TEACHER: VITTORIO DI BONAVENTURA

1 LEVEL: PASSAGES 1
SCHEDULE: SABADOS 1 – 5 PM

UNIT 09 - SESSION 1

STAGE PROCEDURE AIMS TIME & INTERACTION

To engage students in the topic and prepare 20'
Language Project
them for the grammar point to be taught. Open class
Teacher asks Ss to think about some majority they don’t feel they To get students interested in the topic. 3'
Lead in
are part of. S-S-S
Ss discuss whether or not they like to “go with the flow”. They To provide students with all the necessary
complete exercise on page 72-5A. words to complete the activities successfully.
Introduction of 7’
Pair Work. Feedback on the TV.
Vocabulary SS-SS
Afterwards they use the learned vocabulary to describe three
famous people.
Ss read the Starting point on page 70-1A. They discuss about the To provide students with the new grammatical
facts and decide who they have more similarities with. Afterwards structures.
Introduction of 10'
they complete part B using the information on part A.
Grammar T-WC
Then Ss match the following clauses:

-M (Elicit from Ss): Clauses and phrases to show contrast and To clarify MFP of TL.
exception. To prepare Ss for the next task.
-F (Elicit from Ss): While, Unlike and In contrast to are used to show
contrast with another sentence. Except that/for/for the fact are 5'
Clarification
used to show an exception. Open class
While the typical Italian finds school boring (Sentence showing
contrast), the typical Japanese doesn’t.
-P (Drilling)
Ss rewrite some of the sentences in exercise on page 71-3B,C. To check students' understanding of the 10'
Controlled Practice
grammar point. S-S
Pair Work. To allow students to check and compare 5'
Feedback
Feedback on the board. answers with their classmates. S-S
Ss discuss about the following topics using the learned structures To give students the chance to personalise the
and practicing with different pairs. target language.
*Sports, Traditions, Customs, Holidays, Vacations, Careers, etc. 15'
Freer practice
E.g: St. A: While all my friends love baseball, I prefer soccer. S-S
St. B: I prefer baseball, except for the national league which is
boring.
WCFB. To provide students with delayed error 5'
Feedback
Delayed Error Correction. correction where necessary. T-WC
UNIT 09 – SESSION 2
 TEACHER: VITTORIO DI BONAVENTURA
2 LEVEL: PASSAGES 1
SCHEDULE: SABADOS 1 – 5 PM

STAGE PROCEDURE AIMS TIME & INTERACTION

Ss listen to exercise on page 72-6. Afterwards they create sentences To refresh student's knowledge about the 20'
Review
using the learned structures. grammar point taught previously Open class
Teacher asks Ss to discuss in pairs what some common problems To get students interested in the topic. 3'
Lead in
they usually have are. S-S-S
Ss complete exercise on page 74-2. To provide students with all the necessary
Introduction of 7’
Pair Check words to complete the activities successfully.
Vocabulary SS-SS
WCFB.
Teacher asks Ss to read the Starting Point on exercise 1. Ss underline To provide students with the new grammatical
Introduction of 10'
all the expressions that talk about things that were habits in the past structures.
Grammar T-WC
(Elicit would and used to).
-M (Elicit from Ss): To talk about habits in the past. To clarify MFP of TL.
-F (Elicit from Ss): For conditions that existed in the past (Used to). To prepare Ss for the next task. 5'
Clarification
Would is used for habits, except for stative verbs. Open class
-P (Drilling) Highlight pronunciation of would.
Ss complete exercise on page 75-3B To check students' understanding of the 10'
Controlled Practice
grammar point. S-S
Pair Work. To allow students to check and compare 5'
Feedback
Feedback on the board. answers with their classmates. S-S
Ss write about themselves using the model of the previous exercise. To give students the chance to personalise the
15'
Freer practice Afterwards they post their compositions in the classroom and they target language.
S-S
decide who has changed the most.
WCFB. To provide students with delayed error 5'
Feedback
Delayed Error Correction. correction where necessary. T-WC