very short skirts. Is she a disobedient person, someone that does not follow
the rules, or an obedient person?
C: Obedient.
T: If someone is obedient, they follow the rules. Another word for a disobedient person
would be rebellious. How many syllables does this word have?
S: 4
T: Excellent. And is rebellious a noun?
S: It’s an adjective
T: What makes it an adjective?
S: It’s describing a person
T: Fantastic. Please repeat the word out loud.
C: Rebellious
T: Very good
B) Instructions for ONE of your planned reading comprehension tasks, either the 1st
(skimming and/or scanning task), or the 2nd (detailed comprehension task).
1st and 2nd Reading Task:
Whilst handing out the article..
T: I would like each of you to quickly read this article, I will give you 2 minutes to get an
idea of what it is about. When you have completed this, I would like you to tell me
whether it is about an ordinary or unusual family.
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Task is completed..
A) Presenting 3 of your selected vocabulary items which would need to be concept
checked,
Show how you would elicit, explain and concept check each of the three items.
1. “Influenced”
T: Would you all agree that the choices we make when we are older are affected by our
experiences when we are young/ growing up? Our childhood could affect what we
choose to do as a career or even something as simple as our favourite foods.
C: Yes.
T: Would you agree another word for affected is influence? Are you familiar with this
word?
C: (Some are)
T: Can you think of situations where you were influenced by specific experiences or
situations you found yourself in?
Several students share their personal stories.
T: Is it a verb or a noun?
C: (Some are unsure, most say verb)
T: Depending on how it is used in a sentence, it could be either. For example, it would be
a noun in this sentence: her mother’s influence made her study medicine? How could you
use it as a verb?
S: Her mother is influencing her decision
T: And if we want to use past participle here?
S: Her mother influenced her decision
T: Excellent
2. “Demonstrations”
T: How do large groups of people show that they do not agree with something that is
happening in their country or community?
…
Show image
T: What are these people doing? What is another word for “protests”?
S: Demonstrations
T: Excellent. Have any of you ever taken part in a protest?
T: Can you tell me where the stress is in this word?
S: Second syllable
, T: Very good. What part of speech is this?
S: Noun
T: Good job
3. “Rebellious”
T: Do you respect and follow rules or do you try to get out of following them? For
example, when you don’t want to listen to someone like a teacher or parent. If Sarah
never listens to her parents when they ask her to do something. She stays out after her
curfew, never cleans her room and gets into trouble all the time at school for being late
and wearing very short skirts. Is she a disobedient person, someone that does not follow
the rules, or an obedient person?
C: Obedient.
T: If someone is obedient, they follow the rules. Another word for a disobedient person
would be rebellious. How many syllables does this word have?
S: 4
T: Excellent. And is rebellious a noun?
S: It’s an adjective
T: What makes it an adjective?
S: It’s describing a person
T: Fantastic. Please repeat the word out loud.
C: Rebellious
T: Very good
B) Instructions for ONE of your planned reading comprehension tasks, either the 1st
(skimming and/or scanning task), or the 2nd (detailed comprehension task).
1st and 2nd Reading Task:
Whilst handing out the article..
T: I would like each of you to quickly read this article, I will give you 2 minutes to get an
idea of what it is about. When you have completed this, I would like you to tell me
whether it is about an ordinary or unusual family.
Show slide
Task is completed..
