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The use of technology to plan units

of work based on tasks.


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Year: Pre-Intermediate/ Adolescents

Context: My family and home

Theme: Genders role in society

Final Task: SS will give an oral presentation on How gender roles have changed in the last 40 years. For this theywill also present a poster related to the topic.

Objectives: During this unit students will develop ability and knowledge necessary to use the language for different

purposes such us learning new vocabulary; different types of house chores, contrast ideas between the past and the

present in women and mens roles in the society. They will also recognize the notion and meaning of the word

gender.

Resources: markers, board, flashcards, pictures, a computer to watch video segments, texts related to the theme,

comics, graphic organizers, timeline, photocopies, self-evaluation sheet, headphones or loud speakers, extra

worksheets, bingo cards, domino, posters.

Linguistic exponents: Present simple, past simple, used to, have to, daily routine, house chores.

Language practices: to learn vocabulary related to the theme such as house-chores, daily routine verbs. To learn

about the use of graphic organizers, such us a Venn diagram and a timeline. To record necessary information to use

in these graphic organizers. Read and make the comprehension of different articles. They will also acquire useful

language to give an oral presentation.


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DAY 1

Preparation: The T will introduce each other with the SS and will also show them an initial assessment students

form. The T will explain them the reason they will have to complete it. For this they will be given 30. Afterthese

minutes the T will collect the forms and put them in an envelope. They will be anonymous and taken out to be read

after class.

~ Self Evaluation ~Name:

MY ENGLISH ( at school)

- I started learning English in .

- I used these books:..

- My mark last year was .......

- - non-acquired learnings/ difficult subjects:.................................................................

MY ENGLISH LEARNING BIOGRAPHY (outside school)TICK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE TRUE FOR YOU.

- I go to classes in a language school:

- I have got English speaking friends or pen-friends:.

- I write e-mails or join e-mail chats in English:..

- I have been to an English speaking country:- Other commentaries:....

..

LIKES AND DISLIKES. FAVOURITE ACTIVITIES

- I like/ dont like English because

..

- Which activities do you find more difficult in English: writing, reading, listening, speaking, vocabulary

and grammar activities.

- Which activities do you find more useful to learn English?

.

- Why?.

- Which activities do you like best?

...........


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- Do you like to work alone, in pairs, in small groups?

.. Why? ....

Any suggestions?..........................................................................................................................

Core task and Follow up: the T will show them several flashcards with different types of household chores.

T will ask them: Do you recognize these verbs? What are they doing? Who does the household chores at home? Do

you know any other? They will have to answer and guess the meaning of some pictures. At the same time she asks

these questions to the SS, the T will draw this image on the board.

WHO WRITES MORE???

The T will explain the SS they will play a game called WHO WRITES MORE? in groups of six. They will copy

the graphic the teacher drew on the board. The group which completes and writes more household chores on the

graphic will be the winner. For this, they will be given 10.

To finish the class the T will show them the flashcards again but now they will have to remember the meaning after

having compared the graphics with the rest of the groups. The SS who guess more will get an extra point!

DAY 2

HOUSEHOLD- CHORES

TO IRON CLOTHES


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Preparation: The T will give the SS BINGO CARDS in order to recycle previous vocabulary.

http://www.toolsforeducators.com/bingo/chores.php

CORE TASK: The T will give the SS an extra WS in order to practice previous vocabulary and also to introduce

some vocabulary related to household tool. They will have to complete it. (see households task file). After this, the T

and the SS will have to check it orally.

Follow up: The T will ask the class: Ok, what have we done in todays class? Tell me who waters the plants in

your house? Does your dad use the broom to clean? When do you make your bed? Tell me 3 different households

tools. Where do you put your food to conserve it? If you are asked to do 3 different households task, which ones

would you choose?

All these questions will be asked in order to make a WRAP-UP of the lesson.

DAY 3

PREPARATION: The T will ask SS in general: Who waters the plants in your house? Do your father and mother

work? Can you tell me 2 household chores your mom does? Now tell me 2 tasks all the family performs at home.
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The T will write on the board these two question Who does mow the grass at home? and Who mows the grass at

home?. She will ask SS to recognize which one of them is the correct question and why. In that way the T will

explain SS that when we want to know the subject we dont use the auxiliary in the question.

The T will write this formula on the board

WH+ CONJ VERB+ ________? EX: Who cleans the bathroom at home? My mom.

Core task: In this way the teacher will provide the SS a sheet with a sample of a Survey.

HOUSE CHORES MOTHER FATHER FAMILY

Mow the grass

Do the washing up

Feed the dog

In class SS will have to complete it with more house chores and the person who performs it.

Follow Up: Once they finish with the survey, in pairs they will ask each other about the survey: Who does the

washing up? My mother. And vice-versa. Then the T will ask them to write affirmative sentences on their folders

according to the survey. EX: My mother does the washing up (in this way they are practicing the present simple)

DAY 4

Preparation: The T will ask the SS to take out the Survey they worked with the previous class. Then the teacher will

tell them to take the percentage on the times their mum, dad and the family perform the house chores.

