1. How would you plan a Communicative English class for the primary students?

Your
lesson plan should follow the given format.

i) Choose a topic related to communicative English (eg. Dialogue/ Role play etc)
ii) Mention the age group / level the lesson is suited for
iii) Mention the duration of the lesson
iv) Your lesson plan should have (a) a warmer (b) details on how to set a context (c)
The lesson formulation in details (d) recapitulation through am activity.

Name of the Teacher Neha Goyal

Date - 1-11-2019

Age Group Class VIII

No of Students – 45

Name of the Activity - Expression of Agreement and Disagreement

Duration of the Lesson – 45 to 50 Mins

Materials – Flash cards for role play , chart for phrases and statements, chalk / marker , board ,
duster, textbook

Warmup Activity –
Greet the class and present a few statements to support Agreement / Disagreement .
Ask the students to make pairs of 20 or 25 in one group.
Each pair is having one student who supports Agree and one who opposes Disagree.
Appreciate them for coming and participating and expressing their opinion.
Introduce the Topic
Ask the students to tell what facial expression they are observing when some one in favour of Agree
or when some one is in favour of Disagreement .
Display the saying on Board or chart paper .
 Strongly
Agree Strongly
Disagree

Activity 1

 Listen to a dialogue carefully and note how are agreeing and disagreeing .
 1. Ask the students to listen with another student or another teacher and present it in front
of the class.
 2 The teacher may record this dialogue on a tape recorder and play it in front of the class. The
teacher will also provide a purpose for listening the dialogue.
 3. Instruct the students to listen to the dialogue and note how they agree and disagree with
each other.
 4. Also explain that ‘note’ does not mean that they have to write. They can just focus on the
sentences which express agreement and disagreement

Dialogue:

Two friends Kareem (K) and Bilal (B) are complaining about one of their courses of school

K: Our course is too theoretical. It should be much more practical. Don’t you think so?
B: I couldn’t agree with you more. I’m just doing the course to pass the exam. I don’t think that it’s
going to help me after I Leave School.
K: Exactly. And I can’t understand most of the theory. I just learn my notes off by heart.
B: So do me. We should complain to the head teacher.
K: I think that you’re right. I suggest that we see him as soon possible.
B: I agree. Don’t you think that we should talk to the other students first and ask them what they
think about the course?
K: Good idea. Let’s ask them tomorrow. OK?
B: OK
· For teacher: the bold words and phrases are often used to express agreement and disagreement and
are target vocabulary to be noted and reinforced. Explain each phrase and how ‘I’ is used in response
to the other phrase (e.g. I learn my notes/ I do my work/ I like mangoes= So do I (for agreement)
 Activity 2

· Role-play this dialogue in pairs:

1. Ask the students to prepare this dialogue with appropriate intonation (rise and fall of sound) and
facial expressions. Model saying a few phrases in a flat tone (without expression and then say it with
expression and facial expression.
2. Ask the students to role-play the dialogue with appropriate expressions.
3. In the beginning, the students may not be able to learn the whole dialogue by heart. In this case, the
teacher should ask the students to have flashcards on which their respective dialogues are written.
4. The students will rehearse and present the dialogue in front of the class. However, they should try to
perform the dialogue orally without reading from anywhere.
5. Use the three statements given in the warm-up activity to practice the target phrases and statements
for agreement and disagreement.

Activity 3

Prepare a dialogue on the following situation:

Situation: Your friend wants to go Murray hills in winter. He gives different reasons for going
there. You agree on some points and disagree on some of them.
1. Ask the students to sit in groups on the given situation.
2. Write on the board the following ways of expressing agreement in English.
(These can be written on chart papers and displayed in the classroom for reference)
Ways of Expressing Agreement
I agree
I agree with you
I quite agree
Yes I absolutely agree
I couldn’t disagree with you more
You’re right

(I think) (That) you’re quite right.

You’re absolutely right.
Note: Words in the brackets are optional.
The teacher will write on the board the following ways of disagreeing with someone in English.

Ways of Expressing Disagreement

I don’t agree
No (I’m sorry) I don’t agree with you (I’m afraid)
I can’t agree with you
You’re wrong
(I think) You’re quite wrong (I’m afraid)
You’re absolutely wrong
 Conclusion
· Conclude the lesson by repeating all the main points of the lesson.

Assessment
1. Asks the students to sit in the form of pairs.
2. One member of the pair will perform the role of shopkeeper and the other will be customer.
3. Each pair to have dialogue of no more than three exchanges i.e. exchange of three sentence each.

Context:
· Go to a shop and ask the rates of different things. Say to the shopkeeper the rates are very high.
· The shopkeeper will give different reasons for high prices. Agree with some reasons and disagree with
some of them.

Write in detail why you chose this activity for teaching and what learning
outcome you aspire to achieve through this activity.

I choose this activity for teaching because through this activity they know the
form of agreement and disagreement and express their opinions what they
think what is right or wrong in their form and how to express their feelings .
Learning outcome achieve through this activity :
a) Students are able to find the difference of agreement and
disagreement through this activity and express their opinions.
b) Students will take part in activity and make group and they used to
listen each other .
c) Phrases are often used to express agreement and disagreement
through this their vocabulary will be increased .