Listening Lesson Plan

Millionaire

Instructor :

Hyuna Chung

Materials:

- 4 Worksheets : survey, word, text, Q-A (15 copies each)

- 3 pieces of paper & 1 small box

- Listening CD & CD player.

- Picture of the winners in lottery

- Board markers. White board

- OHP

Aims :

- To understand the meaning of new words & pronounce them

- To improve listening & reading & comprehension ability by text.

- To improve speaking & writing by discussing with group

Language Skills :

Reading : all of worksheets

Listening : the text & T`s instruction & Ss speech

Speaking : pair working & group discussion

Writing : Q-A of sheets

Language systems :

Phonology : Practicing new words

Function : Statement with IF

Discourse : discussion

Assumption :

Ss are already know

- what is the lottery

- how the class is set up

- the teacher`s style of teaching and the pace of course

Ss are mostly active

Length :

50 minutes

Students:

12

Level (Age):

Advanced(17~18)

Anticipate Errors & Solutions :

Ss may not be able to follow the passage easily

- Follow the task-feedback circle : let them listen to the track again until they get the gist

Ss may not be able to pick up details from the listening

- Chunk the listening (pause-play-pause-play)

Ss may not be enough time to complete the lesson

- Assign 'Pair work' task as a homework assignment.

Some Ss may finish the main tasks earlier than others.

- Give them homework worksheet, 'Make sentences inserted new words'

References :

- American Headway 3, Unit 8."Just imagine"

- Tesol the text file

- Jim Scrivener, 'Learning Teaching'(2009) - Macmillan

Pre- activity
Material : Board markers. white board, picture, worksheet(survey) OHP
Time : 3 min 8 min	Set up : Whole class	Procedure : Hello everyone, how are you? (Show a picture) What is it? How do they look like? Why do they laugh? (Elicit the important qualities & write 'Lottery' on the board) Have you ever bought a lottery ticket? How was it going? Survey & Make a graph Instruction Let`s imagine what you should do if you win in a lottery! Walk around in the middle of room and ask Q to your classmates as many as possible and write his/her name in worksheet. Demonstration (Show the picture through OHP) For example, if Sam should buy a car, write his name here! I`ll give you 5 minutes. CCQ What do you have to do? How many Ss do you have to ask Q? How much time do you have? (T also participate) Give time warning : 30 second left. (T makes a graph on board) Feedback Who wrote the most names in first option of your sheet? (Mark a dot in a graph. Same for 2nd option ~ 5th) (T checks the result with Ss) OK! Today, we will listen to the story of some winners in lottery. Before listening, we will learn some new words

Pre Teaching - essential words
Materials : Word worksheet, OHP
Time : 5 min	Set up : Whole class Individual Pairs Whole class	Procedure : Words Instruction (Show the picture through OHP) The words in A are from the text. Match them with their meanings in B and draw the lines. Demonstration Look at 1st word,'linked' Where is the meaning of it? Right. It`s 'connected.' So draw the line like this. Work on your own. I`ll give you 3 minutes. CCQ Do you work alone or together? How much time do you have? Do you know how to match the words? (Monitor discreetly. Give a hint to Ss if they ask Qs.) Give time warning : 30 sec left. Check the answer with your partner! Feedback Let`s check the answers together. What did you get for 'withdrew'? (check all the answers orally with the Ss) Ok! Now, let`s start listening our text, 'Millionaire'!

Main activity
Materials : CD & CD Player, Text worksheet, Q-A worksheet, OHP
Time 3 min 6 min 10 min	Set up Whole class Individual Pairs Whole class Individual Pairs Whole class	Procedure : 1. Listening for the gist (general understanding) (T writes 'How is millionaires going?') Instructions Listen carefully thinking this Q! CCQ What are you supposed to do? (Play CD without stopping) Feedback Did you listen well? How is millionaires going? (Ss answer) 2. Listening for details - fill in the blanks Instructions We`ll listen again. (Show the worksheet through OHP) This time, fill in the blanks with right answers. Refer to phrase box below. CCQ What are you supposed to do? To find answers, what should we refer to? (Distribute worksheet) (To give time to find out the answer, play CD with chunk (pause-play-pause-play)) Are you finished? Check the answers with your partner! Feedback Let`s check the answers together! What is the answer of Q number 1? (Same for 2nd Qs to 8th ) (Share different answers with Ss) 3. Listening for details - Q & A Instructions (Show the Q-A worksheet through OHP) In this worksheet, there are 5 Qs. Read all of Qs before listening and then turn over the text worksheet not to see it. Put your pencil down. Don`t write As. CCQ What are you supposed to do? Are you OK to see the text worksheet? Are you OK to write As? (Distribute Q-A worksheet) Read all of Qs! (Ss read them) Listen carefully to find out the As (Play CD without stopping) Write As on your own. I`ll give you 3 minutes. CCQ Do you write alone or together? How much time do you have? (Monitor discreetly. Give a hint to Ss if they ask Qs.) Give time warning : 30 sec left. Check the answer with your partner! Feedback Let`s check the answers together. (T calls a student`s name) What is the answer of Q number 1? (He/she tell the answer) Do you have any other idea? (Same for 2nd to 5th Qs)

