I.F.D.C. LENGUAS VIVAS

TALLER DE PRÁCTICA DOCENTE

ALUMNO PARTICIPANTE: María Cecilia Nievas

Período de Práctica: SecundariaInstitución Educativa: Colegio Salesiano Deán FunesDirección: Don Bosco 350 – Comodoro Rivadavia (Chubut)Sala / Grado / Año - sección: 1ro C – Turno mañana Cantidad de alumnos: 29 Nivel lingüístico del curso: PrincipiantesTipo de Planificación: ClaseUnidad Temática: Actividades en el tiempo libreClase Nº: 3Fecha: 30/10/2015Hora: 07:30 a 09:40Duración de la clase: 120’ Fecha de primera entrega: 26/10/2015

CLASS Nº 3

Teaching points: Free time activities Aims or goals: During this lesson, learners will be able to…

- To learn the difference between hobby and interest.- To develop their listening skills by watching a video about free time activities.- To develop their writing skills by describing a free time activity.

Language focus:

LEXIS FUNCTIONS STRUCTURE PRONUNCIATION

REV painting – drawing – snowboarding – taking photos –playing cards – playing the piano – playing basketball – running – dancing – cooking – reading – writing – fishing –

--- I love / I don’t like …. Playing football/drawing.

Present simple

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swimming – watching TV – what time – which – where

NEW

Hobby – free time activity – sunbathing – riding a horse – going camping – riding a bike – gardening – gaming –making a snowman – doing crosswords –hanging out with friends –playing with toys – talking the dog for a walk – collecting magazines – who with – how often – how long.

Describing their favourite free time activity

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Teaching approach: The lesson is delivered under the Communicative approach. Integration of skills: in this lesson plan, students will develop speaking skills when they

work in groups and while discussing and interacting with the teacher and the rest of the classmates about free time activities and during the game; listening skills while they watch the video; writing skills when writing the short description about their free time activity; reading skills with the article.

Materials and resources: video, free time activities worksheet, charts, description, article, questions, game cards.

Pedagogical use of ICT in class or at home: We use a motivating video to learn the definition of hobby and the difference between hobby and interest. If I cannot use the video I will explain the difference on my own and I will give some examples encouraging students to participate.

Seating arrangement: Students will sit in groups of four people during the whole lesson. Possible problems / difficulties and their possible solutions during the class: I will

paraphrase instructions if any student does not understand them. I will check that each student work and participates while working in group.

Classroom management strategies: Students will be able to choose their groups. If this does not work, I will ask them to change to another group or work alone.

Potential problems students may have with the language: If students are not able to complete activities in groups, I will encourage them to participate and complete them orally on the board.

Assessment: I will check students’ comprehension asking individual questions if I believe that they did not understand the instruction or activity. I will check that they write the description without mistakes and that they answer the questions with complete answers.

WARM-UP (3 minutes)

I will say hello to the students. “Good morning! How are you?” EA: Good morning, fine, thank you!” and I will add: “Last class we learned a lot about healthy habits and the last one we worked with was …” EA: Being outside. “Very good! Can you tell me two activities you can do outside?” EA: Play football / Go downtown / etc. “You are right! Those activities are free time activities, like hobbies.”

Transition: “We are going to watch a video about a teacher who talks about hobbies and gives some examples.”

ACTIVITY 1 (15 minutes)

I will play the video until 6:40.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lHCemUta1w

Transcription:

Hi. James from EngVid. Just looking at my work. I don't know when I'm going to get anymore downtime. I mean, I haven't had spare time or time off in so long. I haven't done any of my interests or hobbies and -- you know what I mean, right? You don't? Oh, that's today's lesson. We're going to talk to you about conversation skills and how you can improve them while talking about your downtime, hobbies, and time off. You know? Oh, you don't know? Let's do it, then. Let's go to the board. Well, let's start off with what is a "hobby". Well, a "hobby" is something -- and you can think of the word "habit". I think most of you know "habit" is something you do regularly. Well, a "hobby" starts with a "h", and it means "something you do regularly". But in this case, it's something that's fun, you do it regularly, and you don't get paid for it. That's what we usually call your "hobby". So you might even spend money and time to do it, but you get a lot of fun from it, and you do it regularly. Now, another word for "hobby" is "interest". And the funny thing about "interest" is that I could say to you, "What are your hobbies?" Or I could say to you "What are your interests?" And it's almost the same. And we use them -- English speakers -- almost interchangeably, which means we can just change them, and it doesn't really matter. But there's a slight difference. Remember "hobby" and "habit" go together -- you do regularly? Well, "interest" means "I like it". Like, I'm interested in the theatre, but I don't go all the time, maybe

