A1-A2 Unit One Lesson 1D Things in the classroom

In this lesson you will learn the names of some things in your classroom, write a profile of your teacher and explore types of errors students often make. You’ll work on these areas of language. Overview A1-A2 Pronunciation- word stress in compound nouns Lexis- personal information Constructions- SVO statements Sentence grammar- wh- questions (present tense markings) Discourse- linking words - and, but, also Functions- find out personal details Speaking- ask and answer questions Listening- listen for specific details Reading- use notes as an aid to speaking Writing- taking useful notes You’ll focus on these skills today. After completing this lesson, you should be able to:

Ask for personal information and make notes of the answers people give you. Write a personal profile using your notes. Identify types of errors you can make in your writing. Understand the symbols in a correction code your teacher will use for your written work. Objectives

Language Review Some students were making a poster with useful language for display in their classroom. Unfortunately, the two halves of the items for the poster got mixed up. Work with a partner. Put them back in the right order. How do you say Japanese, please? How do you write that on the board? How do you pronounce I’m late? Could you understand. Can I have ‘bom dia’ in English? I’m sorry you spell that? Ask and answer it. Can you write the questions? Don’t speak a pen, please? Sorry, I don’t repeat that, please? Write 5 words you think your classmates will not know. Say the words. Ask questions about the words you hear. Divide the class into larger groups. Choose a ‘leader’ for each group. The other students in the group make bingo grids. Use numbers between 80 and 100. Example Leaders call the numbers at random. Mark the numbers on your grid you hear.

Things in the classroom Before you start Work with a partner. Write the names of these things. 1.a rubber 2.a desk 3.a waste bin 4.a pen 5.a chair 6.a handout 7.a notebook 8.a mobile phone 9.a whiteboard 10.a pencil case 1.a rubber 2.a desk 3.a waste bin 4.a pen 5.a chair 6.a handout 7.a notebook 8.a mobile phone 9.a whiteboard 10.a pencil case Listen to your teacher say the names of the objects. Interrupt if you’re not sure of how to spell the names of the objects. Sorry... How do you spell ‘whiteboard’? Check your spelling. Practice saying the items. Look around the classroom and add more words to your lists. Compare your words with your partner. Match each instruction to one of the objects a.Sit down, please. b.Use coloured pencils. c.Write this down. d.Rub it out. e.Please dispose of that. f.Write it on the board. g.Put it in your bag. h.Read this, please. i.Make a note. j.Sit in groups, please. a.Sit down, please. b.Use coloured pencils. c.Write this down. d.Rub it out. e.Please dispose of that. f.Write it on the board. g.Put it in your bag. h.Read this, please. i.Make a note. j.Sit in groups, please. A rubber goes with rub it out…that’s an easy one… I think! Yes, I’m sure it’s right…a desk…mmm? Check as a class.

first names surname from age nationality favourite colour brothers or sisters lives plays likes doesn’t like wants My teacher’s name is Joanna Susan Jones. She’s from Nottingham in England but she lives in Busan in Korea. She likes reading in her free time and she loves the sea. She also loves classical music. Her favourite colour’s blue, the colour of the sea. She plays tennis at the weekend and doesn’t like rain. She’s got one sister-Emma back in England. She wants to learn to play the violin well. Language in context More things in the classroom! What’s probably the most important thing in your classroom? Work in groups. Write questions to find out this information. Interview your teacher. What do you like? Example The sea… I really love the sea. What else do you like doing? In my free time… when I have any… I Iike reading a lot. Work in the same groups. Write notes. Joanna Jones reading-likes the sea-loves What can you remember? Check your information. Ask more questions. How do you spell ‘tennis’? Is that double ‘n’? Write a profile of your teacher. Use this example to help you. Show your teacher your profiles.

Writing A personal profile Work with a partner. Interview each other. Take notes. Use these questions to help you. What are their names? Examples What else do you like doing? Zifan Yang, 15 from Shenzen, China mountains-loves technology-likes Ask more questions if you can. Write a profile of your partner. Use the profile of a teacher to help you. Give your teacher your profiles. My partner, her name is Zifan Yang. She’s Chinese. She come from the Shenzan in the China, where she live there with her mother and father. She has fifteen and an only child. Her father’s name, it is Chaoxiang and her mother she is Ju. They both teechers at scool in city centre. She like very much play computer game and the shopping too. But she love mountain also. She don’t like TV. Her favourite colour is green. Green is colour of mountain. She want to be IT engineer in the future. What’s your full name? Where are you from? Where do you live? Who do you live with? What do your parents do? What do you like doing in your free time? What about something you don’t like? What’s your favourite colour? Why do you like it? What about the future? Work as a class. Find as many errors as you can in the profile.

Writing Correction Code Your teacher will use a code to help you correct the errors in your writing. 1.I play bingo now. 2.He’s from the Hong Kong. 3.I like very much football. 4.He’s from china 5.I am an English estudant. 6.Her name Tanya. 7.Is of the Russia my brother. 8.She like the colour blue. 9.My teacher’s name’s James. 10.Her school is on the city centre. a.Word missing b.Word not necessary c.Word order d.Wrong structure e.Agreement f.Wrong word g.Punctuation h.Spelling i.Wrong preposition j.Try again! Λ the WO T AG WW P S Prep TA ABOUT LANGUAGE Learning from your errors Everyone makes errors! Your errors are an essential part of your learning. For example, this sentence has three types of error which are useful for the student to know. She come from the Shenzan. The first is a grammar error. ‘She’ means the verb ‘come’ needs an ‘s’. The second is also a grammar error, but this time of a different type. ‘Shenzan’ is the name of a city. These are not usually marked with an article. The third is a spelling error. Shenzhen is spelt with an ‘e’ not an ‘a’. It also has an ‘h’. Sentences 1-10 each have one error in them. Work in teams. Find the errors. Write the sentences again. Work as a class. Match a description from a-j with each of Here are the symbols your teacher will use. Make sure you keep them in a useful place.

Today you… Checked how to say and to spell the names of objects in your classroom. You also checked your understanding of some classroom instructions. Constructed some questions and used these to find out personal information. You wrote a profile of your teacher and one of a classmate. Corrected your profiles and identified different types of errors. You were presented with a correction code your teacher will use to help you with your written work. HOMEWORK IDEAS Rewrite your profiles after you check for errors. Interview another person and write a profile of this person. Give your written work to your teacher. Use the symbols on your work and think about how you could change things. Keep an ongoing record of errors you make often. HOMEWORK IDEAS Rewrite your profiles after you check for errors. Interview another person and write a profile of this person. Give your written work to your teacher. Use the symbols on your work and think about how you could change things. Keep an ongoing record of errors you make often. A2-B1 Unit One Lesson 1c