UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE EL SALVADOR
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS Y HUMANIDADES
LICENCIATURA EN CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN CON
ESPECIALIDAD EN IDIOMA INGLES.
TEACHING PRACTICUM
“LESSON PLAN”
TEACHER´S NAME: CRISTIAN MELENDEZ.
STUDENTS´ NAME: MONICA ANDREA DUQUE.
REINA BELLANIRA RECINOS.
GRADE: 7.5
DATE: FEBRUARY 28TH, 2014
LESSON PLAN
Level:
Intermediate English II
Topic: Holidays
and Traditions
Target Structure: Relative
Pronouns and Adjective Clauses.
Time: 8hrs
Schedule: Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 2:00 -3:50
OBJECTIVES:
*SWBAT ask about
local customs in an oral form.
*SWBAT exchange
information about holidays in an oral and written form.
*SWBAT explain
wedding traditions by role-playing a conversation describing a local wedding
traditions to a visitor in their country.
MATERIALS: Sheets of paper, pictures, markers.
WARM UP: Activity
1 “Hot potato”
Ask students to make a circle, use a small ball made of pieces of paper
that contains different ways to commemorate a holiday. The teacher will play
the music while the students pass the ball. Once the music stops, the student
who has the ball will get one of the pieces of paper and will talk about one
way to commemorate a holiday.
WARM UP: Activity
2 “sentence strips”
Divide the class in two groups. Each group will be given five sentence
strips containing “relative pronouns and adjective clauses”. The teacher will
read the sentences and the students will have to look for the correct pieces
and put them in the correct order.
- People who work hard are often
successfully.
- People who exercise regularly are
healthy.
- A person who uses a cellphone while
driving is in danger.
- A computer that is more than five years
old is out of date.
- Spam comes from companies that want to
sell you something.
- I don´t like movies that make me feel
sad.
- A computer that has a small memory is not
very useful today.
- I like books that are very interesting.
- Students who don´t have a computer have
to go to a cyber.
- People who are in poverty have a very
hard life.
WARM UP: Activity
3 “talk”
Have students make a semi-circle. The teacher will start talking about a
holiday. The student on the right side will repeat the teacher´s holiday and he
or she will talk about a holiday or just mention it, they will continue doing
this until everybody participates.
WARM UP: Activity
4 “Ladder”
Divide the class in two groups. Have them two lines in front of the
board. The teacher will paste on the board ten words related to a wedding. The
teacher will read the meaning or the role of each word and the students will
have to identify and grab it from the board as fast as they can. The group with
more words will be the winner.
WORDS:
Bride: The woman who gets married is called a
"bride."
Groom: The man who gets married is called a
"groom."
Church: public worship of God or a religious service in such a building
Reception: A reception is a party that follows the
wedding.
Toast: A toast is
a short speech.
Newlywed(s): People who have just married are referred to
as "newlyweds."
Bouquet: a bunch of flowers; nosegay.
Ring:
a typically circular band of metal, especially one of gold.
Invitation:
the written or spoken form with which a person is invited.
Honeymoon: a vacation or trip taken by a newly married couple.
PRESENTATION:
Activity
1: “Reading”
Directions: Go to page number 80 of the student’s book and do this activity:
Pre activity: Give the students a couple of minutes in order to give a quick view of
the reading “holidays around the world” and have them express their ideas of
what the topic is about.
During
Activity: Have a student read the first three lines of
the first paragraph. The student who was reading mentions the name of a
classmate to continue reading and so on. Have the students underline the new
words they find as they read.
The teacher should also underline the words
students mispronounce, so that when they have finished reading, the teacher
takes some time to write the new vocabulary on the board, explain the meaning
and correct any pronunciation mistake.
Post Activity: Students will read each holiday carefully and will discuss in pairs
about each of the holiday and what are the differences between each of them.
“FAMOUS
HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD”
The modern Mother's Day is
celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March,
April, or May as a day to honor mothers and motherhood. In the UK and Ireland,
it follows the old traditions of Mothering Sunday, celebrated in March/April.
Historically, the celebration has it
origin in ancient customs and traditions. The ancient Greeks kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of Greek gods. The ancient Romans
also had another holiday,Matronalia,
that was dedicated to Juno (an ancient Roman goddess), though
mothers were usually given gifts on this day. In Europe there were several long
standing traditions where a specific Sunday was set aside to honor motherhood
and mothers such as Mothering Sunday which is a Christian festival
celebrated throughout Europe that falls on the 4th Sunday in Lent. One of the early calls to celebrate Mother's Day in
the United States was the "Mother's Day Proclamation"
by Julia Ward Howe. Written in 1870, the Proclamation was tied to Howe's
feminist belief that women had a responsibility to shape their societies at the
political level.
