Listening Lesson Plan
Title : The Birthday Present
Instructor: Yoo-Jin Bae(Olivia)	Level: Intermediate	Students: 8	Length: 25 minutes

Materials:

-    Whiteboard, board markers

-    Picture#1, Picture#2 to elicit ‘Birthday’

-    Text #1 : 10 copies(8 copies for each student + 2 extra copy)

-    Worksheet #1 (checking comprehension): 10 copies(8 copies for each student + 2 extra copy)

-   Worksheet #2 (for discussion) : 4 copies(3 copy per 1 group(2.2.3) + 1 extra copy)

Aims:

-  To be familiar with key vocaburaly through the teacher's explanation and C.C.Q

-  To be able to get the main idea by skimming the reading text and answering a guiding questions.

- To improve scanning skill by checking the comprehension

- To improve speaking and listening ability through discussing with group members about their ideas.

- To gain understanding sentences by reading the text, worksheets and group discussion instruction.

Language   Skills:

-  Reading : reading the checking comprehension worksheet form

-  Listening : the teacher's presentation, intsruction, demonstration / other students' speaking in discussion

-  Speaking : storytelling their ideas with group

-  Writing : answering Worksheet#1(checking comprehension) / taking notes of group discussion

Language   Systems:

-   Lexis : words and idioms that is used to describe their thoughts and feelings about birthday, words and idioms that is covered in the textbook.

-   Grammar : past tense/present tense (In the group discussion time, Students will talk about their experiences and their wish-list of their own birthday)

-    Phonology : practicing vocabulary"shovel"

Assumptions: Students are-

-   used to work in pairs/small groups

-   interested in birthday situation

-   most students have their own memorable birthday present they received

-   have expectation on their birthday

-   know how to skim and scan

Anticipated   Errors and Solutions:

-   Students may not understanding the words

→ Explain by gesturing 'shovel'

-   There may be time left at the end

→ Students may share other students' memorable birthday present and their wishes of future birthday.

-   If time is short

→ Cut post activity discussion short and ask one students of each groups(each group member is 4) to answer the discussion

References:

-   refered to the handed out printer

-  refered to www.timestesol.com/sbMm.php?pgNm=beslp

Lead in

Materials: picture#1 , picture#2 , white board& board marker (write class itinerary on the left side of the board : date, vocabulary, text reading, comprehension task, cartoon, discussion)

Time:   3 min

Set   up:   Whole class

Procedure:

〈Greeting〉

Hello everyone! How are you today? How's your weekend?

〈Eliciting〉

- Shows two visuals to elicit the 'birthday'

What is he feeling? (surprised)

And when do you always receive a cake? (birthday)

Yes!

- Introducing today's topic :

We are going to discuss about birthday present today.

Pre-activity

Materials:   Whiteboard, Board markers

Time: 3 min

Set   up:  whole class

Procedure:

1. Vocabulary

Before reading the text, let's learn about major vocabulary to help you understand the text.

* shovel

a) Presentation

( Write "Shovel" on the board.)

- When we have a lot of snow in front of my house, do you need to get rid of snows? (Yes) Yes, you need to get rid of snows. You need to shovel snows.

- Repeat after me "shovel"

- When you move to live in very cold area and you will see snows blocking the path, will you make a path by moving the snow away? (yes) Yes, you will shovel snows to make a path.

- When you move some stuff to somewhere with quick and rough, we call it 'shovel'.

b) C.C.Q

- I saw lots of snows blocking my front door. Do I need to shovel it? (Yes) What should I first do to open the door? (shovel snows)

Main Activities

Materials: Text #1 / Worksheet #1(checking comprehension) / Whiteboards, Board markers

Time: 6 min

Set   up: Whole Class

Procedure

I. Skimming Questions

Instruction

Now. I wil give you a text.

you hqve 2 minutes to read.

Read individually and quickly..

I.C.Q

Do you read with your partner?

How much time do you have?

(Pass out the text and run the task)

We have 30 seconds left

Do you need more time to read?

(If yes- give 30 secons extra reading time

if no - have students share their ideas with their partner.)

What kinds of anniversary do they have?

Procedure

Ⅱ. Scanning

Instruction

Teacher shows a worksheet and uses gestures/words to demo what to do.

Teacher clearly points out students should only check answer a) or b) they think may be right.

Now you will have a worksheet.

There are comprehension checking question.

You have only a) and b) choice. You need to check one of them.

Write your answer after reading.

Work individually first. and then swith with your partner.

who is your partner?

I'll give you 2 minutes.

I.C.Q

How much time do you have?(2 mins)

What do you do?

Are you working alone first? (yes)

After you finish your answer. can you share with your partner?(yes)

(distribute Worksheet #1)

Monitoring discreetly.

Time warning before 30 seconds left.

After you are finished with answering you can check with your partner.

Do you need more time?

(If yes- give 30 seconds extra reading time

if no - have students share their ideas with their partner.)

Post   Activity

Materials:  Worksheet #2(discussion) / whiteboard and boardmarker

Time:   15 min

Set   up:  Whole class

Procedure

Ⅰ. Follow-up

Instruction

Do you have any experiences on birthday? What did you feel? Let's talk about our memorable birthday or our future birthday. What do you like to receive on your next birthday? Also, what would be happen after the Joe give the onion smell coat to his wife ? Make a creatable story of the dialogue. Use 5 bullet points while making up the story.

Talk about given questions with your group.

Also make 5 bullet points for #2 question to make a creatable story.

Demonstration

Draw 5 bullet points on the white board.

Do you remember this point?

Think about creatable exciting story with your partner.

You have 8 minutes.

ICQs

What are you supposed to do?

Who are you working with?

How much time do you have?

(distribute Worksheet #2(discussion))

Set   up:  Groups

Procedure

Monitoring discreetly.

Give time warning: 1 minute left.

Do you need more time?

(If yes- give 30 seconds extra time

if no - have students share their ideas with everyone.)

Set   up:  Whole Class

Procedure

Share the creatable and fun story of each group to whole class member.

If having time to spare, pick one student whose story of #1 was the most interesting and have her story to whole class by turns.

(Give clear feedback to every opinion of students.)

Set   up:  Whole Class

Procedure

Ⅱ. Conclude lesson

Homework

Make sentences with these vocabularies.

- shovel, dump, sister-in-law,  throw into

It's time to wrap up. We talked about "The Birthday Present"

Did you enjoy it?

Teacher reviews any language errors noted (use white board)

*  Picture #1

*  Picture #2

*  Worksheet #1 (checking comprehension)

The Birthday Present

Complete the sentences. Circle a or b.

1. Joe is looking for a present for his wife because

a. she is in a hospital.

b. her birthday is in two days.

2. Joe buys the expensive coat because

a. he loves his wife.

b. he doesn't know what she likes.

3. Joe puts the coat in a black plastic bag because

a. he doesn't want the coat to get dirty.

b. he doesn't want his wife to notice it.

4. Joe doesn't see the garbage truck because

a. he is in the house.

b. he is shoveling snow.

5. The coat smells like onions because

a. of the place the coat put

b. Joe's wife is baking foods.

*  Worksheet #2

Discussion(In Groups)

1. Talk about your experiences similar to the text.

- Do you have any memorable birthday present that you received or some happening that occurred in birthday?

- What do you like to receive on your birthday? Write down your wish-lists of future birthday.

2. Make a creatable and funny story following the text we read.

After she got the onion smell coat, what would she do?

(use 5 bullet points for the story.-5W1H)