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Taller Didáctico 2009 Prof. Gladys Baya Solis, Yohana Planning #1 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 the lesson, students will have engaged in group activities that allowed them to move from their desks to foster pair work.
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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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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Ask the following questions: •
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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Stick to the board 2 larger copies of the picture in the book
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Divide the class in 2 groups and sit them in a line
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One member of each group will come to the front and write the name of one part of the body next to the number, once he is back to the line, another student will come to the front.
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The first group that finishes correctly will win a point
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.
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Answer checking
Post reading (5 min): In pairs discuss if you know any other case of super humans?
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
Homework: Find out pictures of super humans and bring them to class in order to create a poster.
Appendix
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Taller Didáctico 2009 Prof. Gladys Baya Solis, Yohana Planning #1
A. Image for Warm up:
(Poster size)
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