INTERMEDIATE LEVEL LESSON PLAN

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL LESSON PLAN

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL LESSON PLAN Date: ______________ Title             :  ____________ Grade level  :  ____________ 1.    Goal Students will increase their familiarity with conventions of telephone conversation. 2.    Objectives a.       Students will comprehend a simple phone conversation (played on a tape recorder) b.      Students will identify who the participants are, what they are going to do, and when c.       Students will comprehend and produce necessary vocabulary for this topic d.      Students will comprehend cultural and linguistic background information regarding movies, theaters, and arranging to see a movie with someone. e.       Each student will ask someone to go to a movie with him or her and respond appropriately to a reciprocal request. 3.    Materials and Equipment a.       Tape recorder with taped conversation b.      A telephone or toy facsimile c.       Eight different movie advertisements d.      Movie guide page for extra class work 4.    Procedures / Activities 1.    Pre-listening The teacher places a phone on the front table. It will be used later. To point the students’ thinking in the right direction for this lesson, we will start off with the following “model” phone conversation on tape. Its purpose is to set up framework for the lesson 2.    Listening to the tape The teacher plays the tape recorder 3.    Listening Activity T: My friend Debby is going to call me in a few minutes. Of course, you won’t hear Debby talking to me. You’ll just hear me, right? I want you to listen carefully and try to figure out two things; a) what does Debby want to do?, b) When? Ok, listen for what Debby wants to do and when. (Pause. The phone rings) T: Hullo? Gap 1 ___________ T: This is Karen. Gap 2 ___________ T: Oh, hi, Deb, how’re you? Gap 3 ___________ T: The movies? (Look at watch) When? Gap 4 ___________ T: um, OK, this afternoon’s fine. Whadda ya wanna see? Gap 5 ___________ T: Well, I’ll only go to Batman if it’s a bargain matinee Gap 6 ___________ T: There is? One o’clock? Great! I’ll meet you there. ‘Bye. Now, you’re going to hear the same phone call again. This time, try to figure out three things: 1.      What movie does Debby suggest? 2.      Am I willing to pay full price? 3.      Does Debby tell me I will have to pay full price? 4.    Post-listening Activity Teacher passes out eight different movie ads to eight students. Teacher puts a second phone on the front table. T: Ok, everyone with an ad, please come up to these phones. S1 has newspaper ad for a movie. She will call S2 and ask him to go to that movie with her. Be sure to arrange the following things in your phone conversation (write these on the board) 1.      What movie? 2.      What time? 3.      Which theater? The students come up in pairs and have very short phone conversation to arrange going to a movie together. If there is not time for each to come to the front and use the phones, pairs can work on their conversation at their desk. 5.    Evaluation Observe the students soliciting and receiving information from activities. Then, ask them to do in pairs have a phone call conversation. The evaluation is based on the appropriate responds.