Topic  :  adjective / qualities

Instructor: Erica	Level: Intermediate	Students: 9	Length: 30 Minutes

Materials:

A picture of the woman

Flash cards

Worksheet(Positive qualities and negative qualities) (9 copies)

Worksheet(Grammar) (9copies )

Statements paper

word cards(for speed game)

White board, board markers

Aims:

Main aims : Ss will improve their Grammar skills by having students do and understand activities about ‘qualities(adjective)’.

Secondary aims : Ss will use about qualities(adjective) by having Ss fill in the blank worksheet, presenting their opinions in search for a compatible other and speaking on speed-game.

Personal aims :

I want to improve on my eliciting, CCQ delivery skill and time management.

I want to improve CCQ'S and ICQ's

Language Skills:

Listening : Students will listen to the teacher's instruction and classmates' opinions.

Reading : Students will read a worksheet and statements.

Speaking : Students will discuss about Positive qualities and negative qualities of qualities. Students will speak their opinions and explain on speed-game.

Writing : Students will write down their opinions and fill in the blank on the worksheet.

Language Systems:

Phonology : None to discuss

Lexis: vocabulary used in describing people’s personalities and various situations.

Function: describing of qualities

Grammar : usage of adjective

Discourse : Talk to one’s partners about ‘qualities’

Assumptions:

Students already know:

how the class is set up and run

the teacher’s style of teaching and the pace of the course

all students are college graduated (Age 25 and up)

Anticipated Problems and Solutions:

Students may not clearly understand exactly what to do during the preparation time.

□ Teacher can provide clear instruction again and example.

If time is short,

□ Teacher will explain instruction briefly.

If students finish their tasks earlier than anticipated,

□ Teacher will give time for a discussion.

References:

Person to Person 2, Unit 10 “What’s she like?”

Lead-In
Materials: None
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
2min	Whole class	Answer the teacher’s questions and share their experiences.	Hello everyone, how was your weekdays? T : Carroll, do you have the best teacher you have ever had? (Why was he or she so good?) Julia, are you married? What’s your husband like?

Pre-Activity
Materials: Pictures of the girl, Worksheet(Positive qualities and negative qualities), board, flash cards.
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
8min	Whole class Whole class Groups Groups	Listen and answer the teacher’s questions Listen the instruction, write down it on the worksheet. Share each team’s information.	Eliciting Show the picture T : You can see a very sexy woman in the picture. And can you describe the girl’s character? Write down, “She is _____” T: Yes, I guess, “She is _____” ‘She’ is noun, ‘is’ is verb and _____ is ?? Yes, ___ is adjective. An adjective is a word such as `big', `dead', or `financial' that describes a person or thing, or gives extra information about them. Adjectives usually come before nouns or after link verbs CCQ Put the flash card on the board. T; Is this adjective? Put the wrong sentence card on the board. T : Is this sentence correct? No? Correct the sentence T : Is this sentence correct? Yes, good job. Ⅰ.Practice (Positive qualities and negative qualities) Instruction T : Say ad·jec·tive People said ad move here, jec here, and tive here. You are teams. ICQ Do you work as teams or individually? There are a lot of expressions for qualities. Let’s classify into two categories. Take a look, ‘She is smart but conceited’ write down ‘smart’ for positive qualities and ‘conceited’ for negative qualities on the board. Instruction T: Ok now discuss what are positive and negative qualities with your team. I’ll give you worksheets, and I want you not to touch the paper until I say, ‘Do it.’ I’ll give you 2minutes to do it. ICQ What are you going to do? Are you going to touch the paper before I say, do it? How much time do you have? (distribute the worksheet) T : now, begin! Monitoring Give time warning: 1minute left. 30 seconds left. Be flexible with time. Give 1 more minute if they need it. Then come out into the front of class and write down. Share what they wrote. T: good job! Go back to your seat, please.

Main Activity
Materials: Statements paper, Grammar Worksheet, Board, flash cards.
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
15Min	Whole class Individually Individually	Listen to the instruction, write down it on the worksheet. Speaking the answers Listen to the instruction, read the following statements and match. Speaking the answers	Ⅰ. Match Instructions T : If someone says 'When I am in class I don't mind speaking in front of the class.' Um.. I can guess he or she might be confident. Like this, you can guess their qualities after reading some statements. Find out the proper adjectives. ICQ What are you going to do? T : I don't want you to begin until I say 'Let's do it' and I'll give you 5minutes. You'll work individually. ICQ Are you working individually or in groups? How much time do you have? Will you begin before I say 'Do it.'? (distribute the worksheet) T : Ok, do it. Monitoring Give time warning: 3minutes left. 2minutes left. 1minute left. Be flexible with time. Give 1 more minute if they need it. Then, take the turns reading the statements and answering aloud one by one. Share what they wrote. Give one flash card as they answer each. T : You guys did really good job. II. Match Instructions T : Look at the board. There are some statements such as what you read a while ago. I said 'confident' before, so I have a 'confident' flash card. (Read a sentence) and I'll match this to this sentence. Now you need to read the following statements and match the ones to what you have. First, just read and find out the answers for 2minutes. ICQ What are you going to do? How much time do you have? You 'll do it individually. ICQ Are you working individually or in groups? Ok, read them. Monitoring Give time warning: 1minute left. 30seconds left. Be flexible with time. Give 1 more minute if they need it. T: Time's up. Take the turns putting the answers on the board. T: excellent job!

Post Activity
Materials: Job flash cards. Unscrambling cards.
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
5Min	Individually	Listen the instruction, arrange their opinions. Present their work Do unscramble the words.	1. Job suggestion Instructions T : Let’s suppose we are human resource managers. We should suggest one classmate including ourselves for the job. In my case, I’m lazy, sensitive, moody and not hardworking, supportive. So I can't manage to do group working. I might become a outcast. But I’m very creative. I’m good at doing something by myself, I like to make something creative. Because I usually stay up late every night, I think the writer is a suitable job for me. Who would you suggest for the job on the card? choose one and explain using qualities individually. Ok? ICQ What are you going to do? Are you working individually, or in groups? T: Ok, I’m going to give you job cards and 2minutes. And I want you to begin when all you are ready. ICQ Will you begin as soon as you get the cards? How much time do you have? (distribute the cards) Ok, begin! Monitoring Give time warning: 1minute left. Be flexible with time. Give 1 more minute if they need it. Time’s up! Let some students present their opinions. 2. Conclude lesson T: That’s interesting. Great jobs! I didn’t any mistakes. What is it? Good job, Thank you for your participation.

SOS Activities
Materials: Word cards
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
5Min	Whole class groups	Arrange the chair. Explain about words.	I. Speed game. Instructions Move the chair in front of the classroom. (we need one chair.) Pick one player. And make him/her sit down on the chair. T: You are Speakers. Explain the words about qualities to the player. If I have 'greedy', I say 'This word brings up the image of pig.' Yes, It's greedy. Now, It's your turns. You'll have 3minutes. ICQ How much time do you have? What are you going to do? (After ICQ) Ready! Go! Monitoring: Monitor actively and help SS if they need or ask. Give time warning: 2minutes left. 1minute left. 30 Seconds left. 10 Seconds left. (Give them right time warning and make them be on time)