. Saint
Valentine's Day
Saint
Valentine's Day is a Hallmark Holiday
Hallmark holiday refers to a holiday
that is perceived to exist mainly for commercial reasons, rather than to
celebrate a traditionally significant religious or secular event. Although many
people view these celebrations in a negative way, others have positive views.
On the negative side, hallmark holidays don't really celebrate an important
event, and only exist for companies to make a lot of money. On the
positive side, the term describes the perfect holiday in which family, friends,
and fun come first. Everyday problems, worries, and stress can be put
aside. Valentine's Day, which is celebrated on February 14, is usually
considered to be one of the hallmark holidays.
Historical
Origin of the Celebration
A popular explanation of the link
between Saint Valentine and the Holiday says that at the time of the Roman
"Lupercalia" Festival marriage was a common tradition, but when
Claudius became Emperor he changed all of that. He outlawed all marriages
because he was afraid that men would refuse their duty to fight because they
would not want to leave their wives behind. Young couples still fell in love
though and still wished to marry and they took these desires to the Catholic Bishop
Valentine who, understanding love, began to secretly marry couples. When
Claudius found out, he arrested Valentine and sentenced him to death. While
waiting in prison, Valentine began exchanging letters with the prisoner's
daughter and soon had fallen in love with her. The day he was to be beheaded,
he wrote her one last note and signed it: "From Your Valentine"
GRAMMAR NOTES:
(see Apex #1)
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES:
An
Adjective Clause is a word that describes a noun. An Adjective Clause is a
group of words (with a subject and a verb) that describes a noun. Compare
adjectives (ADJ) and Adjective
clauses (AC) below.
Examples:
ADJ: Do you know your new neighbors?
AC: Do you know the people who live next door to you?
ADJ: This is an interesting book.
AC: This is a book that has pictures of the high school graduates.
ADJ: I attended an old high school.
AC: The high school that I attended was built in 1920.
Explanation:
An Adjective (ADJ) precedes a noun.
An
Adjective Clause (AC) follows a
noun.
Relative
pronouns, such as WHO and THAT, introduce an adjective clause.
RELATIVE PRONOUN AS SUBJECT:
The
Relative Pronouns who, that and which can be subject of the
adjective clause. Use who or that for people. Use that or which for things.
I found a
website. The web site lists people by
high school.
I found a
website THAT/WHICH lists people by
high school.
Women…………………………….
Often change their last names.
Women get married.
Women WHO/THAT get married often change their
last names.
- WHICH is less common than THAT.
- A present tense verb in the adjective
clause must agree in number with its subject.
A woman who gets married usually changes her name.
Women who
get married usually change their names.
RELATIVE CLAUSES AS OBJECT:
The
relative clause pronouns who (m), that,
and which can be the object of the adjective clause.
OBJECT
She attended the high school.
The high
school…………………….. Is in New York City.
The high
school Which she attended is in New
York City.
That
OBJECT
I knew a friend in high school.
A friend
…………………………………… sent me an e mail.
A friend Who (m) I knew in high school sent an e
mail.
That
Language Notes:
- The relative pronoun is usually omitted in
conversation when it is the object of the adjective clause.
The high school she attended is in New York
City.
- Whom is considered more correct or
more formal than who when it is
used as the object of the adjective clause. However, as seen in the above
note, the relative pronoun is usually omitted altogether in conversation.
Formal: A friend whom I knew in high school sent
me an e mail.
Informal: A friend I knew in high school sent
me an e mail.