Core task: The SS will be given a photocopy with the Venn diagram. The teacher will teach them how to work with

it. They will have to write the chores that are not shared for the members in the survey in outer circles and the ones

who are shared in the ones which are overlapped.

VENN DIAGRAM SUBJECT: ---------------------------------


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Vocabulary to compare men and women (while, whereas, on the one hand,etc)

-Vocabulary to express personal opinion (As I see, in my opinion, from my point of view)

After this, the T will give them a WS with the following grid:

Topics Men Women

Coming home .......... ..........

Speaking

Watching a romantic movie

Business trip

On a diet

Date at 20.00

Travelling

Seducing

To the toilet

Handbag

shopping

The ideal partner

The SS will complete this grid according on what they watch in the following video segment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Smih7beFfDU

Follow up: Once the grid is completed, the T will ask SS to make a record of the grid. They will have to provide

orally sentences with the use of vocabulary previously given by the T, according on what they watched.

EX: In my opinion most men hardly ever go on diet while a majority of women do so at least once a year
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DAY 6

Preparation: The T will stick a poster with the following images on it.

The T will askthem to observe the images and to discuss some questions: Whats gender? / What do you think of

women role in society? / What can you see in these pictures? / What factors can cause stress nowadays?/ Who does

all the house chores in your home? /In your opinion, are men and women equal?/ What things can either men or

women do that the other cannot do and why?

Core Task: Reading comprehension Women & Men - Di ff erent but Equal?(Diigole link)

http://www.meaningfullife.com/social/womenANDmen/Women_AND_Men_-_Different_but_EqualQUESTION.php

Follow up: The T will ask them, Ok what have you learnt today? Are women and men equal? Why/why not? The

T will ask them to do this HW: The will have to collect information related to how women and men have changed in

the last 10 decades, and bring it for the following class.

DAY 7

Preparation: The teacher will ask the SS to show her the research they did for HW. Once she checked and collected

all the information she will write this example on the board:

My dad used to make barbeque ten years ago, but now he doesnt make it, he became vegetarian.

The T will underline the word USED TO and will elicit some ideas. In this way SS will learn the use of USED TO to

indicate an action in the past but no longer used in the present. She will ask SS to provide some oral examples.
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She will also write a timeline on the board indicating a sequence of events about her life.

1999 2002 2003 2004 2006

Received my Got my Moved to Started studying StartedSecondary degree Terciary degree Zarate The theacher training working

College in schools

Ex: In 2002 I received my Tertiary degree in Graphic Designer, I those times I used to design but now I teachEnglish.

So, in this way SS will contrast ideas by using USED TO and also the PAST SIMPLE TENSE.

Core Task: The T will give them a photocopy with a timeline template. The SS will have to complete it with their

events in the past.

See Timeline.pdf

Follow up: Once they finish, the T will ask them some questions in order to recognize the use ofUsed toand the past

simple.

Ex: Tomas, what important event did you do in 2005? What did you used to do in those times?

And so on.

DAY 8

Preparation: the T will give the SS the main tasks and

the tools on how to create a poster for the final task. For

this they will see some ideas on posters provided by

the teacher.


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They will also watch, listen and read this webpage:

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/exam-speaking/oral-presentation

CORE TASK AND FOLLOW UP: They will analyze the poster to create ideas on how to make a presentation. The

T will also provide this worksheet in order to practice phrases or connectors to use for an oral presentation.

HELPFUL PHRASES FOR ORAL EXAMS

Beginning:

I am going to speak about .

I have chosen question three.

Changing topics:

So far for .. Now Id like to turn to .

What else is there to say? (Rhetoric question!!)
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I think thats all there is to say. So I want to turn to ..

Let me now turn to

At this point Id like to say

Expressing ignorance:

Im afraid I cant remember.

I dont know Im afraid.

Wanting to remember:

Let me think .

Its on the tip of my tongue.

Its slipped my mind for the moment.

Im sure it will come back to me.

.. as far as I can remember

It has something to do with .

Ah yes! I should have known!

Asking for clarification:

What exactly do you mean?

I do not quite understand the question, Im afraid.

What exactly is meant by.

In my mother tongue it is , but I do not know the English expression.


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Not knowing for certain:

I suppose .

I am not sure, but I think . / I dont know for certain, but might.

As far as I remember

Giving the necessary resources and tools for giving an oral presentation, the teacher will give them a period of time

to do it in groups, collect, search and practice it. After 2 weeks they will have to give it in groups. They will be

evaluated.

The teacher will also tell them they will have a test the next lesson related to some themes on this unit.

DAY 9

Preparation: The T will show them this link so as the SS could do the test. They will be given one hour.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JeL840j3VfOi07wEQOpwpwO9kG0zGiNyRD5lMAYEz7I/edit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JeL840j3VfOi07wEQOpwpwO9kG0zGiNyRD5lMAYEz7I/edithttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1JeL840j3VfOi07wEQOpwpwO9kG0zGiNyRD5lMAYEz7I/edithttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1JeL840j3VfOi07wEQOpwpwO9kG0zGiNyRD5lMAYEz7I/edit

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