Lesson Plan The Countries of South America By Melva Lamboglia University of Panama Faculty of Humanities English Department Master of Arts in English as a Second Language Lesson Plan The Countries of South America By Melva Lamboglia

Lesson Plan Format Date: November 16th, 2007 Subject: English. Grade Level: 7th graders. Skills: Reading, Writing Macrofunction: Description. Preparing the Learning Setting: Teachers will ask their students for the countries of South America Assessing prior knowledge: All the students will answer wh- questions about these countries such as:

Where is Peru? It is beside Bolivia. What is the capital of Peru? It is Lima. Information of New Topic Teachers will explain about the nationalities and languages of those countries. Reference to previous knowledge Teachers will ask their students oral questions about the topic, to open a map of South America and to answer those written questions using prepositions such as beside, under, and over. http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/samericaquiz.html

Course of Study Objectives At the end of the new class, your students will be able to: Acquire a good pronunciation of the countries, capitals, nationalities and languages of South America. 2. Use those countries in real context.

Learner`s Objectives At the end of this new class, students will be able to: Tell the countries of South America orally. 2. Mention their capitals, languages and nationalities. 3. Identify them on a map. 4. Use them on sentences

Materials You will need. A computer lab. Computers. Access to internet. Methodology Your students will make a brain-storming about the names of the countries of SouthAmerica and where they are located .

Then, you will assign them to go this page : http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/samericaquiz.html and solve a quiz about these countries, using prepositions in English. After they have finished this practice, they will go to the following page:

http://www.vocabulary.cl/Basic/Nationalities.htm and they will listen to the teacher`s explanation about the nationalities and countries. Next, they will go to the Page: http://clic.xtec.net/db/act_es.jsp?id=2740 and will practice identify the countries. Finally, they will go to a page where they can identify the nationalities and countries.

Procedure Teachers´ Activities Students´ Activities Teachers´s will: Brainstorm questions about the countries of South America and where they are located using prepositions: under, beside and over. Students´s Mention the countries of South America in English and tell where they are located using prepositions under, beside and over.

http://www.vocabulary.cl/Basic/Nationalities.htm Teachers´ Activities Students´ Activities 2. Assign a classwork about countries of South America in a specific page. 3. Explain the nationalities and languages. http://www.vocabulary.cl/Basic/Nationalities.htm 2. Open and develop the practice on the web page assigned by the teacher written on the whiteboard. 3. Listen to the teacher´s explanation looking at the visual on a web.

Teachers´ Activities Students´ Activities 4. Assign a written practice about nationalities and languages on Word format . 4. Solve a written practice on Word Format in the computer lab for appreciation.

Teaching the Learner Learner´s Performance (Assessment) Concluding the Lesson Adaptation of Instruction Thank You!