1. Adapting Materials: Preparatory
Ice Breaker: Can you catch the ball?
Ask me a question!
Ice breakerThrow ball and Ps ask T a question about herself

2. Adapting Materials: Preparatory
What I would like to know about you!
Elicit show of hands and direct oral response

3. Mixed Ability Workshop: Preparatory
Is it important to write a lesson plan? Why/Why not?
Do you usually write one?
Pairwork: discuss

4. Adapting Materials: Preparatory
Unit 5 Lesson 5/6 Spiders and Mosqitoes
Ps guess the letters

5. Adapting Materials: Preparatory
Unit 5 Spiders and Mosqitoes
I hate flies So do I. They’re dirty.
I don’t mind spiders Neither do I. They’re useful.
I’m afraid of rats So am I. They bite.
I’m not afraid of mice Neither am I. They don’t bite.
I like horses I don’t. They’re too big.
Ps guess the letters

6. Adapting Materials: Preparatory
Unit 5 The Natural World Lesson 7 Spiders and mosquitoes
Target language:
Skills:
Recycled language:
Linguistic aims:
Materials:
Preparation:
Adapting Materials: Preparatory
Ps guess the letters

7. Adapting Materials: Preparatory
Warmer/warm-up
Involve all the class
Review relevant
vocabulary/structures
Be enjoyable!

8. Adapting Materials: Preparatory
Presentation:
Present the grammar in an interesting way and elicit the rules by asking questions

9. Adapting Materials: Preparatory
Practice:
In a controlled and guided way. That means altogether!

10. Adapting Materials: Preparatory
Consolidation:
In a freer and more autonomous way

11. Mixed Ability Workshop: Preparatory
Interview with Hanan and Nawar
How long did it take to get the pupils into a routine of pair work?
Was it easy at first?
What is good noise?

12. Adapting Materials: Preparatory Pair work… Includes all pupils actively Allows all pupils to practice the target language Develops pupils’ ability to work independently Builds confidence and self-esteem Develops pupils’ ability to co-operate with others Allows the teacher to assess if all he pupils can do the task Is an enjoyable activity!

13. Adapting Materials: Preparatory
When adapting the course book, remember!
Follow a lesson plan
Use realia, flashcards word cards
Involve as many pupils as you can all the time
Break the course book lesson into bite size lessons
Use pair work whenever you can
Plan your instructions and make them clear