SECONDARY LESSON

1. I.F.D.C. LENGUAS VIVAS
TALLER DE PRÁCTICA DOCENTE
ALUMNO RESIDENTE: Sofía Mercado
Período de Práctica: Nivel Secundario
Institución Educativa: Aberdare College
Dirección: Av. Francia 1245, Bella Vista, Buenos Aires.
Sala / Grado / Año - sección:4to año
Cantidad de alumnos: 16
Nivel lingüístico del curso: Intermedio
Tipo de Planificación: Clase
Unidad Temática: Viaje de intercambio
Clase Nº: 1 y 2
Fecha: 10/09/2018
Hora: 12 a 12.40 y 12.40 a 13.10hs
Duración de la clase: ‘70
Fecha de primera entrega: 08/09/2018
 Teaching points: trip vocabulary, introduce letter writing, ways to start and end an
informal letter, useful phrases for suggestion or advice.
 Aims or goals: During this lesson, learners will be able to…
-Identify and name different English Buildings in a meaningful context.
-Develop their listening skills by listening to an audio file (interview)
-Identify and mention some ways of starting and ending a letter/email
-Give and write suggestions or advice
 Language focus:
LEXIS FUNCTION STRUCTURE PRONUNCIATION
REVISION Cambridge
London
Following
commands and
instructions
Which place
did you like
best?
I liked…
/ð/ words like
“the”, “them”,
“their”.
NEW new
experiences-
being a
foreigner-
tourist- sense
of
belonging/non
belonging – life
lessons –
challenges-
Giving advice
and suggestion.
Writing an
informal letter:
beginning and
endings.
Suggestion: I’d
recommend… /
How about? /
May be you
could… / I
suggest… /
Why don’t
you..? / Why
not try..?
Start a letter: hi
– hello – Dear
Ending a letter:
All the best –
love – hope
that helps –
Intonation and
fluency when
reading. Respect
commas, stops
and pauses.

2. good luck with
everything
 Teaching approach: The lesson is based on the Communicative Approach so as to foster
communication and participation of the students. It is organized through the
Presentation –Practice and Production procedure.
 Materials and resources: worksheets, audio file, TV, pictures of different places and
buildings, scotch tape.
 Pedagogical use of ICT in class or at home: In this lesson, students will be working with
an original audio file taken from an interview.
 Seating arrangement: In order to maintain their routine and organization, they will be
sitting at their desks in their usual places: in twos in benches settled in three different
vertical lines. If I see that I lose visual contact with some students, I will make them
change places or twist their bench.
 Possible problems / difficulties and their possible solutions during the class: Some
students may not want to participate during the oral exchange. I will not expose them
and wait until they feel confident enough to do it. I will only choose students that
demonstrate that they are eager to participate.
 Classroom management strategies: In order to keep the atmosphere and students`
attention I will try to make students participate in every activity, task or drill. I will keep
the class active and prepare beforehand all the materials so as to avoid breaking the
climax.
 Potential problems students may have with the language: They may find it hard to
find some words to express their views about some specific places. If students take
more time that the one stipulated, the homework can be avoided and saved for the
following class.
 Assessment: what will be assessed and how: I’ll check that students comprehend and
identify the different structures so as to start or end an informal letter by asking
questions out loud and by checking their work orally. As regards the useful phrases for
suggestion, I will check their understanding and correct use of it by making them share
their writings with the rest of the class.
1st Period:
Welcoming and Routine: (5’)
Purpose: to start the lesson, get students into the mood for work, establish empathy.
I will greet students by saying: “Hello everybody” EA: “Hello”. I will continue: “How are you
today?” EA: “Very well, thank you. And you?” T: “Very well, thank you. As some of you may
know, my name is Sofi and I will be your teacher for some days. Some of you may remember
me from Kinder Days, since I used to take care of you while you were playing in the Playground
in K5. I do remember many of your names, but many others are new faces for me… so please…
Can you all introduce yourselves?”
EA: “I am Emma”