once every two years. But my hobby is collecting comic books, which means I actually -- every week -- buy the comic books. Like, I have it, and I get enjoyment from both. So remember, you can use the words, but one is more specific, all right? So you could say -- "I'm interested in reading." – I don't have time to do it, but I like the idea of it. versus "My hobby is reading.", which is -- that's what I do when I don't have anything to do. All right? So let's go over here. What kind of hobbies or interests can a person have? Well, one of them is collecting. Now, what does "collecting" mean? It means "to bring together a group of things", all right? But in this case, "collecting" is very specific. Personally, I collect comic books. And I dare you to go back and watch how many videos I've done wearing a Batman T-shirt, and you'll know I'm a real collector, okay? I love Batman. But let's just say I bought Batman No. 1. Now, if I'm a collector, I'll also buy Batman No. 2 and Batman No. 3 and so on and so on. I'll continue to buy. And I will keep them. I'm not going to sell them. I'm not trying to make money, and I'm going to enjoy them as a collector. I will go back after reading them and read them again. Just like when you collect -- we say comics; you can collect books. You can also collect art and music. You guys know -- you collect music. You collect Duran Duran -- right? -- that great group. "Girls on Film" -- oh, I'm old. No, that new guy, Justin Timberlake, yeah? "Mirror" -- yeah. I can't sing that song. But you know what I mean. You can collect music. You can collect art -- Van Gogh, Picasso -- music, again -- Beethoven, Bach, Brahms. Collect and enjoy, right? For yourself or your friends. What else can you do? Well, you can also play. And in this case, we're talking about playing sports. I enjoy playing sports. I enjoy playing golf. No, I don't. But sports. You can enjoy playing cards or games. So sports: "I enjoy playing soccer." I'm saying "i-n-g", "I enjoy playing soccer." or "I enjoy playing volleyball at the beach." Right? Cards: "I enjoy playing poker, solitaire" -- "Nobody loves me" because "solitaire" means to be by yourself. Or I enjoy playing poker. Five-card stud, because I'm a stud, baby. Okay. Now -- or games. Now, when I enjoy playing games, right, I can do "gaming". It's a little different. Games can be board games like chess or checkers or Monopoly, and "gaming" -- which we changed to "I enjoy gaming", so you would just say "gaming" instead of "playing", right? "Gaming" -- everybody knows it's electronic, okay? Good. Now, "travelling" -- but I'll explain because it seems obvious. "Travelling" means anything outside of your city. If you go to the library in your city, you're not travelling, boys and girls. You're just going to the library. But if you have a big country -- like, I'm in Canada. We like travelling to other parts of Canada because it's like going to Europe. But you can travel in North America. You can travel in Europe. You can travel to Africa -- leave Europe. Oh, my gosh, yes. You can travel between countries, continents, and large regions. So when you say, "I enjoy travelling", it can be from a city in one part of your country to another, or to different countries, or different continents. Cool? You should leave. Travel a little. Learn a little. "Going to": "Going to" means -- because I'm going from one place to another to do the activity, and that is the activity, "going to" to do it, all right? In this case, movies: "I enjoy going to the movies." That's my hobby. Every week I see a new movie. I have a friend who watches one movie every night. He goes to a cheap theatre, and he watches movies. He loves them. That's his hobby. Two hours a day, he gets to heaven. You know, he flies away and enjoys them, you know? Or going to the beach. Some people like going to the beach. Like little turkeys, they lie in the sun -- it's called "tanning" -- and then they turn over at two o'clock and turn over at three o'clock and turn back. And they cook themselves. I don't know why, but they enjoy going to the beach. Some people like going to the theatre. You know, masterpiece theatre. Watch the theatre. It's very intellectual, theatre. And you get to say "theatre". Can't say that with movies. It doesn't -- "movies". Sounds like a -- well, whatever. Okay:

