Unit;6;It’s;raining!.docx

Unit;6;lts;raininglunit6it'sraining>languagegoalsinthisunitstudentslearntotalkabouttheweatherandtalkaboutwhatpeoplearedoing.newlanguagewhatareyoudoing?i'mwatchingtvwhat'shedoing?he'splayingbasketball.what'sshedoing?she'scooking.whataretheydoing?they'restudying.how,stheweather?it'sraining.sectionawritethequestion,whatareyoudoing?ontheboard.readthequestionandasktheclasstorepeatit.thenactoutanactivitystudentsarealreadyfamiliarwith,pointtothequestionandhavestudentsrepeatit.answerthequestionusingthetargetlanguage.forexample,youmightpretendtobereadingabook,playingsoccer,playingtheguitarorwritingyourname.whentheclassasks,whatareyoudoing?,youanswer,i'mreadingabook,andsoforth.1athisactivityintroducesthekeyvocabulary.focusattentiononthecitiesinthepicture,ask,whatstheweatherlikehere?iftheycan'tanswer,supplytargetlanguage.pointouttheexampleconversation,asktwostudentstoreadthedialoguetotheclass.say,nowworkwithapartner,makeyourownconversationsabouttheweatherinthesefiveplaces,asthepairstalk,movearoundtheroommonitoringtheirwork,offerlanguageorpronunciationsupportasneeded.askseveralpairstopresenttheirconversationstotheclass.2athisactivitygivesstudentspracticeinunderstandingthetargetlanguageinspokenconversation.pointtothefourpictures,askstudentstotellwhateachpersonisdoingineachpicture,forexample,thisboyistalkingonthephone,thismanisplayingbasketball,supplyvocabularywordsasneeded.playtherecordingthefirsttime,studentsonlylisten,playtherecordingasecondtime,thistime,askstudentstolistentotherecordingandnumberthepictures1through4toshowwhateachpersonisdoing,correcttheanswers.2bthisactivityprovideslisteningpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.pointoutthelistofnamesandthelistofactivities.askadifferentstudenttoreadeachlisttotheclass.say,nowiwillplaytherecordingagain,thistime,pleasematcheachnamewithanactivity,writetheletterofanactivityinfrontofeachname,pointoutthesampleanswerfornumber1.playtherecordingandhavestudentsfillintherestoftheanswers.,correcttheanswers.2cthisactivityprovidesguidedoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.callattentiontothefourpeopleinthepictureinactivity2a.askstudentstosaysomethingabouteachperson,guidestudentstousethewordsandphrasesplayingbasketball,cooking,ivatchingtv,andplayingcomputergames.pointoutthesampleconversationinthespeechbubblesandhaveapairofstudentsreadittotheclass,say,nowpleaseworkwithapartner,makeconversationslikethisone.talkaboutthepeopleintheipictures,asstudentsworkinpairs,movearoundtheroommonitoringprogressandofferingassistance,ifneeded.asksomepairstopresenttheirconversationstotheclass.3athisactivityintroducesmorekeyvocabulary.callattentiontothefaces,askstudentstopointtoanddescribeeachfaceusingwhatevervocabularytheycan.helpstudentstoidentifyhoweachpersonisfeeling,forexample,askastudent,lookatthisface,isithappy?isitunhappy?thenpointtothefourwords,saythewordsandaskstudentstorepeateachone.useyourtoneofvoiceandfacialexpressionstoreinforcethemeaningofeach,addyourownsimpleexplanationsofwhateachonemeans.forexample:notbad.thismeanssomethingisnotverygood,butit'salsonotverybad.it'sinthemiddle.afterthat,askstudentstomatcheachnumberedphrasewithafacebywritingtheletterofeachfaceintheblankinfrontofthecorrectphrase.asstudentswork,movearoundtheroomansweringquestionsasneeded.checktheanswers.3bthisactivityprovidesoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.pointouttheconversationinthelargepictureandasktwostudentstoreadittotheclass,askstudentstoexplainwhathow'sitgoing?means,(itissimilartohowareyou?orhowiseverything?)askstudentstopracticetheconversationinpairs.movearoundtheroommonitoringtheirprogress.thencallattentiontotheexampleinthesmallspeechbubbles,havetwostudentsreadittotheclass.say,nowwellchangesomeofthewordsandmakeourownconversations,wecanuseourownnames,wecangivetrueanswersorwecanmakeupanswers.askpairsofstudentstomakeuptheirownconversations,movearoundtheroomofferinglanguagesupportasneeded.asksomepairstopresenttheirconversationstotheclass.4.thisgameprovidesoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.sayznowlet'sworkinpairsagain,onestudentlooksatthepictureonpage85andtheotherlooksatthepictureonpage87.pleasedon'tlookatyourpartner,spicture.say,eachpicturehasthesamepeopleinit,buttheyaredoingdifferentthings,taketurnstalkingaboutwhatthepeoplearedoinginyourpicture,ifiamstudenta,iwillsay.inmypictureitissunny,guideoneofthestudentsbstorespond,inmypictureitisraining,asstudentswork,movearoundtheroom,monitoringprogressandofferingassistanceasneeded.sectionbnewlanguagemorewordsusedtodescribeweatherxold,hot,cool,warm,humidadditionalmaterialstobringtoclass:weathermapfromanenglishlanguagenewspaperlathisactivityintroducesmorekeyvocabulary.focusattentiononthefivepictures,askstudentstotellwhattheweatherislikeineachplace,iftheycan.ifnot,supplythewordandasktheclasstorepeatit.sayasentenceortwoabouteachkindofweather,it,scoldinthispicture,isitcoldheretoday?pointoutthenumberedlistofwords,sayeachoneandaskstudentstorepeatthewordsagain.thenaskstudentstomatcheachwordwithoneofthepicture