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Methods II – LCB TTC 1st Lesson Plan Alejandra de Antoni 2009 Coursebook: English in Mind 1 (Cambridge) Number of students: 25/30 Level: Intermediate Estimated Age: 14/15 years old Time available: 40 minutes Teaching point: giving and asking for advice (should) Aim: by the end of the lesson, students will be able to notice (understand) the use of should for giving and asking for advice (this will be checked when the students are asked to analyse the use of should in the song). Materials: the coursebook (page 112) and the song “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” by The Clash

Warm up (5 min): Hangman: the teacher writes a “secret” sentence on the board for the students to guess. Once the game is over one of the students will be asked to read out the sentence and the other students will have to perform what it says. The sentence is: “Let’s open the book on unit fourteen.” Reading (20 min): Pre-reading (5 min): students are asked to do exercise A. Once they finish, the teacher asks them what tourists ‘should’ do in Argentina so as to be welcomed by the local people. So she starts eliciting answers by asking them ‘it is a good idea for tourists to learn some Spanish before coming here? ‘Should they study Spanish before coming?’ (In this way, the T introduces should to the students and exposes them to its use). While-reading (5 min): students are asked to read the quiz and match the customs with the countries. Post-reading (10 min): students are asked to compare their answers with a partner to see if there are any differences. Finally, the teacher plays the dialogues (exercise C) for the students to check their answers. Listening (15 min): Pre-listening (5 min): the teacher plays only the first two lines and asks the students if they can imagine what the song is about and asks them to provide some ideas. While-listening – Global – (5 min): students listen to the song once and check their predictions. While-listening – Specific – (3 min): students are given a printed copy of the lyrics but with some words missing. The students listen to the song again to complete it. Depending on the time left, the teacher can write the missing words on the board for students to be able to complete it more easily (if the students are not given the words, they will probably need to listen to it for a third time so as to have time for deciding on the spelling on the words and

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Methods II – LCB TTC 1st Lesson Plan Alejandra de Antoni 2009 writing them down. To avoid this third listening, the teacher can stop after each gap to give students enough time to write the words). Post-listening (2 min): finally, the students are asked why they think the writer of the song decided to use “Should.” Should I stay or should I go? The Clash Some words are missing. Can you write them while you listen?

Darling, you got to _____ me know Should I stay or should I go? If you ______ that you are mine I'll be there till the _____ of time So you got to let me know Should I stay or should I go? I'll always tease, tease, tease You're ______ when I'm on my knees One day is fine and the _____ is black So if you ______ me off your back Well, come on and let me know Should I stay or should I go? [Chorus:] Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be ________ And if I stay it will be ________ So come on and let me know The _________’s bugging me If you don't want me ________ me free Exactly who I'm supposed to be Don't you know which ________ even fits me? Come on and let me know Should I cool it or should I blow? Cloze Key: Darling, you got to let me know Should I stay or should I go? If you say that you are mine I'll be there till the end of time So you gotta let me know Should I stay or should I go? I'll always tease, tease, tease You're happy when I'm on my knees One day is fine and the next is black So if you want me off your back Well, come on and let me know Should I stay or should I go?

Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double So come on and let me know The indecision’s bugging me If you don't want me set me free Exactly who I'm supposed to be Don't you know which clothes even fits me? Come on and let me know Should I cool it or should I blow

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Methods II – LCB TTC 1st Lesson Plan Alejandra de Antoni 2009

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