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FRIENDS. Activity for 7th grade students Unit 1. introduction.
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FRIENDS Activityfor 7th grade students Unit 1
introduction • Thislessonisaimedtocoverthethematicvocabularyrequired in Unit 1 for 7th grade students. Thisincludesspare time activities (riding a bike, playingthe guitar, doingsports, etc) and adjectives (boring, shy, talkative, etc). • A famousanimatedtelevisioncomedy serie will be usedto catch studentsattention and tomakethelesson more interestingtothem. • Usingmusic and characterstocarryoutwiththeactivities.
Pre -activities! (30 minutes) • Listening and watchingthe video of Phineas and FerbThemesong. Handingoutthelyrics of thesongtothestudents. • Identifyingspare time activities • Introducingvocabulary • Introducingcharactersfor posterior activities http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKXYxGfFBig&feature=related • Duration of the video: 0:57 seconds
Phineas and Ferb Theme Song lyrics • There's 104 days of summer vacationAnd school comes along just to end itSo the annual problem for our generationIs finding a good way to spend itLike maybe... Building a rocketOr fighting a mummyOr climbing up the Eiffel TowerDiscovering something that doesn't exist (Hey! )Or giving a monkey a showerSurfing tidal wavesCreating nanobotsOr locating Frankenstein's brain (It's over here! ) • Finding a dodo birdPainting a continentOr driving your sister insane (Phineas!)As you can seeThere's a whole lot of stuff to doBefore school starts this fall (Come on Perry)So stick with us 'cause Phineas and FerbAre gonna do it allSo stick with us 'cause Phineas and Ferb areGonna do it all! (Mom! Phineas and Ferb are making a titlesequence!) • Identify vocabulary about spare time activities related with the images in the video. (8 minutes)
Show images of thecharactersdoingdifferentactivities • Emphasizingwhattheylike and don’tliketo do (expressions) B C D A E H F G
Candacelovesdancingwith Jeremy • Candacelikesridingherbike • Phineas and Ferbenjoyplayingthe guitar • Phineaslikesplayingfootball • Phineas, Ferb and Perry enjoydoingsportstogether • CandaceenjoyssingingwithPhineas • Stacylikesreading magazines in her free time • Phineas and Ferblovecreating new things • LANGUAGE FOCUS: • LOVE, LIKE, ENJOY or HATE, DOESN’T/DON’T LIKE + verb+ ing
Who’s in theclass? (Adapted) LEARNING GAME • Distribute a page of blocks with traits, preferences, and other characteristics that students in your class may share. Give the students several minutes to find a peer with each of the characteristics and obtain a signature in every block, if possible. • When time is up, find out who has gathered the greatest number of names and discuss each trait. Invite students to raise their hands if they possess a trait as you talk about it. http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/learninggame/learninggame024b.shtml
while-activities! (30 minutes) • ACTIVITY 1 • Comentaboutcharacterspersonalities and encouragestudentstoprovideanadjectiveto describe them. • Use crosswordaboutadjectives shy boring strong talkative creative friendly
ACTIVITY 2 • Crosswordswithadjectives. Ask studentsto use theirdictionariesifnecessary. • http://worksheets.theteacherscorner.net/make-your-own/crossword/crossword-puzzle.php • ACTIVITY 3 • Match Opposites • Write two lists of adjectives on the board or a worksheet. The first list should contain adjectives and the second the opposite of those adjectives. • http://esl.about.com/od/esleflteachingtechnique/a/lmh_vocab.htm • ACTIVITY 4 • Createsentencesusingtheadjectives • Ex: • Candacenevershuts up, sheis a verytalkativeperson. • Dr. Doofenshmirtzisalwaysinventingevildevices, he isreallymean.
ACTIVITY 5 • Reading comprehension and writing. Describe yourbestfriend. Worksheet. • http://englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/My_Friend.pdf
post-activities! (30 minutes) • Create a simple dialogue with a partneraboutyourfavouriteactivities, changingwhatisunderlined in theexample dialogue. • Presentittotheclass • EXAMPLE • what’syourname? • John Smith. • A. Howold are you? • B. I’mthirteen. • What are yourfavouriteactivities? • I likeplayingfootball and tennis. • A. And what do youlikedoingafterschool? • B. I likeswimming.