didactic sequence for should

 DIDACTIC SEQUENCE "SHOULD"

PROJECT ASSESSMENT

  

Title of lesson

Be in shape

By

Monserrat Angulo, Tabasco, Mexico

Student Profile

about 18 years old, Third  Term

Class Profile

25 students, 5 lessons (60 minutes each)

Target Language

Countable and uncountable nouns, comparative and superlatives prior knowledge integration, modal should

Target Content

Being healthy (due to the diabetes and overweight problems Mexico is facing to)

Objectives

a) students will use modal should.

b) students will learn illnesses vocabulary (headache, diabetes, overweight, AIDS, sore throat, earache, toothache, flu, cough, cancer).

c) Students will use prior knowledge (countable and uncountable nouns food vocabulary (salt, sugar, tomatoes, lettuce, meat,..); comparative and superlatives (more nutritive, less fat, richer in vitamins, …)

d) students will integrate structures such as: …too much plain water,... too many candies, … few tortillas; …more fruit than meat,…the richest in vitamin C,…

e) Students will focus on the problem of overweight and diabetes Mexico is facing to.

f) Students will make posters of diet plans and will present them.

Materials

matching cards, diet plan reading, photocopies, crossword puzzle slides, projector, lap top, speakers, abcnews video, board, board markers, roulette about sicknesses.

Source

FUSCOE Kate, Barbara Garside, Attitude Student´s book 2, Macmillan, Unit 3 lessons 3 and 4.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/video/mtv-fat-used-to-be-docu-series-reality-weight-loss-television-show-tv-12502189

 

Procedure

LESSON 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION 4

The teacher will write the words “BE IN SHAPE” in the middle of the board and will circle them. Then She will ask the students which ideas they relate to this group of words. She will draw a branch and will write: “ Drink plain water”. Students will go ahead and write a sentence on the board, by drawing branches too. ( 20  minutes)

 

Teacher tells the students that all of us know all of these things are necessary to reach the goal which is circled: “Be in shape”. So, She says: “ If you want to be in shape, you should ________________________.” Then students will tell her some other examples taken from the brain stormy on the board. Then They will write  3 sentences by using the ideas missing on the board. (15¨minutes)

 

Now students will make teams of 5. You make them count from 1 to 5 in order to get one with one, two with two, three with three, and so on. You play the video about a woman who was overweight. They will tell you what she did in order to lose some kilos. ( 15 minutes)

 

 

Students will take out a set of copies where there are some diet plans to read. The same teams of the class before will gather again and will be assign a diet plan to read. They will find structures and new words.  (20 minutes)

 

After that, one person from each team will get together in order to share what their diet plan was about. (10 minutes)

 

They will answer some activities from a photocopy. In this case students will answer questions about what you should do to be in shape. Grammar structure of should and shouldn’t is explained here ( 20 minutes)

 

In a collaborative way teacher and students are verifying their answers. (10 minutes)

 

 

Teacher comes into the classroom and ask the students  what could happen if we are not healthy. She hopes students to tell her “GET SICK”.  As a result She will stick roulette containing sicknesses vocabulary. She will  ask students to take notes. (15 minutes)

 

Now students are shown a crossword puzzle  slide. They will fill it in. (10 minutes)

 

Teacher will ask them what to do for avoiding the sickness and in the case to get it to cure it  or to control it. All together will make an example on the board. Students  who give a suggestion come to the board and write it. Five people are hoped to pass to the board. (10 minutes)

Example: What should I do for avoiding a toothache?

 

1.- You should brush your teeth after meals.

2.- You should not eat much sugar.

3.- ……

 

Now students will work in teams. They will write suggestions for a very specific sickness the teacher has assigned them. (25 minutes)

 

The half group is being  given a sickness card  each and the other half a remedy each. They must look for the words they do not know. They stand up and find the partners. (15 minutes)

 

Then they will make lines and read their ideas.  (10 minutes)

 

Example:

 

Student A (sickness)            student B (remedy)

   Sore throat                                eat honey.

 

  • If you get a sore throat, you should eat honey.

 

Students answer two copies about the best remedy (20 minutes)

 

At this moment, it is time for assigning the project: (15 minutes)

 

Students will make teams of three.

 

They are going to make a diet plan and present it to the other groups. They will suggest the students to eat healthy in order to avoid diabetes and overweight. They must make some brochures containing information about the problem Mexico is facing to and give healthy suggestions.

 


Describe your project in 1-2 paragraphs. Discuss the content, language and skills you expect students to acquire, as well as any additional benefits. Be sure to include how the project is appropriate for teens, how it fosters autonomy and authentic language use, and how it enables students to use Integrated English skills:

 

Students will make a poster in any kind of material except “bond” paper. They will make an original diet plan,  they need to say what the diet is mainly based on,  what should you eat for each meal, how long  you should follow this plan, etc.

 

It is expected to integrate the unit content (too much, too many, a little, comparatives and superlatives, and modal should). They will give suggestions to others on what to do in order to keep in shape. They have to read (do research about diet plans), write (design their own one), listen (because they have to listen to the other classmates diet plans), speaking (because they have to present it to others).Culturally talking they will realize how important it is to have good healthy habits (there are too many overweight and diabetic youth in Mexico).


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