lesson plan 2

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IFDC LENGUAS VIVAS
TALLER DE PRÁCTICA DOCENTE III
ALUMNO PRACTICANTE: Andrea Alejandra Cantaroni.
Períodode Práctica: Tercer período
InstituciónEducativa: EES N°19
Dirección: Enrique Julio 2000. Buenos Aires
Sala / Grado / Año – sección: 3º Año
Cantidad de alumnos: 24
Nivel lingüístico del curso: Elemental
Tipo de Planificación: Diaria
Unidad Temática: ciudades.
Clase N°: 2
Fecha: 18 junio., 2015
Hora: de 7:30 a 9:30hs
Duración de la clase: 120 minutos
Fecha de primera entrega: 14 de junio.
Teaching points:
Vocabulary related to comparative long adjectives.
Teaching aims:

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Students will develop their speaking, reading and writing skills to talk about two
different cities and to compare those using short and long adjectives.
Language focus:
Lexis Structure Functions pronunciation
Rev. Revision of short
comparative
adjectives:
Smaller, bigger,
newer,
dirtier ,quieter,
noisier,
cleaner, older,
hotter,
.
Is …. Smaller
than….?
Is … noisier
than….?
Bahia Blanca
is smaller than
Buenos Aires.
Buenos Aires
is noisier than
Bahia Blanca.
Comparing
two cities.
Is Bahia Blanca
smaller than
Punta Alta? Is
Monte Hermoso
hotter than
Bahia Blanca?
Practice the
pronunciation of ə
in er ending :
dirtier, quieter,
noisier,
Cleaner, older,
hotter.
new
Long comparative
adjectives: more
modern ,more
expensive, more
luxurious, more
comfortable,
Atero Hotel is
more
expensive
than Tandil
Hotel. Tandil
Hotel is more
modern than
Atero Hotel
Comparing two
cities using
short and long
adjectives.
Practice the
pronunciation of
the new
comparative
structures: more
modern than, more
comfortable, and
luxurious.
Teaching approach: Communicative approach
Materials and resources: two sheets of paper, overhead projector, two
adverts with photos of the cities for each student.
Integration of skills: Although students will put into practice their four skills,
speaking and reading will be central in my lesson. These skills will be integrated
through different communicative activities to help students to incorporate new
structures or new vocabulary.
Seating arrangement: students will get in pairs.
Possible problems / difficulties and their possible solutions during the
class: a possible problem would be the interruption from three students with
behaviour problems .I will pay attention to them asking them to participate in
each stage of the class.

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Potential problems students may have with the language: In case students
don’t understand the vocabulary or the new structure; I will mime each new
structure or vocabulary in order to help them understand it.
 Assessment: I will assess my student’s learning and progress during the
lesson by taking into account how they are learning the new structure.
 Warm up (25 minutes):
I will say: 'hello’ to the students and I will tell them: ‘Last class we talked about our city
and Buenos Aires. Do you remember?’ I will ask students to make a few comparative
sentences about the two cities to revise what we saw last class .Then, I will say: 'let's
see what you have found about the city you chose’. I will ask them: 'what is the name of
that city?’ Students will say: ‘Monte Hermoso, Dorrego, and Mar del Plata’. Then I will
say:’ we are going to talk about the cities that you have investigated’. I will ask them:
‘Can you compare the city that you have investigated with Bahia Blanca? Who can
start? ‘Students will say: ‘In winter Dorrego is colder than Bahia Blanca ‘or ‘Monte
Hermoso is newer than Bahia Blanca’, we will go on comparing the cities using
different adjectives and the information that students have brought from their house.
Then I will say to students that winter holidays are coming and I will ask them: What
city from Buenos Aires province do you want to go on holidays?’ Students will say:’
Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, and Patagones. ’I will ask students: ‘What about Sierra
de la Ventana? Do you know Sierra de la Ventana? Or Tandil? Do you know
Tandil?’Students will say: ‘I know Sierra de la Ventana’,’I don´t know Tandil’. I will ask
students:’ what do you know about each city?’ Then I will say: ‘I love Sierra de la
Ventana and I enjoy walking in the mountains .I also love Tandil because I like the
landscape and I go trekking there’. Next, I will tell them that today we will learn more
about the two cities.
Presentation (30 minutes):
I will use the overhead projector to show students two different adverts, one about
Sierra de la Ventana and one about Tandil .The adverts will be the following:
Advert of Sierra de la Ventana:
Come to sierra de la Ventana!
What are you going to do this winter?
Why not come to Sierra dela Ventana in Buenos Aires?
The weather in Sierra is very cold but you can do a lot of different activities such as
have a great time at our luxurious hotel called Atero. The rooms are expensive but
there are comfortable. The temperature in winter is 2 º .You can also enjoy trekking,
horse riding and swimming in our indoor swimming pool. Coming to this beautiful city
will be enjoyable and you will discover a great place to spend the holidays with your
family or friends.

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You can have a great wonderful time in Sierra de la Ventana, so don’t forget your
camera!

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Advert of Tandil:
What are your plans for this winter?
Why not visit Tandil in Buenos Aires?
The weather in Tandil is not so cold. It Is 15 º in winter. It is always sunny and you can
stay in our modern hotel called Tandil Hotel. The rooms are cheap and they are small.
There are a lot of interesting activities to do outdoors such as trekking, cycling and
visiting the mobile rock. You will find out a great place to stay with family members or
friends.
You will have a spectacular time in Tandil!

