Gabriela Constantin-Dureci Fall 2019

CEP Lesson Plan Template

Week 5: Friday (Class 15)

Teacher/s: Gabriela Constantin-Dureci & Charmy Park

Level: Intermediate 2 (Life 4, Chapter 5-8)
Date/Time: October 25th, 2019 (Friday), 10:00-11:00

Objectives:
Students Will Be Able To…
1. Talk about preferences  using I’d rather/I would rather…
2. Give reasons

Theme: Living space  Extension: Housing

Aim/Skill/ Activity/Procedure/Stage Interaction Time

Microskill
Activity 1: Purpose/objective/focus:
Speaking/
- expressing preferences
Grammar
- giving reasons

o Pre-stage:  activate SS schemata 20

mins
In the first hour of class, SS have been familiarized with housing-
T-SS
related vocabulary. S-S
S-SS
This activity targets SS’ ability to talk about their preferences
regarding different housing options. This will be implemented by:
1. showing them images of different type of houses (projected
on the PowerPoint slide)
2. asking them to describe the image(s)
3. asking them which housing arrangement they prefer

Structure: T-SS
- show images extracted from the magazine Traditional Home S-SS
(authentic material) S-S + S-SS
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- ask SS to describe the images T-S + S-S

- ask SS to choose the image they prefer ~ pair/group work 
share with the class
- ask SS why they chose that image
- collect SS answers and write them on the board
- recast/reformulate some SS answers using “would rather”
(e.g., So, you’d rather live in a more traditional house) T-SS
15
S-S
mins
o During stage:  grammar explanations S-SS
- ask SS to talk about their preferences using the structure
“would rather”
- Explain form (would rather vs ‘d rather; question formation;
negative)
- Explain use T-SS
20
S-S mins
* Ask SS questions about their own preferences. Follow up with S-SS
why questions.

o Post-stage:  SS practice the structure “would rather” to

express preferences
This stage targets SS’ ability to spontaneously talk about their T-SS
preferences using the structure ‘would rather’. This will be practiced
through a fluency line.
- SS will talk in pairs and answer questions using the structure
“I would rather” T-S
- SS will ask follow-up questions to each other

Structure: T-SS
- give SS instructions about the exercise: Now, we will do some
oral practice with this expression. You will work in pairs. We
will do two lines, that way, you can talk to a few people. How
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are you going to do this? I will ask you all a question and
then you will have to answer it for your partner using the S-SS
structure ‘I would rather’. T-SS
- model with the help of a student: Let me give you an example.
X, can you practice with me? The question is: ‘Do you prefer
sunny bedrooms or dark bedrooms?’ How can you answer, X, S-S
using ‘I would rather’? S-SS
- tell SS that they should ask follow-up questions as well: But
we’re not going to just say one sentence, okay. So, after your
partner replies, ask them a follow-up question, yes? Let’s see
what some follow-up questions can be. X, so you said: ‘I
would rather live in a dark bedroom’. (to the class) What are
some follow-up questions we can ask?
- collect SS answers about possible follow-up questions
- tell SS to get up and form two lines: Okay, great. Now, all of
you get up. Let’s form two lines here. Remember, we’re
practicing talking about preferences. Make sure both of you
have a chance to speak.
- SS practice
- SS report back

* Questions to be projected on the slides for the SS during the

fluency line:
- Do you prefer living in an apartment or a house?
- Would you rather have a more modern house or a more traditional
house?
- Do you prefer living by yourself/with your family or with
roommates?
- Would you rather live near the mountains or the sea?
Wrap-up Assign Homework for this Unit/Ongoing Project (writing  T-SS 5 mins
SS-T
presentation)
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Each student will get assigned a type of housing from around the
world.
They will have to do research and write a 150-250 text
about that particular type of housing. They will submit
the first draft (lesson 16), which will be returned with
feedback (lesson 17). Then, they will submit a re-write
of their initial text incorporating the feedback (lesson
18). Finally, they will prepare an oral presentation
(lesson 19).

This section is mandatory

1. Materials:

- PowerPoint
- Magazines (Traditional Home)
- assigned types of housing for Unit Project (homework)

2. Anticipated Problems & Suggested Solutions:

- (problem) The pre stage might take longer than 20 minutes

 (solution) Teacher can take a more directive position.
- (problem) Students might not know what type of follow- up questions they can ask.
 (solution) Teacher can model for them.

3. Contingency Plans (what you will do if you finish early? need to cut LP? etc.):

- If the LP is too short, the post stage can be extended.