Lesson : English Grade : 5 Unit : 10 Subject : Revision of can, have got/ has got, like Topic : Cartoon characters Level : Beginner Age: 11 Duration: minutes Approaches and Methods : Communicative Language Teaching Techniques :Fill in the blanks, group work, role play Expected Errors: Use of have/ has got and do/does with the wrong subjects. Overgeneralizing ‘-s’. Subject-verb agreement mistakes. Corrective Feedback: Recast

Graham Crookes and Richard Schmidt : Motivating students into the lesson : At the opening stages of the lesson, it has been observed that remarks teachers make about forthcoming activities can lead to higher levels of interest on the part of the students.

Seeing the pictures of the characters : Spreading activation

Cedric and Chen are classmates. One day, they go back to their homes from school together. On the way, they see a park and they sit on a bank at the park. Cedric :

Chen, I am very happy. Tomorrow is Saturday. It is cartoon day. Yes, it is Cedric. I am excited. I love cartoons. Who is your favorite cartoon character ?

My favorite cartoon characters are Superman, Brainy Smurf, Tom and Jerry. Oo ! Can you describe them? What do they like ? What have they got ?

Superman is a very clever hero. He has got super powers. He is very fast and strong. He can fly and He can hear very well. He has got blue clothes and a red cape. He loves helping good people, but he doesn’t like bad people.

And Brainy Smurf is very smart. He has got blue body and large glasses. He loves giving advice and reading books.

Tom is a stupid cat. Jerry is a clever mouse. Tom doesn’t like Jerry. He likes eating mouse and fish. He likes following Jerry. Jerry likes eating cheese and ıt doesn’t like Tom.

Who is your favorite character Cedric? My favorite charatcers are Bugs Bunny and Tweety and He-man.

Tweety is a little, pretty bird. It has got big feet, blond body and blue eyes. It loves singing. It doesn’t like cats. It can fly, but it likes sitting in the cage.

Bugs Bunny is a clever and a happy rabbit. It has got two big ears and teeth. It likes eating carrots. It can change the reality. It loves hopping.

He-man is a hero. He is strong. He has got the power. He likes god people. He doesn’t like bad people. He can fight very well.

Our favorite cartoon characters are very different and they have got different things andpowers. Let’s watch them together tomorrow.

Oooww ! Really ? I am very pleased, Chen. Then, see you tomorrow.

See you tomorrow, Cedric.

Use of cartoon characters as the topic : Schema theory Teacher’s reading aloud at first: Teacher talk Pronunciation

Grammatical forms given in a story : Connectionism Transfer appropriate processing

Use of visual aids : Learning styles Affective filter hypothesis Comprehensible input Enhanced input

Practise Fill in the blanks. 1.Superman ________________ superpowers. 2. Brainy Smurf___________ giving advice. 3. Tom ______________ Jerry. 4. Tweety can________but it ________ sitting in the cage. 5.Bugs Bunny __________carrots. 6. He-man is a ________. He _____________ the power. 7.Superman _________fly and_________hear very well. 8. Superman____________bad people. 9.He-man ________________good people. 10. Jerry _________________cheese.

Use of fill in the blanks exercise : Focus on form. Checking the grammatical forms’ accuracies.

Completion game Students make groups of 4. Each group is given the characteristics of one cartoon character in scrambled sentences. There are different sentences or phrases or just a word for each group member.At first, together they will put them in the order and then combine the pieces, form sentences and find the character together. Then they will read it to the class and ask who the character is. Other groups will try to guess.

Use of completion game : Graham Crookes and Richard Schmidt : Cooperative goals rather than competitive ones Cooperation and interaction among the learners.

Practise: Information Processing

Production : Work in pairs. Create a short story similar to the story at the begining of the lesson. In the story, each person will describe one of his/her own different favourite cartoon character different from the story at the begining of the lesson. Then, act it out in front of the class.

Production : Interaction hypothesis Noticing hypothesis

PROPOSALS FOR CLASSROOM TEACHING Get it right in the end

POSSIBLE ERRORS & CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK Use of have/has got with the wrong subject: S: It have got blue eyes. T: It has got blue eyes Use of do/does with the wrong subject S: What do it like? T : What does it like ? Recast will be used :

Overgeneralizing ‘-s’ S : Bugs Bunny can changes the reality T : Bugs Bunny can changes the reality Subject verb agreement mistakes : S : It like eating carrots T : It likes eating carrots