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Aims: To introduce the adverb clauses of time and learn how to use them in verbal interaction. Students will become familiar with the conjunctions used in adverb clauses of time (after, before, when, while, since until, as soon as, by the time, every time, whenever). Students will use a variety of adverb clauses and verb tenses in summaries and conversation.
Language Skills: Listening : Teachers instruction, explanation, and class discussion, You tube video Speaking : Drilling, practicing, and group working Writing : Individual work sheets Reading : Charts, Individual work sheet
Language Systems: Grammar : Adverb clauses of time Function : Making a group ski plan and presentation Discourse : Group talking , presentation skills Assumptions: Students already know : Past and present and future tenses, adjective clauses, conjunctions How the class is set up and run
Students may confuse position of the adverb clause Lead them to remember where the adverb clause fits in the sentence Students may confuse verb tenses when they use adverbs. Lead them and remind them of correct tenses by having them notice in sentences. Students may need more time to work on the summary and ski holiday plans. If it takes longer than limited time, and I will add an additional few minutes.
References: Understanding and Using English Grammar, Azar, Hagen How to teach Grammar, Thornbury http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVQZ_oUwsbw : Warren Millars Flow State Official Trailer
Lead-In Materials: You Tube Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVQZ_oUwsbw : Warren Millars Flow State Official Trailer. Students are asked to listen to the video and write down parts of the sentence that starts with when, before, or after. Time 15 Set Up Whole class Student Activity Teacher Talk PRE-ACTIVITY instruction Greeting. Lesson Topic on the board. Engaging students attention asking some questions. Students watch and listen to the You tube video. Students listen specifically for the words when before, and after. demonstration Hi everyone. How are you? Show the You Tube video- Students are asked to listen for the adverb conjunctions (before, after, when, whenever, since) in the you tube video. What was the video about? When I talk about my skiing experience, I use adverb clauses to demonstrate the proper use in the present tense. Whenever it snows, I think about skiing. Before we start lets watch the video again. Have you ever been skiing? Great. So lets study the adverb clause and when its used in a sentence.
Pre-Activity Materials: 1 ADVERB CLAUSE Lesson PlanCHART Presentation Time 15 Set Up Whole class Listening. Participating in the learning by answering questions from the teacher. Student Activity
1. When you use adverbs like before, what verb tense will you use? A. The present tense. PRACTICE Form & Drilling
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Less Controlled Practice Students work together to provide a short summary of the The Skiier text. instruction Give Skier Story and a picture to each group.
Post Activity/PRODUCTION Materials: Pictures Time 30 Set Up Group Student Activity Teacher Talk PRODUCTION PHASE Free Practice instruction Students working in small Divide students into groups of 3. groups to plan a ski trip. They will work together to plan a ski They will produce a short trip to either the report on where they will be Rockies, the Alps or the Andes going and what they need mountains. They will report on what to bring for the trip. they should bring, where they will stay, how they would get there. They are encouraged to use as many adverb clauses as possible. Whole class One member of the group will read the plan to the class. Working together Are you finished with your plans? Could you each group share the ski trip plan with the rest of the class. Wrap up: Today we talked about the adverb and the adverb clause and how it can link different ideas. Thank you to everyone for working so hard. Have a great day. See you on the ski hill!!
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Lesson Plan Presentation Practice Production Based Practice Exercises: Adverb Clauses of Time
Work Sheet #1 Directions: Combine the ideas by using either as soon as or once. (As soon as and once basically have the same meaning. but as soon as is more immediate. Often, just is used with as soon as to emphasize the idea of "immediately": I'll call him just as soon as I get home. 1. The taxi will get here in five minutes or so. Then we can leave for the airport. As soon as the taxi gets here, we can leave for the airport. 2. The steak will be done in about ten minutes. Immediately after that, we can eat. ___________________________________________________________ 3. First, I have to graduate. Then I can return home. ___________________________________________________________ 4. Winter will come and the weather will be cold again. Then we can start skiing every day after class. ___________________________________________________________ 5. My roommate walked into the room. Immediately, I knew that something was wrong. ___________________________________________________________ 6. Your English will get better. Then you will begin to feel more comfortable living in Canada... ____________________________________________________________ 7. Immediately after the singer finished her song, the audience burst into applause. ____________________________________________________________ 8. I'm watching a ski race on TV, but it will be over in a few minutes. Then I'll take out the garbage. ____________________________________________________________
Work Sheet # 2 Directions: Complete the following sentences. Please rewrite the whole sentence. Punctuate carefully. Pay special attention to verb tense usage. 1. Since I came to.... ____________________________________________________________ 2. Just as I was falling asleep last night.... ____________________________________________________________ 3. I'll help you with your homework as soon as I.... ____________________________________________________________ 4. I was late. By the time I got to the airport.... ____________________________________________________________ 5. One of my friends gets nervous every time.... ____________________________________________________________ 6. I will be here until I.... ____________________________________________________________
Then, when Afel was twelve years old, the next thing happened. One day he was watching the TV at his uncles house. His uncle had a big TV, with all the satellite channels. Afel was watching one of the satellite channels. A program came on with mountains of snow! Lots and lots of it. And not only snow there were people flying across the snow. They looked like strange animals, like fantastic birds. They had hats which covered all their heads and big goggles over their eyes. They wore brightly-coloured clothes. And on their feet, they had things that looked like strange shoes. What are those? he asked his uncle excitedly. Skis, replied his uncle, And those people are called skiers. Afel was in love! Here was the snow, and here were people who were flying across the snow. It was just like one of his dreams. It was perfect. At that moment, he decided. He wanted to be a skier. He asked his uncle what the program was he was watching. The Winter Olympics, said his uncle. Its like the normal Olympics, but for sports where you need snow skiing, ice skating, bobsleigh, those sorts of things. They have it every four years. Afel found out that the next Winter Olympics was in Sochi, Russia, in 2014.
Perfect, he thought. Enough time for me to become a fantastic skier. Then Ill go to the Winter Olympics, and win the gold medal for skiing. But theres no snow here! people told him. Where are you going to ski? Afel didnt care. He made himself a pair of skis from two pieces of wood. He tied them to his feet and practiced skiing holding two sticks in his hands. At first he couldnt move, but he practiced and practiced and practiced until he could move quite quickly across the sand or the earth where he lived. He tried to fly down the hills like the people on TV, but he couldnt. He could only move slowly. Never mind, he thought. Its a start... How will you go to the Olympics? people asked him.