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Natashazengoral
Natashazengoral
November11,2015
INTR619
Dr.Seaman
OralLessonPresentation:Whatdoeshelooklike?
Context:
Middleschoolstudent(8th)atWenYuanmiddleschoolinZhuhaiCity,China.
ThisisafirstclassmiddleschoolinGuangdongprovince,alsooneofthenationalmodelschoolsof
GuangdongProvince
StudentshavereceivedoverfiveyearsofEnglisheducationandcanbeclassifiedasintermediate
student.
[WIDAlevel=Developing]
Duration:70minutes
Focus:
Objectives:SWBAT(StudentWillBeAbleTo)
SWBATtousedefinitebe+of+mediumheight/buildmodeltodescribepeople.
SWBATtowriteashortdescriptionofpeopletheyknow.
SWBATtolearnhowtodescribeone'shair(length+shape+color)
SWBATtouseisandhascorrectlyindescribingpeople.
WarmupActivities:(10minutes)
1. Sendingstudentsnametagsandhavestudentswritetheirnamesonthetags
2. ShowapictureandaclipofapopularChineserealityshow
RunningMan,
askstudentsifthey
knowwhoarestarringintheshow.
WatchaYouTubeClipofRunningManseasonthree
andpassalongavocabularybooktolet
studentswritedownthewordstheydontunderstand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd687UXPh4A
3. Basedonthevideoclip,studentswillpairupandthenwriteonetotwosentencesofdescription
ofthegueststartheylike.Thenhavethepartnerguesseachothersfavoriteandaskcouple
groupstoshareittotheentireclass.
4.
Presentations:(25minutes)
1. Askstudentstocomeupwithadjectivestodescribepeopleandgivethemexamplessuchas:Fat,
thin,short,tallandetc.
2. Explaintostudents:
be+of+mediumheight
Heisnottallorshort.
Heisofmediumheight.
[ha
t]Height
['mi
d
m]Medium
be+of+mediumbuild
Sheisnotheavyorthin.
Sheisofmediumbuild.
3. Learningabouthowtodescribehairandintroducenewvocabularies.
length[le]:shorthair,longhair,bald
shape[
e
p]:straighthair,curlyhair
color:redhair,blackhair,blondehair,brownhair
4. Exercise#1Matching.(7minutes)
Matchthewordswiththepeopleinthepicture.
5. Exercise#2Fillintheblanks(Usinghasoris)
Inthisexercise,theteacherwillfirstshowthreemodelsabouthowtouseisandhasinsentences.
sb.+is+
tall/short/ofmediumheight
sb.+is+
heavy/short/ofmediumbuild
sb.+has+
hair
Thentheteacherwillaskstudentstoanswerthequestionsinfrontoftheclassandhavethem
explainwhytheychooseisorhas.
He___talland___longhair.
She___ofmediumheight,andshe___curlyhair.
She___veryshort,andshe___verythin.
He___straighthairandhe___heavy.
She___longstraightredhair.
Answer:ishasishasisishasishas
Break:5minutes(Providesnacksandrefreshment)
Practice:25minutes
1.Introduceamodelforstudentstopractice
Describeone'shair(length+shape+color)
Thentheteacherwillsay,
Justnow,we'vetalkedaboutsomestars,nowlet'stalkaboutthepeople
aroundus
Whatdoeshelooklike?
Whatdoesshelooklike?
3.Writeapassagetodescribeoneofyourteachersandthenreadittoyourdeskmate.
MissChenisourmathteacher.Doyouknowher?Whatdoesshelooklike?Letmetellyou.
Example:MissChenisofmediumheight,andsheisofmediumbuild.Shehaslongstraightblackhair.
Shelikessmilingbutsheisstrictwithusinmath.Sheisbeautifulandsheisverypopularwithus.
Ending
:Review+Homework(5minutes)
Review
:
Areyousatisfiedwithlooks?Howcanwebecomemorebeautiful?
WatchingaYouTubeclipbyonedirection:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJO3ROTA4E
[OneDirectionWhatMakesYouBeautiful]
Homework:
Havestudentspickoneofthethreecharactersfrom
RunningMan
andthenwriteashort
passageabouthim/her.