Post-Activity
Material : board markers, board, 3 piece of paper, 1 small box
Time : 15 min	Set up : Whole class Groups Whole class	Procedure : 1.Discussion & Presentation Instruction There are 3 pieces of paper in a box. There is one Q in each of them. Each a group has to take a role (T explains below writing "Picker, Writer 1, Writer 2, Presenter" on the board) Picker - come out and pick up one piece of paper. Writer 1 - write down Ss `opinions Writer 2 - come out and read Q Presenter - come out and do presentation Choose which role you take! (T Vanishes ) Picker, come out and pick up one piece of paper. Discuss Q each group! I`ll give you 5 minutes. CCQ What do you have to do? How much time do you have? (Monitor discreetly. Give advices if they ask Qs.) Give time warning : 30 sec left. (After group discussion, writer 2 & presenter of each group come out and play their roles.) 2. Close Giving Homework Write one sentence for each word you learned today Did you enjoy today? How did you feel about "millionaire"? Well done? See you next time!

S u r v e y

If I am a winner in a lottery,	Name
I should
1. buy something
2. go on a spending spree
3. save money
4. travel all over the world
5. dominate
6. etc

New Words

The words in A are from the text. Match them with their meaning in B & draw lines

B

took out

having no money

get rid of s/d

an unexpected sum of money you receive

attractive,vinviting

following s/d to get sth from them

doing with a lot of freedom & enjoyment

being sane

A

hounding

dumped

withdrew

windfall

spree

sanity

broke

tempting

Millionaire

Nearly all of us have fantasized about winning the big prize in a lottery. We dream about what we would do with the money, but we rarely stop to think about (1)_______!

For most of us, our way of life is closely linked to our economic circumstances. The different parts of our lives fit together like a jigsaw-work, home, friends, hobbies, and sports make up our world, This is where we belong and where (2)________. A sudden huge windfall would dramatically change it all and smash the jigsaw.

For example, most people like the idea of not having to work, but winners have found that without work there is no purpose to their day and no reason to get up in the morning. It is tempting (3)_________ in a wealthy neighborhood, but in so doing, you leave old friends and routines behind.

Winners are usually advised not to publicize their address and phone number, but charity requests and begging letters still arrive. If they are not careful, (4)_________ on lawyers' fees to protect them from demanding relatives, guards to protect their homes and swimming pools, and psychiatrists to protect their sanity!

Winners who lost it all

There are many stories about people who couldn't learn how to be rich. In 1999 Abby Wilson from Lake City, Minnesota, won $14million on Powerball, and it brought her (5)__________. She immediately went on a spending spree that lasted for four years and five marriages. She is now broke and alone. "I'm a miserable person," she says. "Winning that money was the most awful thing that happened to me."

Then there is the story of William Church, 37, a cafeteria cook from Boston. He won the Massachusetts lottery, but it turned out to be (6)__________. Three weeks after winning, he dropped dead of a heart attack, brought on by ceaseless hounding from the press, the public, and relatives, after his $3.6million win was made public.

Winners who survived

For some people, the easiest thing is to get rid of the money (7)___________. Jim Calhoun, a seaman from Canada, won $2million, and blew the money in 77days. He withdrew thousands of dollars a day from the bank and handed it to former shipmates and strangers in the street. On one occasion, he handed out $150,000to homeless people in a Toronto park. Later he said he had no regrets about his wasted fortune.

Michael Kovaleski was the biggest lottery winner at the time when he won $40 million in the Illinois lottery. It has taken him years to get used to the changes in his life. "I couldn't have done it without my family," he says. "There were so many lies about me in the press. They said I had dumped my girlfriend, bought an island in the Caribbean, and become a drug addict. All wrong." His fortune has been divided (8)___________

A final thought

When you next buy a lottery ticket, just stop for a minute and ask yourself why you're doing it. Do you actually want to win? Or are you doing it for the excitement of thinking about winning?

a. his unluckiest bet

b. to move to a bigger house

c. we feel at home

d. among all the members of his family

e. what the money would do to us

f. as soon as possible

g. most of their money will be spent

h. nothing but misery

Q-A

1. In what way is our life a jigsaw? How does a windfall smash the     jigsaw?

2. How can money be wasted?

3.What  the winners to lost it all?

4. What made Jim Calhoun happy?

5. How has Michael survived?

Group Discussion

1. How would you answer the Qs in the last paragraph of the text?

2. What advice would you give to someone who has a lot of money?

3. What makes us happy?