Assignment B – Teacher Language
a) Presentation
i) Eliciting the Target Language from the Context
The Model Sentence
T: What can sometimes spoil our weekend plans?
S: visitors, weather
T: Well done! ( board). Let’s use ‘weather’. “If” group you make an “if” statement in present tense with
good weather in it please.
S: “If the weather is good”
T: Excellent! (board). Please read all of you.
Ss: “If the weather is good”
T: Now where can we go to in good weather?
S: the beach, movies , the park
T: Very good, the park, let’s use that. Who can you meet at the park?
S: my friends perhaps!
T to the “will” group: Can you make a “will” clause with what you said and complete the ”If” statement on the board?
S: “If the weather is good, I will meet my friends…. at the park.
T: Very good indeed! (board). This is our model sentence class. We will be using this sentence a lot.
Read class, and take it down.
Ss: If the weather is good, I will meet my friends at the park.
Clause swaps
T: So we know the sentence has 2 parts right? (points) Name them again please.
Ss: Yes, “If” part and “will” part
T: What happens to the sentence if we swap the parts or switch their places? What does that mean?
S: The “will” part will be first and the “if” part will be second.
T: Excellent! Do you all agree class? Ss: Yes
T: Great! I am going to quickly write the model sentence on this side of the board with 2 different colours.
Now to swap, what part do we start with again? S: the “will” part
T: Good , can you please write that to start the sentence? Remember we learnt earlier, the’ I’ and ‘will’ become
I’ll. Also adjust the capitals. The others can help (prompts the others)
S: (verbalises with others and writes using same colour marker) “I ‘ll meet my friends at the park
T: Very good! Now can the “If” group complete this?
S: (adds) …if the weather is good (Uses the marker teacher used)
T: Well done! I notice that Adam put a comma in as well. When we swap there is no comma. The sentence becomes 1
part and not 2 parts OK. You see that? Now has the meaning of the sentence changed after the swap? Ss: No
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a) Presentation
i) Eliciting the Target Language from the Context
The Model Sentence
T: What can sometimes spoil our weekend plans?
S: visitors, weather
T: Well done! ( board). Let’s use ‘weather’. “If” group you make an “if” statement in present tense with
good weather in it please.
S: “If the weather is good”
T: Excellent! (board). Please read all of you.
Ss: “If the weather is good”
T: Now where can we go to in good weather?
S: the beach, movies , the park
T: Very good, the park, let’s use that. Who can you meet at the park?
S: my friends perhaps!
T to the “will” group: Can you make a “will” clause with what you said and complete the ”If” statement on the board?
S: “If the weather is good, I will meet my friends…. at the park.
T: Very good indeed! (board). This is our model sentence class. We will be using this sentence a lot.
Read class, and take it down.
Ss: If the weather is good, I will meet my friends at the park.
Clause swaps
T: So we know the sentence has 2 parts right? (points) Name them again please.
Ss: Yes, “If” part and “will” part
T: What happens to the sentence if we swap the parts or switch their places? What does that mean?
S: The “will” part will be first and the “if” part will be second.
T: Excellent! Do you all agree class? Ss: Yes
T: Great! I am going to quickly write the model sentence on this side of the board with 2 different colours.
Now to swap, what part do we start with again? S: the “will” part
T: Good , can you please write that to start the sentence? Remember we learnt earlier, the’ I’ and ‘will’ become
I’ll. Also adjust the capitals. The others can help (prompts the others)
S: (verbalises with others and writes using same colour marker) “I ‘ll meet my friends at the park
T: Very good! Now can the “If” group complete this?
S: (adds) …if the weather is good (Uses the marker teacher used)
T: Well done! I notice that Adam put a comma in as well. When we swap there is no comma. The sentence becomes 1
part and not 2 parts OK. You see that? Now has the meaning of the sentence changed after the swap? Ss: No
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