ACE Lesson 24






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Teacher:		Level:	ACE (Low – High beginner)
Skill:	Vocabulary, Grammar	Date:	Lesson #26: August 1, 2006
Subskills:	prepositions of place, directions	Topic:	Giving Directions
Objective:	SWBAT: Tell the location of various places in a fictional town. Describe how to get to places in their village using direction lexis	Lexis:	Prepositions of Place: opposite, between, at the corner, around the corner, next to Places in town: school, bridge, gas station, hospital, post office, bank, market, bus station, pier Directions: stop, turn left/right, go over bridge, go straight, it’s on the left, it’s on the right
Language point(s):		Anticipated problems:	Absent: Somsak and Somdej Petchmanee

STAGE	E \| S \| A	TARGET LANGUAGE	TEACHER	STUDENT	MATERIALS	TIME	TEACHER’S EVALUATION
	E	Prepositions of place	Leads class in a quick warm-up and recap of the prepositions of place by arranging items in front of the class and asking OC questions. Introduce between and at the corner. Concept check.	Responds	box, ball, pen, book, chair, various other realia	5 min	Brilliant. Even the ones who were missing yesterday got it quickly.
	S/A	Prepositions of place	Have Ss in pairs practice asking “Where is the pen?” while the other student places it somewhere.	SS1: Place pen, Where is the pen? SS2: The pen is on / in / behind / under/below/next to/near/at the corner/ the book	Pens, books, other realia	5min	Am I dreaming? Don’t pinch me! This was brilliant! Phet added realia to her demonstration to do “between”
3 (1st class)	A	All prepositions of place	Demo task: get realia and nominate one SS Put the book under/below the table Put the pen on the book Put the bin on the table Put the mango next to the bin Put the ball in the bin Monitor – SS recreate the scene in the picture by telling their partner where things go Class FB – lead SS in asking questions of each pair, Where is the bin? Etc	Does what I say!! Does task in pairs/groups Responds & asks questions	Realia: file, ball, pen, book, box, chair Recreate the scene pictures	4min 6min 5min	Wisely opted to skip these—would’ve meant not finishing the lesson!
3 (2nd class)	A	All prepositions of place	Demo task: give SS1 an envelope with clue inside, SS2 asks: Where is it?, SS1: It’s under the table, SS2 goes to find next envelope, SS3: Where is it?, SS2: It’s next to the plant, SS3 goes to find next envelope and so on until treasure hunt completed	Listens Does task	Treasure hunt photos	15 min
	E	Places in town	Elicit on whiteboard Circle game (remove one at a time) Drill pronunciation	Responds	Place flashcards	6 min	Both classes offered more town lexis than I could ever dream of. Barely used the flashcards, except to later set up scenes to elicit more prepositions of place (i.e., around the corner)
	E	opposite, between, around the corner, next to	Use places in town flashcards to elicit or draw map on whiteboard Drill pronunciation	Responds	Place flashcards Blank map for OHP	10 min	Used the OHP map. Worked like a charm.
	S	opposite, between, around the corner, next to	Explain task Monitor Class FB	Listens Does task Read out	PT1: “Where’s the…”	1 min 5 min 2 min
	S/A	opposite, between, around the corner, next to	Answers PT1 p.1 using OHT. Have Ss fill in each box. There is more than one possible answer for some! Drill each answer.	Responds	PT1 p1. OHT, OHP, whiteboard, markers	5 min
	S	opposite, between, around the corner, next to	Listening: Listen to the teacher and order the pictures. Reads the descriptions of place [2] aloud to Ss.	Write the correct number in the box.	PT1 p2, lesson plan notes	5 min
	S/A	opposite, between, around the corner, next to	Answers PT1 p.2 using OHT. Has Ss fill in each box. Drill each answer.	Responds	PT1 p2. OHT, OHP, whiteboard, markers	5 min
	A	Opposite, between, around the corner, next to	Explain task: in pairs SS ask Where is the ..? and other SS answers using map, four questions each Monitor Class FB	Listens Does task Read out	PT2: town map	2min 6min 4min
	E	directions	TPR: Have Ss stand. Shout orders Marine style (Go Straight! Turn Left! Turn right! Stop!) Should go damn fast as they’ve had this all before.	Responds	direction flashcards (from previous lessons on this topic)	3 min	No problem.
	E/S	directions	Question: “How do I get to the computer room?” “How do I get to the bathroom?” Possibly have Ss follow and direct me there?	Responds and becomes familiar with the concept.	none	1 min	good introduction.
	E/S	Directions	Places flashcards in a town-like arrangement (use the bridge flashcard to elicit go over the bridge). Put the Yellow Martian Man somewhere. Asks “How do I get to the gas station?” Repeat with a couple other places. Introduce new lexis: It’s on the right. It’s on the left.	Responds “Go straight, turn left, stop.”	direction flashcards	3 min	Introduced the very last part (new lexis) in stage 10. Didn’t do the rest at all.
	E	Town and places	Re-elicits the town and place vocabulary. Tries to get Ss to come up with more places to fill in blanks on map.	Responds or doesn’t.	whiteboard	3 min
	S	Directions	Projects OHT of the map (PT2) and labels a spot “Start.” Asks individual Ss How do “I get to the school?” Repeat with a few other places.	Responds.	OHT of the map, w/b, markers	5 in
	S	Directions	Writes on w/b:
	E/S	HW#8 review (map)	Projects OHT of the map from HW#8. Calls on random Ss to fill in the lexis. (Peninsula was the hardest for most.)	Labels the map.	HW#8 OHT of p. 3	10 min
	E	HW#8 review (map)	Elicits additional lexis to label map with. Elicits “map.”	Responds	HW#8	2 min
	A	Pronunciation	Pronunciation Journey!	Responds	Pronunciation Journey!	10 min

NOTES:

Pre-Lesson:

[1]
1. Bank
2. Beach
3. Bus Station
4. Coffee Shop
5. Community Center
6. Garage
7. Gas Station
8. Handicraft Center
9. Hospital
10. Internet Cafe
11. Laundry
12. Market
13. Pier
14. Post Office
15. School
16. Shrimp Farm

[2]
1. on
2. in
3. above
4. under
5.

[3]
1. The school is around the corner from the pier.
2. The pier is next to the bank.
3. The gas station is opposite the market.
4. The hospital is between the bus station and the gas station.
5. The gas station is opposite the pier
6. The post office is at the corner next to the school.

Post-Lesson:

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