3. “Good, Hello, Emma.”
And so on.
“Ok, GREAT. Now that we all know each other… Are you ready to start working?” EA: “Yes” I
will follow: “Ok, great! Then, I will say: “I know not only from working here at school, but also
from the social networks that you have been in England. Did all of you travel to England? It was
quite an extraordinary experience, wasn’t it?
Transition: And where did you go specifically?
Warm-up: (15’)
Purpose: To introduce the topic and vocabulary
“Wow, you did have a great time!”
“Here I brought some pictures of different famous or common tourist places in England. Some
of them you know and visited them and some others you might know them, but haven’t been
there”
I will starttakingout some picturesof differentbuildingsandplacesandsayingtheirnamesoutloudand
citywere it issituated.
Cambridge
NottingHill
Madam TussaudMuseum

4. Natural Science Museum
Covent Garden
Big Ben
Tower Bridge

5. Piccadilly Circus
“Have you ever heard of the other places you haven’t been there before?”
EA: YES, NO
“Ok. If you will have to choose a place or building to visit right now, which of all of these that I
have just shown you would it be? And which one you wouldn’t choose and why? I will give you
two minutes to think about it”
Once the time is over,Iwill askfor volunteersto share the answerstogether.Once theyall have finished
I will say:“Good!Now,we are all able to saywe know your preferences!”
Transition:“Now,letme askyousomething…doyouthinkthat goingona trip/school trip isimportant?
Let’ssee…”
Presentation: (20’)
Purpose: to further expose the learners to the target language while listening to an interview.
I will say:“We are goingto listentoan interviewwhere alady calledMargaretManning sharesher
passionfortravel.Let’slistentoitand payspecial attentiontowhatshe says”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDfPlGVNPLM
Audiotranscript:
0:00
hi everyone this is Margaret
0:03
and me I have always had a
0:06
passion for travel I think it started
0:09
when I was a little girl when I was
0:11
about eight years old we moved from
0:12
England to Canada and we went by boat we
0:15
went on the Queen Elizabeth and it took
0:18
about seven or eight days and I can
0:20
remember it was such an amazing
0:22
intimidating big shipment you know my

6. 0:25
brothers and I just had a lot of fun you
0:27
know tearing around the decks and and
0:29
just having that sense of adventure and
0:31
I think that's where it all began my
0:33
quest for finding a meaningful travel
0:37
and and always finding something to
0:39
learn I've always seen travel as a
0:41
learning experience you know I travel
0:44
with my family a lot and of course I've
0:46
traveled on business and every time I go
0:49
I find something I find a you know a
0:51
serendipity a coincidence something that
0:54
really connects me to the place that I
0:56
am visiting and I always come away a
0:59
better person a different person and
1:01
often I see the place I visited in a
1:04
different light as well you know I've
1:06
done some pretty quirky travel like
1:07
probably a lot of you have done I went
1:10
to India when I was in my 20s and this
1:13
was a while ago so I went on a very low
1:16
budget and just you know just jumped in
1:18
war sorry
1:19
jumped on trains I just had no fear and
1:22
I had a really really amazing time three
1:25
months and you know some things you know
1:28
that I have changed my life forever and
1:30

7. I've gone back to India so many times
1:32
because of that that learning experience
1:34
that I gained when I was there and then
1:36
you know Chris I've traveled with my
1:38
children to different places really to
1:41
teach them about being global citizens
1:43
and to get a perspective on how other
1:45
people live and how you know how
1:47
grateful we should be for what we have
1:49
here and you know what they have that we
1:52
can that we can get a benefit from
I will stop the video at minute 1:52.
I will playthe audioonce.ThenIwill say:“Good.Now we are goingto listentoit one more time butnow
I wantyou to write downsome of the things she saysabout the importance of travelling.All whatyou
can grasp and thinkitis important.”
Once theyfinish,we will share theirnoteswiththe restof the class.Iwill say:“Good. Now,let’sshare
whatyou wrote down”
I will write the wordstheysay onboard underthe headline:“The importance of travelling”.If necessary,
I will gooverthe audioinchunks inorderto clear understanding.
I will continue:“Good…now thatwe are acquaintedwithtravellingandsome of the important
characteristicsithas …letme share somethingwithyou.”
Development
Activity 1: (15’)
I will say:“I have a cousincalledAlex thatlivesinIreland.She istwelve yearsoldandshe hasjuststarted
at a newschool there.She sent me anemail the otherdaywhere she askedme forsome advice.ButI
reallydon’tknowwhatto tell her…Letme readyouthe email andlet’ssee if youcan helpme andhelp
her.
I will give acopyfor themto share in twos.
I will askforvolunteerstoread,if Isee that theyare notin the moodto read,I will readitout loud:
“Hi Sophie,
I started at my new schoolsoon and Idiscovered yesterday thatweall haveto do a studentexchangein
October,fora Month.Asyou know,I’mnotkeen on sleeping on a differentbed,butat least I’vegotthe
choice of not attending to it. My mothersaysthatit is importantforme to go.I know London israther
nearby,butanyway…Ifeelterrified. Have you doneany typeof studentexchangeorschooltrip abroad?

