CELTA Lesson Plan3- Grammar - Intermediate level

Cover Sheet

Name: TP number: 3 Date: Tutor:

Aims

Communicative Aim

By the end of this lesson, learners will be able to use make, let, and allow in different
contexts.

Skill(s) Aim

By the end of this lesson, learners will have developed their grammar skills and
should be better aware of the different uses of the verbs and their specificities. They
will also develop their speaking skill in the context of making up a dialogue using all
types of verbs with different contexts (being in jail, being sentenced, and being free)


Language Aim

By the end of this lesson, learners will have been exposed to and developed the use/
given practice of make, let and allow.

Materials


Based on my own materials
One exercise taken from Straightforward Intermediate Workbook ex6 p 15


Previous Strengths

 Active, dynamic and enthusiastic group of students eager to learn and share
 Good elicitation
 Some good checking of instructions
 Logically staged
 Clear stage aims
 Supportive detail
 Realistic timing
 Clear and logical plan with very good detail
 S-centred

Previous Areas to Develop

 Reduce running commentaries
 Reduce my voice volume
 Be careful with some pronunciation
 Write the stress on the W/B if necessary




Classroom Management – Anticipated Problems and their Solutions

, We went from 8 to 13-14 students so T needs to make sure that everyone
participates and understand the lesson.

 SS have previously studied the difference between prohibition, permission and
obligation with other modals (must – musn’t / have to – haven’t to / can –
can’t) and may feel confused when introduced to new verbs dealing with the
same functions (permission, obligation, prohibition).
Solution: Lots of drilling and closely monitor controlled practice to ensure
understanding

, White Board Plan
At each stage of the lesson your board will look like this:

My mother makes me wake up
1) My mother makes me wake up early every weekend Subject Make/makes/made Object Verb
-> obligation
You let me use
2) I love when you let me use your car. Subject Let/lets Object verb
-> Permission
You don’t let me ask
3) You don’t let me ask questions when you’re working out. Subject Don’t/doesn’t/didn’t let Object Verb
-> Prohibition
My doesn’t allow anyone TO enter
4) My brother doesn’t allow anyone to enter his room. brother
-> Prohibition Subject Doesn’t/don’t/ allow Object Infinitive
didn’t
5) He doesn’t allow entering his room.
-> Prohibition (-ing)
He doesn’t allow entering
Subject Doesn’t/don’t/ allow Noun/verb + ing
didn’t

1. let Let / allow / let / allow / makes / let / let / make / allow
2. allows
3. doesn’t allow Delayed error correction :
4. make
5. let
6. let
7. let
8. make

, Lesson given to Intermediate Students
Number of Students : ~10-12

Procedure Page

Interaction
Stage Aim Procedure & time
(What?) (Why?) (How?)
T instructs SS to “Think about one thing your mother obliges you to do and one thing your father T –S
Lead-in To introduce gives you the permission to do and one thing your brother/sister forbids you to do” and to share S–S
the theme and with their partners. S-T
generate Paircheck 5
interest Open Class Feedback


T provides SS with examples written on paper using the TL in order to give them an insight of the TL T-S
Use T.L. to and asks SS to choose which examples express best obligation, permission and prohibition S-S
Meaning analyse, Pairwork T-S
Form convey and SS
& check meaning Examples : 15
Pronunciation
1) My mother makes me wake up early every weekend

2) I love when you let me use your car.

3) You don’t let me ask questions when you’re working out.

4) My brother doesn’t allow anyone to enter his room.

5) He doesn’t allow entering his room.



Analyse meaning:
1) T selects the examples taken from the dialogue and writes them on the W/B “My mother makes
me wake up early every weekend.”
T elicits from SS whether it’s an obligation, a permission or a prohibition

Use : to say what a person obliges another person to do (obligation)

2) T selects the examples taken from the dialogue and writes them on the W/B “I love when you let

, me use your car.”
T elicits from SS whether it’s an obligation, a permission or a prohibition

Use : when we have permission from someone to do something (permission)

3) T selects the examples taken from the dialogue and writes them on the W/B “You don’t let me
ask questions when you’re working out.”
T elicits from SS whether it’s an obligation, a permission or a prohibition

Use : to talk about prohibition


4) & 5) T selects the examples taken from the dialogue and writes them on the W/B “My brother
doesn’t allow anyone to enter his room.”
T elicits from SS whether it’s an obligation, a permission or a prohibition

Use : to talk about prohibition


Convey meaning: Based on short dialogues (attached with the lesson plan) for the 4 examples

Check meaning
CCQs :
1)
How many verbs are there? 2
What is the main verb? Make
What is the subject? My mother
What is the object? Me

These 4 CCQs can be repeated for the next example(s) as a drilling to ensure that SS understand the
different parts of the sentence

Is my mum forcing me to wake up? Yes
Do I have the choice? No
Can I sleep more? No

2)

Can I use my father’s car? Yes
Does my father prohibit me to use his car? No
Do I need an authorization to use the car? Yes



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