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Taller Didáctico 2009 Prof. Gladys Baya Solis, Yohana Planning #1 2nd draft Unit 9: Superhuman
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Book: Adventures – Elementary, Ben Wetz, Oxford o
Unit 9 (p. 93 – 100 Student’s book)
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File 9a
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Estimated level: Elementary
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Estimated Age: 14/15 years old
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Number of Students: 25
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40 minute lesson
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Assumed knowledge: Simple Present: Affirmative, Negative and Interrogative. Vocabulary items related to parts of the body. Vocabulary items related to activities.
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Cognitive Objectives: By the end of the lessons, students will be able to identify characteristics of a superhuman. They will be able also to activate previous knowledge on parts of the body.
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Affective Domain Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to recognize virtues, which can be considered of super humans, in every human being, allowing the respect for diversity and the awareness of their own virtues.
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Motorskill Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to develop a mind map
Warm-up (5 min)
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Stick the image on the wall covered by another piece of paper
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Divide the class in groups
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Allow them to ask YES/NO questions in order to guess who the character is
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The first group that gets it wins a point (To be added to the “Weekly Box Score”1)
Introduction to the topic (5 min)
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Ask the following questions:
Weekly Box Score: teams for Team work will be assigned weekly and the score jot down on a poster on the wall. At the end of the week, the winning team will get a prize (either candies, or choosing the reader for the following week, or being the teacher’s helpers for the week)
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Taller Didáctico 2009 Prof. Gladys Baya Solis, Yohana Planning #1 2nd draft
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Is Superman human?
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Are there any other superheroes with superpowers?
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Are they human?
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Do you know any Superhuman?
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What do you thing the term Superhuman refers to?
Write the title on the board
Activation of vocabulary (7 min)
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Class brainstorming and teacher’s elicitation of parts of the body connected in a mind map on the board (make sure to use colour chalks/markers)
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Take some minutes to explain some important items of mind mapping2
Pre reading (3 min)
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Turn to page 93, Students’ book , and ask the following questions: •
Is the girl on the picture a superhuman? Why?
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What other characteristics can be considered of a superhuman?
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Which parts of the body are necessary for a superhuman?
Reading (15 min): Inspiration (p.94 Students’ Book) -
Before reading, look at the picture on page 94 and try to guess what the text is about.
Global: Read the text and check if your predictions were right.
Specific: Read the text again and answer the questions on Ex 2.
Answer checking 2
http://members.optusnet.com.au/charles57/Creative/Mindmap/
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Taller Didáctico 2009 Prof. Gladys Baya Solis, Yohana Planning #1 2nd draft
Incidental teaching moment: good at + ing
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Write down the example on the book
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Elicit from the students examples of things super humans are good at...
Superhumans Grant is good at painting Example 1 Example 2
Post reading (5 min): Class discussion: What are you good at? What’s your own characteristic of a superhuman?
Homework: Find out characteristics of a mind map and apply the concepts so as to create a mind map with the characteristic that identifies your super human’s characteristic
Appendix
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Taller Didáctico 2009 Prof. Gladys Baya Solis, Yohana Planning #1 2nd draft
A. Image for Warm up:
(Poster size)
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Taller Didáctico 2009 Prof. Gladys Baya Solis, Yohana Planning #1 2nd draft
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Taller Didáctico 2009 Prof. Gladys Baya Solis, Yohana Planning #1 2nd draft