Name of the Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Teacher
Althea Govender 28 October 2020 Elementary 60-minutes
Lesson Type: Vocabulary
Lesson Topic: Places in a town
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be By the end of the lesson, students will have…
better able to…
1. Had conversations with each other, about
1. Use the ten new nouns as well as their existent places in a town they may be interested in
vocabulary to produce more detailed travelling to, using pre-existing vocabulary
descriptions of places in a town they may be supported by the target language.
interested in seeing whilst looking for jobs and
or travelling.
Target vocabulary:
Bus station, cinema, playground, city centre, library,
museum, hotel, post office, restaurant, supermarket.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Having 10 males and 5 females was a minor task to present 1. Swop groups and students around with each other so as to
even distribution and equality amongst students. include at least one female in a group at all times. This may
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, have been tedious but I think it is important to address group
2. Students may be silent and not want to respond for fear or equality.
not knowing the correct words or getting an answer wrong. 2. I would tell students that it’s perfectly okay to make
mistakes, and, that it’s good to make mistakes as they will
3. Students may struggle with the phonology of some of the learn from them. Usually, once they hear this they relax a
vocabulary, particularly words with three or more syllables little.
e.g. restaurant or supermarket. 3. I will chorus pronunciation and do CIC, making the students
pay special care to stress sounds and the shape of my
4. The students are beginner learners from China and may mouth. I will also clearly mark which point along the word
struggle to pronounce /r/ sounds; it they are often replaced needs to be stressed on the board along with phonemic
with /l/ or /w/. spelling e.g. su·per·mar·ket.
4. I will demonstrate the movement of the tongue with an
exaggerated movement when making the /r/ sound. Spend
time practising the sound on its own by growling like an
angry dog and asking students to copy - this helps students
achieve an /r/ sound before moving on to pronouncing
Language analysis:
Language Meaning of the How you will present Concept Checking Questions Grammatical Pronunciat
Item item meaning form ion
Example: Example: Example: Example: Example: Example:
huge very big, enormous using a picture of a mouse What’s the opposite of huge? Strong / hjuːdʒ/
and an elephant to show Name a huge mountain. adjective
large size
1. Bus A place where buses Use a picture of a bus 1. Do buses stop here to pick up Common Noun Bus sta-tion
station arrive and depart, terminal showing buses and drop of people?
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, people get on to go and people lining up. 2. Is it small or large?
places 3. Is it the same as a bus stop?
2. Cinema A place / theatre Use a picture of a cinema 1. Can we watch movies here? Common Noun Cin-e-ma
where movies are with a big screen and lots 2. Is the screen small or large?
shown for public of seating. 3. Are there few or many
entertainment people?
3. Playgroun An outdoor area Use a picture of a 1. Do children play here? Common Noun
d provided for children playground with a swing 2. Where would you find a
to play in, especially and slide. playground? play-ground
at a school or public 3. Does it have different pieces
park of equipment to play on?
4. City The central part or Use a picture of buildings 1. Are there many buildings? Common Noun
centre main business and and streets downtown, 2. Are there many streets? cit-y cen-tre
commercial area of a where people are walking 3. What do people do here?
city and it looks like a busy
city centre.
5. Library A building or room Use a picture of books on 1. Are there many books here? Common Noun li-brar-y
containing a collection shelves and a person 2. Are you allowed to be noisy?
of books, magazines placing a book onto a 3. Can you study here?
or music for people to shelf.
borrow or read.
6. Museum A building in which Use a picture of a museum 1. Is it big or small building? Common Noun
objects of historical, with animal skeletons and 2. Can you find many old mu-se-um
scientific, artistic, or other figures of animals. paintings, historic animals and
cultural interest are People are walking around figures here?
stored and exhibited taking photos. 3. Can you take photos here?