baking and cooking. So another hobby is baking and cooking, and it's not just for women anymore. No, sir. I like cooking too. I like cooking shows, Top Chef and whatnot, right? Iron Chef. So you watch, and then you copy the recipe, and you make it. So you say, "My hobby is cooking." If it is, please send me an invite, me and the worm. We're coming over. I don't care where you live. We're coming for a visit. And make it good, son, because I don't travel for no reason, all right? Next, this is going to be funny. I know some of you are laughing right now because, you know, "James, we do things we enjoy, yes? But in school, I have to read and write. You're telling me this is hobby?" Yeah, there are some crazy people who like to read and write. Well, reading anyway, like, I enjoy a good book. I enjoy comic books. But some people enjoy writing and doing poems and stories, and some people enjoy reading books, horror, drama, and whatnot, right? "Whatnot" means "anything". So, this is what we're talking about here. These are things that could be hobbies.

After watching the video, I will add “Can you recall the three characteristics that James mentions about hobbies?” If students are not able to answer this question I will mention the first one to help them remember the other ones.

1. You do it regularly.2. You have fun.3. You don’t get paid for it.

Transition: “Well done everybody. Now we are going to pay attention to the difference that James explained between hobbies and interests.”

ACTIVITY 2 (20 minutes)

“He said that we do hobbies regularly and, what about interests?” EA: We do it twice a month maybe. “That’s right! Free time activities include both interests and hobbies. Now, I will give you a copy and a list of activities. In groups, you are going to label each picture. You can use the dictionary if you need it.” I will deliver the copies and I will walk among the students while they develop the activity. Once they finish, we will share the answers orally.

painting – drawing – snowboarding – taking photos – sunbathing – playing cards – playing the piano – playing basketball – running – dancing – riding a horse – going camping – riding a bike – gardening – gaming – cooking – making a snowman – doing crosswords – reading – writing – fishing – hanging out with friends – swimming – watching TV – playing with toys – talking the dog for a walk – collecting magazines

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Transition: “Now, I want to know about you”.

ACTIVITY 3 (10 minutes)

“I will give you this chart. You are going to choose one free time activity and you are going to complete the chart with your information. I will leave mine on the board.”

Which is your favourite free time activity? ________________________________________

What time / Which season

Where Who with How often How long

Transition: “Now I will show you my own chart and a model you can use as a guide to write a short description with your information.”

ACTIVITY 4 (32 minutes)

Which is your favourite free time activity? _Running_______________________

What time / Which season

Where Who with How often How long

Spring-Summer/In the afternoons

In the beach Alone Three time a week

One and a half hour

Model: I love running. I do it three times a week in summer and spring. I go to the beach alone and I run for one and a half hour during the afternoons.

I will walk among the students while they write their descriptions checking if they have any problem, if they are not sure about how to write it, I will help them solving their doubts. Once they finish, I will add “Now, you are going to share your productions, pay attention to your classmates’ favourite free time activity.” we will share their productions.

BREAK

ACTIVITY 5 (15 minutes)

“Do you believe that the list we used is a modern one? What about people 3000 years ago? Do you know what they did in their free time?” EA: Yes, it is modern./Don’t know. “I will give you a copy and we are going to read about it.”

https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/free_time_in_ancient_rome/past-simple-hobbies/24513

Once they finish reading, I will say “Re read the text and answer the following questions.” While they work I will work among the students checking if they find the information in the text.

1. They relaxed and talked with their friends at the bath house.2. There was only one sport, a race.3. Most gladiators were killed while they were fighting.

Transition: “Great job! To finish our lesson, we are going to play a game.”

ACTIVITY 6 / CLOSURE (25 minutes)

“I will deliver these cards and you have to complete them. You shouldn’t allow your partners to see your answers. Once you finish give them to me.”

Name: _______________________________________________

Favourite free time activity: ______________________________

Hobby: _______________________________________________

Don’t like: _____________________________________________

Once they finish I will add “Now, I will call a student, and he is going to read the information from the card, the rest of the class try to guess who is described in the card.” Students will read the card information in complete sentences.

Finally I will add “OK, nice work everybody, we are on time. Let’s see you next class. Bye!”

Lesson plan component

Very Good4

Good3

Acceptable2

Below Standard1

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Observations Minimum score: 20 / 32Score: 24 /32 = 7.5Dear CeciOn the whole, the lesson plan is fine, but a while-watching activity is required. Very good choice of resources. Please, consider the suggestions made for this and next lesson plans to further exploit these resources. SS will not develop their listening skills if they are not given a task to work on, will they?

Cecilia