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Then I will start reading the advert of Sierra de la Ventana and I will explain new words
if necessary. I will take notes of the following information on the board. I will ask oral
questions as the following ones to complete the following information. What is the
weather like in Sierra de la Ventana? Is Atero hotel cheap? And so on.
Hotel Atero:
Weather:
Hotel price:
Hotel accommodation:
Age:
Tandil Hotel:
Weather:
Hotel price:
Hotel accommodation:
Age:
After completing the information about the two places. I will make students to look at
the information and I will ask them to help me compare the two destinations. I will say:’
let’s start with the weather .What can we say about the weather in Sierra de la Ventana
and in Tandil’. Students will say: ‘Sierra de la Ventana is colder than Tandil or Tandil is
hotter than Tandil’. After that I will continue with the age of the hotels .Students will
say:’Atero Hotel is older than than Tandil ’or ‘Hotel Tandil is newer than Atero Hotel’ I
will say: ‘Yes, it is more modern than Atero Hotel ‘I will copy these sentences on the
board .I will continue with the price of the hotels .Students will say ‘Hotel Tandil Is
cheaper than Atero Hotel. I will say:’ so Atero Hotel is more expensive than Hotel
Tandil’.
I will copy the sentences on the board .I will continue with the hotel accommodation.
After that, I will ask students: Which place has more interesting activities to do, Tandil
or Sierra de la Ventana? We will revise the activities we can do in one place and in the
other and students will choose their favourite place. I will say:’so Tandil is more
interesting to visit than Sierra de la Ventana or Sierra a de la Ventana is more
interesting to visit than Tandil’. I will copy the sentence on the board. Then I will ask
students: what do you notice when we compare the places by using long adjectives?
Students will notice the use of more and that we add nothing to the adjective at the end
like in the case of short adjectives.

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Practice (25 minutes):
Then I will provide students with a sheet of paper that will have the two adverts. I will
tell students that they will work in pairs and I will give one advert to each one. The
photocopy will also have some sentences. I will tell them that some sentences are
wrong and some of them are right. They are supposed to find the incorrect ones and to
correct them. The sentences will be the following ones:
Tandil is hotter than Sierra de la Ventana.
Atero Hotel is more modern than Tandil Hotel.
Atero Hotel is cheaper than Hotel Tandil.
Tandil Hotel is more luxurious than Atero Hotel.
Tandil Hotel´ s rooms are bigger than Atero Hotel´s .
I will give students sentences to complete with adjectves from the box. Then I will say:
‘you have to complete the sentences with the comparative form of adjectives from the
box .For instance, 1) Atero Hotel´s rooms are …………….Hotel Tandil´s.
Tandil and Atero Hotel
Cheap expensive cold hot comfortable modern old
1)Atero Hotel´s rooms are …………….........Hotel Tandil´s.
2)Tandil Hotel ´s rooms are …….. ….......Atero Hotel´s .
3) Atero Hotel is ……………………….....Tandil Hotel.
4) Hotel Tandil is ………………. …...Atero Hotel .
5) Tandil is………………………........Sierra de la Ventana.
6) Sierra de la Ventana is……………………….....Tandil.
7) Tandil Hotel is ……………………………......Atero hotel.

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Productions (25 minutes):
I will give students two adverts from two other touristic cities .I will say: ‘you are going
to play a game. You are going to work in pairs again. You have to read the adverts and
write ten sentences comparing the two cities. The first pair that finishes first is the
winner. I will walk around the class to monitor their work.
Advert of Carhue:
What is your plan for this winter? You can come to Carhue in Buenos Aires. The
weather in Carhue is not so cold .It Is 16 º in winter. You can stay in our comfortable
hotel called Hotel Avenida Termas. Rooms are not cheap and they are small. There
are a lot of interesting activities to do outdoors such as swimming, trekking, cycling and
taking a boat trip in the lake .You will find out great a place to stay with family members
or friends!It is a beautiful place.
Advert of Pedro Luro:
Come to Pedro Luro! What are you going to do this winter? Why not come to Pedro
Luro in Buenos Aires? The weather in Pedro Luro is very cold but you can do a lot of
different activities such as have a great time at our luxurious Hotel called Termas de
Ceferino de Pedro Luro. The rooms are expensive and comfortable. The temperature
in winter is two degree below zero .You can also enjoy cycling and swimming in our
indoor swimming pool. Coming to this enjoyable place will be great and you will

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discover unforgettable place to spend the winter holidays with your family. You can
have an enjoyable time in Pedro Luro.
After a few minutes, the winning pair will read the sentences aloud and I will ask the
other students to pay attention. I will repeat the sentence one member of the pair read
and I will say: Pedro Luro is colder than Carhue. Is it right or wrong?
Closure (15 minutes)
Homework:
Finally, I will tell students: ‘For next class, you must design a poster comparing two
different tourist destinations you would like to visit in winter. Look for photos of the two
places and compare them taking into account the following items: weather in winter,
one hotel's age, accommodation, its price, activities to do.
I will tell students they have to stick the photos of the two places and write the
information in column design: I will copy the following on the blackboard so they can
copy as a model.
Bariloche Villa Ventana
Photo photo
Weather in winter: Weather in winter:
Hotel´s age: Hotel´s age:
Accommodation: Accommodation:
Price: Price:
Activities to do: Activities to do:
Then they have to write comparative sentences in the poster by using the information
above.
For instance: Bariloche is colder than Villa Ventana in winter.
Then I will say: Goodbye. I will see you next class.