Unit 2 “rule the school”

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Target language: Vocabulary on the topic School; should/shouldn't for giving advice, would for expressing opinion.

Interaction pattern: Group work/Pair work/Individual Work

Aim: To give freer practice in grammar (should/shouldn't/would) using new vocabulary.

Grammar and functions: to practice grammar (should/shouldn't/would) and vocabulary (school rules); giving advice.

Procedure:

Before the class distribute the papers with the words (Minister of Education/ Teachers/ Pupils/ Parents) on the desks. Ask pupils to sit in groups (according to the coloured cards or apple-banana-plum-orange).

Work in groups.

What is changing in your life? In your school life? Would you like to change anything in your school? Write ideas on the board (the ideas are usually concerned with process of studying, uniform, canteen, subjects and school rules).

Think of the changes in your school life. Discuss all the points we’ve chosen.

You have the papers on the desks and only 15 min to. While presentations each member of the groups has to fill in the tables where each person in the group has his/her own task.

presenter	arguments	interesting facts/ideas	strange/unusual decisions	comments

The first column should be filled by everyone. Then you fill in only coloured part.

Discuss: which group was the most argumentative? Positive? Enthusiastic? What ideas were the most useful/ unusual/strange? What pieces of advice would you give to each group for further reports?

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Target language: Vocabulary on the topic Sport and Activities; phrases for giving advice.

Interaction pattern: Group work/Pair work

Aim: To give freer practice in grammar (Present Simple) using new vocabulary.

Grammar and functions: to practice grammar (Present Simple) and vocabulary (sport and activities); giving advice.

Procedure:

Work in groups.

Imagine you are game designers in a famous corporation. You can design activities for any age/ sport ability/place.

School administration has many complaints about the organization of sport classes and after-school activities from pupils and their parents. You are asked to invent new games or activities to make school life more variable and exciting. You should prepare a detailed description of the activity according to the plan:

• Name of the activity

• Age available

• Equipment

• Rules

• Time (when and where it can be played)

• Number of participants

Draw the equipment or rules on the poster to be more argumentative and to make your ideas more visible. The best game or activity will be chosen by voting and will get a prize. A special prize will be given to the group that can use as many new words as possible.

You have 20 min for preparation and only 3 min to present your activity. Good luck!

Before the presentations name the nominations: unusual/sporty/funny/complicated/expensive… and prepare medals for each group. Think of the prizes for the winners.