Praxis Translator

Friday, November 6, 2009

Idioms & Dictionary


Objectives:

Learn new vocabulary and review old one
Make sentences and questions using the new vocabulary
Enhance speaking skills by participating in a discussion

Greeting:

The teacher will welcome the students, will explain what activity will be developed and what will be the objectives of the activity.

Glossary:

The teacher will bring cards with the words and its meaning so that the students will match them.

Clerks
Bother
To block
Better
State
To manage
To administer
Role
Task
Clumsy
Waiter
Tight
To grow
To look like
Logs
To build
Wire
Bars
To see
To bake

The teacher will read aloud the idioms and dictionary section then each student will read one idiom or word.

The students will be divided in two groups. Group A will prepare questions using idioms and group B will make questions using words from the dictionary.
When they finish each group will ask the questions to the other one. Those who don’t make mistakes answering will receive a point. The group with more points at the end wins.


Questions to discus

Which professions do you think make people well off?

Think about your favourite movie. Do you think the actors were cut out for that role?

In your opinion, what is the best zoo you have visited so far? What was so special about it?

What is your opinion of zoos?

Do you think it’s good to keep the animals in cages? Why? Why not?

What dish would you make with cabbage?

Imagine that calendars didn’t exist, how could we age time?

What do you think of the Mayan prediction of 2012: “Dooms Day”?

4 comments:

Paola Diaz said...

The activity was very interesting and the humor of the teacher is great, but I would like to have more dialogue and not question/answer, to practice pronunciation.

Carolina Sanchez said...

I liked the activity I don´t know many words the teacher taught new words and I liked the way the teacher gave the class.

Diana Vacca said...

I think Zoos are very interesnting and beautifull.

Michael Mora. said...

Which professions do you think make people well off?
R/: The accounting and ingeniering I think make people well off.