The lesson plan of the Question Tags

Question TagsIf we want to ask for information we usually use the standard question form. However, sometimes we just want to keep a conversation going, or confirm information. Using question tags well also promotes a keen understanding of the use of various auxiliary verbs. Level: Pre-intermediate to intermediate

Educational objectives:

To develop active and passive knowledge of the use of question tags.

To practice Asking questions that require answers using question tags.

To practice answering using question tags.Behavioral objectives:

To learn how to gather and interpret information from appropriate resources (certain websites & books).

To learn how to display their collected information on certain programs.

Technological aims: 1. To let the students solve online question provided by the teacher using question tags. 2. To let them find different websites that shows the uses of the Question tags.3. To use the computer programs well.

4. To use the Internet effectively.

5. To display all their gathered information on certain programs (power point)Educational Activities:

The teacher needs: Computers with Internet access.

Technologies such as word processing programs and power point presentationA. The Teachers role: To divide the class into groups and ask them to perform certain tasks.

To give the suitable resources.

B. Student Role: Students will surf, investigate, gather & converse in English and discuss what they have found.

Students will work in groups to gather the required information.

Students will write their outcomes using word and power point.

Students will answer questionnaires.

Lessons steps: 1. Ask the students questions about their previous information that they know about the Question Tags. 2. Give them a PowerPoint show about the Question Tags. 3. Divided the students into groups, and give them different websites to open and solve the online exercises. At the end, their answers must be sent to the teachers E-mail address, to be checked. Learning Strategies:

This lesson is going to takeone period (45 minutes).

5 minutes introduction.

5 minutes to divide the learners into three groups and each one has a task as follows:

Group1Group2Group3

Search on why do we use the question tags and when?Search on how to ask questions that requires answers using question tags.Search on how to answer using question tags.

15 minutes for searching.

10 minutes to choose and define the appropriate information from the collected information.

10 minutes to present the information and discuss them.

Evaluation:

The evaluation is done by:

1-forums and questionnaires that point out the lesson outcome on the student 2- students answers to the questions accompanied by each activity.3-oral and written test (quizzes) as a final evaluation.

Resources:

School books and the internet educational websites Online questions:http://www.eslprintables.com/buscador/buscarppt.asp?nivel=any&age=0&tipo=any&contents=tag%20questionshttp://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/233.htmlPower point show:

http://www.farwestgreat.org/A05-06/GED/GEDs1TagQuestions.ppt#256,1,Using Tag Questions