lesson plan for Madness "Our house" activity done with María Escalante

1. Activity designed by:
María de los Ángeles Escalante
Amanda Núñez
Step of the lesson: Practice
Aims:
Grammar point: To revise Simple Present tense
Lexical items: Revision of members of the family
Resource: Our House-Madness (video clip+song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIe_sjKeAY
A-Before watching the video clip:
Teacher writes on the board the following jumbled words:
fahetr sisert brohert kisd mohrte mmu
Teacher tells students that these words are members of the family.
Teacher asks students to look carefully at these words to write them in the correct way.
Worksheet for students
B-While listening and watching the video discuss:
2. Put the following sentences into the order in which they appear.
a. The boys read newspapers.( )
b. The mother irons her husband’s shirt.( )
c. The father paints the mother’s face with a crayon.( )
d. A group of boys play musical instruments.()
e. A train passes behind the house.( )
f. The children play outside their house.( )
C-After watching the clip
1-Listen to the song and complete the lyrics .......... with the members of the family written
on the board.
2-Complete the lyrics ________with the verbs in the Simple Present.
3-Listen to the song once more to check your answers.
Our House-Madness
............ ______(wear) his Sunday best
..............’s tired she ______(need) a rest
The ....... are playing up downstairs
.............'s sighing in her sleep
..............'s got a date to keep

2. He can't hang around
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our ...
Our house it ____(have) a crowd
There's always something happening
And it's usually quite loud
Our ...... she's so house-proud
Nothing ever ______(slow)her down
And a mess is not allowed
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our ...
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our ...
Something ____(tell) you that you've got to get away from it
............ _______(get up) late for work
............... _______ (have) to iron his shirt
Then she _____(send) the kids to school
Sees them off with a small kiss
She's the one they're going to miss
In lots of ways
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our ...
I remember way back then when everything was true and when
We would have such a very good time such a fine time
Such a happy time
And I remember how we'd play simply waste the day away
Then we'd say nothing would come between us two dreamers
Father wears his Sunday best....
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our ...
Our house, was our castle and our keep
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, that was where we used to sleep
Our house, in the middle of our street
D-Final production (speaking)
For the production step students have to record a short video of their families members
doing something (a routine).
Then they have to bring to school their home-made videos, show them to their mates and
describe them E.g. She is my sister Laura. She plays the piano. He is my brother Juan.
He goes to school. He wears uniform.