8. Howdid you feel? Would you suggestmeto go or not?Whatdo you thinkare the advantagesor
disadvantagesforgoing on such a trip?
Good luck with yourthings.
Write soon,
Alex.”
I will askthe students:“What piece of advice wouldyougive toAlex?Iwill firstletstudentsparticipate
and share theiropinions.Iwill remindthemto considerthe importanceof travellingthatwe heardon
the interview andtobearinmindtheirownexperiences,of course.
Then, I will say:“Good!Now…let’sfocusabiton thisletteranditsstyle.Doyou thinkit’sa formal or
informal email?”EA:informal.Iwill ask:“why?”Iwill guide studentsif necessarylike forexample:
“I am writingtoa friend,so…we use an informal style withfriendsright?Then,the use of contractions
or short formsof verbslike don’t–there’ll be– is anotheraspectof informal writing.Whatelse?”
Activity 2: (10’)
I will say:“Lookat the email again. Howdidshe start the email?EA:“Hi Sophie”.Iwill continue:“Good.
That is one wayof startingan informal letteroremail.Doyouknow any otherwaysof startingan
informal letteroremail?”If studentsdonot come upwith any answer,Iwill notforce them.I will just
continue withthe lesson.
“Nowtake a lookat the way she endedthe letter.Whatdidshe write?”EA:Goodluckwithyour things.
Write soon,Alex.“
I will continue:“Good!Doyouknowany otherwaysof endingan informal letteroremail?”If students
do notelicitanyanswer,Iwill notforce them.I will justcontinue withthe lesson.
I will give outaphotocopy.We will all readthe title together.
Copy:
Writingan informal letteroremail
1. Tick the ways to start and end an informal letter or email.
To start a letter:
Dear Hello Hi person’s name
To end a letter:
All the best Best wishes Love
Hope that helps With kind regards Yours
Good luck with everything Take care
I will say:“Let’stry and complete the exercisealone.Once youfinish,foldyourarmssoI can realize that
you’re done withit.Let’sstart!”
Once theyare all done,we checkthe answersorally.
Transition:“Goodjob!Now,let’sgoback to Alex`semail”
Activity 3: (20’)

9. I will say:“Now,youwill tryto answerAlex,byusingnotonlyyourveryownideasof whatyouthinkshe
shoulddo/choose andwhy,but also tryingto include some of the followingphrasesinyourletter. Iwill
write themonboard.
I will copythe followingonboard:
(A)Howabout (B) why don’tyou (C) I’d recommend (D)and let me know how it goes
(E)Thefirst thing I’d say is
“Please remembertouse the waysto start an informal email andhow toendit.I stronglyrecommend
youto use some of the ideasandphrasesMargaret saidin the interview. Youwill have more orless20
minutestowrite it.Youmay start”.
Once theyare done,Iwill askfor volunteerstoreadtheir emailsorally.
Closure:
“Wow! Youare such goodwriters!Yourideasand viewsabouttravellingare brilliant!
Nice work!
Now,youmay go and have lunch! See youonWednesdayagain!”
Lesson plan
component
Excellent
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Very Good
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Good
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Acceptable
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Below Standard
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Visual organization X
Coherence and
sequencing
X
Variety of resources
– Learning styles
X
Stages and activities x
Teaching strategies X
Language accuracy X
Observations Minimumscore:18 / 30
Score:_27___ /30
Great start, Sofi!
Mind you,I namedthisdocument“Lesson1”,because bothmodulesare heldduringthe same
day.Lesson2 will take place onWednesday.Justtospeakthe same language.;)
A hug!