ICELT LESSON PLAN FORM Electronic Version

Name of teacher: Darío Alejandro Rico Candidate Number:

Institution: Universidad Santo Tomás

Date of Observation: DAY MONTH YEAR __21st __ 11___ ___2013

Time of observation Length of class2-4 p.m 1.30 hours

Class/grade: English I Room: 204A

Number of students: 12 Average age of Students: 17

Number of years of English study (students):3

Level of students

Elementary Intermediate AdvancedLesson Number

1 2 3 4Language Item:

THERE IS/ARE

There is/are is used to describe places

+There is a living room/ There are 2 gardens- There isn’t a bed/ There aren’t any terraces? Is there a garage?/Are there any sofas?

Aims:By the end of the lesson students will be able to:

• Students will be able to describe a place using there is/are.• Students will be able to describe their homes.• Students will be able to buy and sell a house.

Personal aims:

• To master the use of technology for teaching• Lessen TTT

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Materials :Pearl trees, hot potato, youtube videos, forums,voice thread.

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Rationale

Profile of learners:• describe ages and language level

They are university students who are studying their first semester of law . They are in average 17 years old. Most of them have studied English in their high school and just two have not studied English in high school.

• outline linguistic and affective needs

- This group shows an average level of A1.2. Most of them a high level of proficiency for the level and just two are behind. This is their last class of the day, so they are tired, sleepy and with rush to go home early.

• explain how learners’ needs relate to aims of the lesson

-Describing their homes will make see that the language they use is something in real.

Anticipated problems

Students will not understand the meaning of There is/are

Planned solutions

Teacher will explain that they should be not worry to translate it but to understand that this grammar structure is to describe places.

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Stage Aim ProcedureTeacher and student activity

Time and interaction

Tutor’s comments

Warm-up

Grammar presentation

Controlled practice

Outcome

Communication presentatio

Students will be introduced There is/are

Students will identify the function and structure of this grammar item

Students will practice the grammar tense

Students will talk about their home

Students will see how to buy and sell a house

Student will see a video of there is/are http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kromzLibag. Based on this video, they will start using there is/are in pairs.

Students will see the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kromzLibag. After seeing they will answer some questions about the function and structure of this grammar item.

Students will practice through Pearl trees this tense in the different forms, affirmative, negative and interrogative.

Students will talk about their homes in a forum. In this forum, students will comment each other post.

Students will listen a conversation of how to sell a house and they are going to do the listening

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Outcome Students will buy and sell a house

activity.

Students will enact a home purchase through voice thread.

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