Universidad Catlica de la Santsima Concepcin

English Teaching Programme

Unit 3 My Level Date: May 8th, 2017 Length: 90 min Pre-service Teacher: Pamela Garay M.
Neighborhood

jkbhgggbzshAims: Students will be able to comprehend specific ideas such as common places, from a patterned-text about the neighborhood.
Learning Outcome: Students use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand meaning.
Ref Planes y Programas: OF CMO, AE

Assumed knowledge: High-frequency words like there is/are and my. Content words like hospital, football court, grocery store and park. Aids
Whiteboard, Paper,
markers, tape,
projector, book (pock
version for every
student), color pencil
Stages Procedure Instructions Time Interaction
What am I going to do? What am I going to say? Strategy T-Ss;Ss-Ss;etc
What are students going to do? (min)
Pre The topic is presented to the Ss. We have been working a couple of To build background 7min T-Ss
classes with different vocabulary about
our neighborhoods and what can be
found in them.
In this class we are going to do a little
something with all those words you
have heard during the last classes.

T-Ss
Write-storming will be performed between T Please take a pen/marker from your (Brainstorming.) Its 8 min
and Ss. A piece of paper will be handed to pencil cases. objective is to elicit
every student where they will write the words Write down in these papers one word previous knowledge. The
they know/identify from a picture projected on you remember related to the written version of this
the board, then tape it to the board along with neighborhoods. strategy allows the students
the rest of their teacher and classmates ideas. You have 2 minutes. to come up with their own
After, the repeated words are put together while Now could you please come by fours ideas instead of repeating
revising their pronunciation and spelling. and tape your papers to the white- what is said in a regular
Words that are missing are also checked. board? Thanks! barnstorming activity.

T introduces the Reading Strategy, Visualizing, What do we have here? (Teacher T models the strategy to Ss
explaining that good readers often visualize, or organizes the words by following the showing them how can be
make pictures in their mind, as they read. Ss commands). used for a better
Readers often use what they already know understanding.
about a topic to make the pictures in their mind.

Procedure Instructions Objectives Time

What am I going to do? What am I going to say? (min)
 What are the students going to do?

While Introduction of the book

T shows the Ss the covers of the book asking the Today we are going to read a book all Ss start recognizing the 3 min T-Ss
student to read the title together. together. These are the front and back book before reading it,
covers and this is the title, could you helping them to get familiar
all read it aloud please? Use your with it.
inside voices but make it sound clear,
okay?

T reads the book to the students modeling To model the strategy and 15 min T-Ss
pronunciation and emphasizing the content words language.
known or unknown, houses (page 4), streets (page
5), library (page 8), fire station (page 9), grocery
store (page 10), and bakery (page 11).

Post T asks Ss to make a list of the words they knew and

Guys and girls! Make a list of all the To focus Ss attention in 10 min T-Ss
the ones they learnt from the book. words we covered, including the ones content words.
from past lessons.
T asks Ss to draw a map like the example shown Now take this paper, use your colors Ss product will allow them Ss-Ss
and using the list of words tag the places drawn. and draw a map you know from your to identify the words using
neighborhood or a neighborhood you pictures and examples.
would like to live in.

T asks Ss to hang their maps on the wall. Use the tape to tape it to the wall and To surround them with their
then sit down. We will check all the arts allowing the Ss to share
arts a little before the bell rings. the experience of the
project.

T and Ss talk about the use of strategies like How do you think visualizing worked T gets to know Ss feelings 2 min T-Ss
visualization and how did it work for them. for you? towards the use of
Would you use it again? strategies.

Ok everybody, thanks for your

participation and great job!

POST LESSON COMMENTS :

How did the lesson come out in relation to what you have planned? Refer to: aims, anticipated problems, time, students motivation, organization, setting up
tasks.

What would be the aspects you need to improve in the planning and development of future lessons?

Adapted from University of Sussex