Having fun with idioms!!!

Objectives:

1) To learn the meaning and appropiate use of some idiomatic expressions.

2) To improve fluency by expressing ideas in a fast way.

3) To understand the sintagmatic relations that these idioms can establish.

Directions:

A) Put some papers with idioms and their definitions written into the bag.

B) Make every student take a peace of paper.

C) By pairs, the students will have to go infront of the class, say each idiom and perform a brief role-play in which they show the idiom's correct use while the others try to guess its meaning. Once somebody guesses the meaning , he/she will have to propose a new situation in which the idiom could be used properly.
D) Every student has to propose a new example. This will be done with every idiom.

Texas, Oil Capital of U.S.A

Objective
1) To learn new vocabulary and improve pronunciation.

2) To reinforce the use of modal verbs in past.

3) To obtain fluency when reading using time limit.

Developmente

A) The teacher reads the article aloud.

B) Gives the meaning of the unknown vocabulary

C) Making groups of three. The students will use the new vocabulary to make sentences focused on the specific words given to each group.

D) The teacher will explain the grammar use of the modal verbs in past tense

E) The students rewrite the article using the modal verbs in past tense and finally they will debate their point of view.

F) The teacher guides the students in a reading competition with a 30 seconds time limit.

A Student's Point of view

Objectives
1) Analize thoroughly the pronunciation of regular verbs in the past.

2) Explain the Steps on how to pronunce them. ( /t/ /d/ /id/ )

Activity

A) The teacher will first read the article "A Student's Point of View"

B) He will take out the regular verbs in the past which are used in said article with the students.

C) He will explain with what letters at the end of which words they have to go with each of the pronunciation.

D) The teacher will give the students different words for them to analize their pronunciation based on what they have learned.