CI Lesson Plan

Teacher/s: Emily Jones and Sophie Li

Level: 3
Date/Time: Tuesday, 4/21/15
Goal: Review vocabulary and grammar points covered in earlier chapters and compare
two similar stores.

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Objectives (SWBAT):
Students Will Be Able To
Review using the present perfect in questions by doing a find someone who activity.
Review vocabulary words by matching nouns and adjectives together after looking at pictures of
defective items.
Appropriately complain about goods and services that they do not find satisfactory through a
role play that requires them to be both customer and sales representative.
Discuss which stores would be better to shop at after looking at real advertisements for
Memorial Day and Black Friday.
Compare two stores using comparatives and (not) asas to decide on their preferred store.
Theme: Getting a good deal
Aim/Skill/Microskill

Preview: review of
past participles in
present perfect
questions

Activity 1:
Vocabulary review

Activity/Procedure/Stage

Interacti Time
on

Find someone who worksheet with questions

about items they have bought/want to buy

SS; SS

10
min.

Linking & Transitioning to rest of lesson:

1.1 Pre-Stage: T reminds students that they

have learned vocabulary associated with
problems with purchases earlier last week.

1 min

1.2. During Stage: T passes out paper with

pictures and asks students to write sentences
with the nouns and adjectives (i.e. The cord is
frayed.)

10
min.

1.3 Post-Stage: T check for correct answers

5min.

Teacher/Peer Feedback and Tangible

Outcome:

Activity 2:
Complaints

2.1 Pre-Stage: Before we reviewed

vocabulary associated with defective or
problem items. Have you ever had to
complain about something you have bought?
What was it? How did you start your
complaint? What did the customer service
agents do or say?

5 min

2.2. During Stage: T introduces the idea of

role playing problems

15min,

Hands out scenario 1 to students (when they

finish, hand out scenario 2)
Groups that finish early should write out their
scenarios and prepare
Transition to wrap
up: So

2.3 Post-Stage: Perform 2 role plays

5min

Teacher/Peer Feedback and Tangible

Outcome:
Talk about pragmatically appropriate ways to
complain and respond; examples given in
class
Activity 3: Pick a
store to shop for
Memorial Day

3.1 Pre-Stage: Have you ever gone shopping

on Black Friday? Why/why not? Does your
home country have big sale days like this?
Can you think of any other holidays where
there are big sales? What are they?
3.2. During Stage: You cant be in two places
at once, so you sometimes need to choose
where you want to go. We are going to hand
out real ads for 2 holidays. Pick the place you
would want to go based on the ads, your past
experiences there, or something else. Explain

5 min.

10 min

your reasons to your group.

2.3 Post-Stage: Go over answers. Write down
any comparisons you hear (-er, etc)/create
comparisons using asas to help them
remember

10
min.

Teacher/Peer Feedback and Tangible

Outcome:
Draw attention to comparisons and the forms
Activity 4: Writing
Activity (Compare
two stores)

4.1 Pre-Stage: Have SS open to p. 123 and

compare two stores that sell the same type of
merchandise

10
min.

4.2. During Stage: T reads the paragraph out

loud. Asks students to underline comparatives
they find in the reading.

5 min.

Hand out the comprehension questions. Go

over as a class.

10 min

Introduce the idea of writing about 2 stores

they know. (pg. 123 # 2)
20min.
4.3 Post-Stage: Writing. Hand out a graphic
organizer similar to the one in the prewriting
activity.
Put people who have finished early into pairs
and do a peer feedback
Teacher/Peer Feedback and Tangible
Outcome:
Collect writing for error correction
Wrap-up

Lesson Plan Evaluation:

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