Date: 26.03. 2009

Level: Pre - Intermediate

Class: I B

Time: 10:45 - 11:30

Overall aims: Students will learn how to write an announcement in order to write an announcement in order to inform about an action.

Assumed knowledge: Students already know vocabulary connected with the topic.

Stage	Activity (Procedures)	Objectives	Interaction pattern	Time	Materials	Anticipated problems and solutions
Engage	T writes on the bb “protest, march, demonstrate, campaign” and elicits from ss if the words are nouns or verbs. Then T explains the meaning and writes the forms	To catch ss' attention ; to introduce the topic	T <-> SS	5 min	bb	Ss may still confuse forms; T may have to separate them on the bb and write clear distinction in a form of a chart
Study	T shows ss pictures of social campaigns from the previous lessons and asks ss to read the announcements in the cb. T asks ss to state which issues the announcements are dealing with and describes with ss important features of an announcement	To introduce the form of an announcement	T <-> SS	10 min	Pictures taken from social campaigns course book	-
Study	T asks ss to complete an announcement in their workbooks (p. 72) and to match parts of an announcement	To make ss familiar with the form of an announcement	Individual work T<-> SS	5 min	course book,	Some ss may confuse vocabulary; T may have to pay more attention if ss are correct in their guesses
Study	T gives a handout to ss with announcement of a real protest from Santa Monica; Ss are asked to complete the protest with suitable words	To present ss authentic announcement	Individual work S <-> T	4 min	Handout (1)	Ss may find difficult to pronounce names; T may have to ask ss to repeat them chorally or individually
Activate	T asks ss to write slogans to different global problems according to activity 4, p. 72	To practise writing	Individual work	6 min	workbook	Ss may confuse some forms; T may have to indicate and correct each mistake and write correct forms on the bb
Activate	T once again elicits from ss a form of an announcement. T writes a pattern on the bb and elicits from ss ideas against what can we protest. All ideas T writes on the bb and prompts ss with more ideas. T asks ss to work in pairs and to choose a topic and to write an announcement.	To practise writing an announcement	T <-> SS S <-> S (pair work)	15 min	Bb, notebooks	Ss may not have many ideas; T may have to prompt them. Ss do not have at school access to the photos or colorful papers; T may have to assign only to write the text of an announcement at school

Homework : Ss are asked to decorate and finish the visual side of an announcement.

Evaluation:

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