7. Hotel An establishment Use a picture of a hotel 1. Is this place the same as your Common Noun Ho-tel
providing with many rooms and home?
accommodations, possibly a pool outside. 2. Is it a big or small place?
meals, and other 3. Name of a famous hotel: the
services for travellers Beverly Hills Hotel
and tourists
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Teacher
Althea Govender 28 October 2020 Elementary 60-minutes
Lesson Type: Vocabulary
Lesson Topic: Places in a town
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be By the end of the lesson, students will have…
better able to…
1. Had conversations with each other, about
1. Use the ten new nouns as well as their existent places in a town they may be interested in
vocabulary to produce more detailed travelling to, using pre-existing vocabulary
descriptions of places in a town they may be supported by the target language.
interested in seeing whilst looking for jobs and
or travelling.
Target vocabulary:
Bus station, cinema, playground, city centre, library,
museum, hotel, post office, restaurant, supermarket.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Having 10 males and 5 females was a minor task to present 1. Swop groups and students around with each other so as to
even distribution and equality amongst students. include at least one female in a group at all times. This may
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, have been tedious but I think it is important to address group
2. Students may be silent and not want to respond for fear or equality.
not knowing the correct words or getting an answer wrong. 2. I would tell students that it’s perfectly okay to make
mistakes, and, that it’s good to make mistakes as they will
3. Students may struggle with the phonology of some of the learn from them. Usually, once they hear this they relax a
vocabulary, particularly words with three or more syllables little.
e.g. restaurant or supermarket. 3. I will chorus pronunciation and do CIC, making the students
pay special care to stress sounds and the shape of my
4. The students are beginner learners from China and may mouth. I will also clearly mark which point along the word
struggle to pronounce /r/ sounds; it they are often replaced needs to be stressed on the board along with phonemic
with /l/ or /w/. spelling e.g. su·per·mar·ket.
4. I will demonstrate the movement of the tongue with an
exaggerated movement when making the /r/ sound. Spend
time practising the sound on its own by growling like an
angry dog and asking students to copy - this helps students
achieve an /r/ sound before moving on to pronouncing
Language analysis:
Language Meaning of the How you will present Concept Checking Questions Grammatical Pronunciat
Item item meaning form ion
Example: Example: Example: Example: Example: Example:
huge very big, enormous using a picture of a mouse What’s the opposite of huge? Strong / hjuːdʒ/
and an elephant to show Name a huge mountain. adjective
large size
1. Bus A place where buses Use a picture of a bus 1. Do buses stop here to pick up Common Noun Bus sta-tion
station arrive and depart, terminal showing buses and drop of people?
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, people get on to go and people lining up. 2. Is it small or large?
places 3. Is it the same as a bus stop?
2. Cinema A place / theatre Use a picture of a cinema 1. Can we watch movies here? Common Noun Cin-e-ma
where movies are with a big screen and lots 2. Is the screen small or large?
shown for public of seating. 3. Are there few or many
entertainment people?
3. Playgroun An outdoor area Use a picture of a 1. Do children play here? Common Noun
d provided for children playground with a swing 2. Where would you find a
to play in, especially and slide. playground? play-ground
at a school or public 3. Does it have different pieces
park of equipment to play on?
4. City The central part or Use a picture of buildings 1. Are there many buildings? Common Noun
centre main business and and streets downtown, 2. Are there many streets? cit-y cen-tre
commercial area of a where people are walking 3. What do people do here?
city and it looks like a busy
city centre.
5. Library A building or room Use a picture of books on 1. Are there many books here? Common Noun li-brar-y
containing a collection shelves and a person 2. Are you allowed to be noisy?
of books, magazines placing a book onto a 3. Can you study here?
or music for people to shelf.
borrow or read.
6. Museum A building in which Use a picture of a museum 1. Is it big or small building? Common Noun
objects of historical, with animal skeletons and 2. Can you find many old mu-se-um
scientific, artistic, or other figures of animals. paintings, historic animals and
cultural interest are People are walking around figures here?
stored and exhibited taking photos. 3. Can you take photos here?
7. Hotel An establishment Use a picture of a hotel 1. Is this place the same as your Common Noun Ho-tel
providing with many rooms and home?
accommodations, possibly a pool outside. 2. Is it a big or small place?
meals, and other 3. Name of a famous hotel: the
services for travellers Beverly Hills Hotel
and tourists
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