PRACTICE:
Controlled Activities:
Activity one: Students will be given a worksheet paper where
they will have to match the sentences on the left with the sentences on the
right and will underline the relative pronoun and the adjective clause. (Apex #
2)
Activity two: Students will be given some sentences in which
they have to correct the adjective clauses. (Apex # 3)
Activity three: Students will be given a worksheet paper with
five sentences where the students will have to fill in the blanks with the
adjective clause. (Apex # 4 )
Activity four: Students will work in pairs in a chart the
teacher will provide for them. They will complete the chart according to the
information of the previous reading: “Holidays around
the world” (See page # 80 from the book) and (Apex # 5)
Activity five: Students will listen to a conversation in page
48 exercise 8 of the book and they will circle True or False according to what
they will listen to. (Apex # 6)
Activity six: Students will answer some questions provided by
the teacher in a separate sheet of paper. (Apex # 7)
SEMI-CONTROLLED ACTIVITIES:
Activity one: Students will answer 10 short-answer questions regarding holidays and
traditions. (Apex # 8)
Activity two: In pairs,
students will exchange information about holidays with the information provided
by the teacher. (Apex # 9)
Activity three: In pairs,
students will work on creating their own story based on the pictures provided
by the teacher. (Apex # 10)
Activity four: In pairs,
students will be given some key words on which they are going to work by giving
a definition to each word using the adjective clause. (Apex # 11)
Activity five: In pairs,
students will work on the activity “writing and underlining” which consists on
some sentences that the teacher will dictate and they will underline the
adjective clauses and circle the relative pronouns. Then they will draw an
arrow from the relative pronoun to the noun or pronoun it describes. (Apex # 12)
Activity six: In groups, students will make the activity “circle
in and circle out” which consists on this: One group will make a circle and the other
group will make another circle out of the first one. Students will be face to
face while being in circles. The teacher will mention some holidays in El
Salvador and will give time to students to talk with the classmate they have in
front. When the teacher says: “stop” the students will stop talking and the
inside circle will move one step to the left and the outside circle will move
to the right to continue with the game until everybody talks each other.
(Apex # 13)
FREE ACTIVITIES:
Activity one: In a semi-circle,
students will play “Symons says “with the information provided by the teacher.
(In this activity, every time the teacher says a topic the students are going
to look for a classmate and they will talk about the topic given by the
teacher. Ex: “Simon says: talk about local customs” and they will have to talk
about it). (Apex # 14)
Activity two: In pairs,
students will role play the situation the teacher will provide them. (Apex # 15)
Activity three: In pairs,
students will create a conversation with a free topic, the one they choose but
using relative pronouns and adjective clauses.
Activity four: In a semi-circle,
students will play “find someone who” to practice the relative pronouns
according to the current situation in the classroom. (For ex: the teacher will say: “Find someone who is wearing sneakers” and students
will look for that person and touch him or her)
Activity five: In pairs,
students will be given a topic about holidays and traditions in El Salvador and
around the world in order to have a five minutes presentation. (Apex # 16)
Activity six: Some students
will be chosen randomly by the teacher to go to the front and talk about
holidays or traditions in El Salvador he or she will mention. (Apex # 17)
WRAP UP:
Students will choose a chocolate that contains a
question about holidays and traditions in El Salvador and around the world,
once they grab it, they will have to go up-front and they will answer the
question given if he or she cannot answer it other students can help.
Homework:
On a separate sheet of paper, students will
write five sentences with adjective clauses to describe some holidays and
traditions in their native country.
APPENDIXES
APEX # 1 GRAMMAR NOTES
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES:
An Adjective Clause is a word that describes a noun. An Adjective Clause is a group of words (with a subject and a verb) that describes a noun. Compare adjectives (ADJ) and Adjective clauses (AC) below.
Examples:
ADJ: Do you know your new neighbors?
AC: Do you know the people who live next door to you?
ADJ: This is an interesting book.
AC: This is a book that has pictures of the high school graduates.
ADJ: I attended an old high school.
AC: The high school that I attended was built in 1920.
Explanation:
An Adjective (ADJ) precedes a noun.
An Adjective Clause (AC) follows a noun.
Relative pronouns, such as WHO and THAT, introduce an adjective clause.
RELATIVE PRONOUN AS SUBJECT:
The Relative Pronouns who, that and which can be subject of the adjective clause. Use who or that for people. Use that or which for things.
I found a website. The web site lists people by high school.
I found a website THAT/WHICH lists people by high school.
Women……………………………. Often change their last names.
Women get married.
Women WHO/THAT get married often change their last names.
- WHICH is less common than THAT.
- A present tense verb in the adjective clause must agree in number with its subject.
A woman who gets married usually changes her name.
Women who get married usually change their names.
RELATIVE CLAUSES AS OBJECT:
The relative clause pronouns who (m), that, and which can be the object of the adjective clause.
OBJECT
She attended the high school.
The high school…………………….. Is in New York City.
The high school Which she attended is in New York City.
That
OBJECT
I knew a friend in high school.
A friend …………………………………… sent me an e mail.
A friend Who (m) I knew in high school sent an e mail.
That
Language Notes:
- The relative pronoun is usually omitted in conversation when it is the object of the adjective clause.
The high school she attended is in New York City.
- Whom is considered more correct or more formal than who when it is used as the object of the adjective clause. However, as seen in the above note, the relative pronoun is usually omitted altogether in conversation.
Formal: A friend whom I knew in high school sent me an e mail.
Informal: A friend I knew in high school sent me an e mail.
APEX # 2
MATCHING
Directions: Match the two parts of the sentences, underline
the relative pronoun and underline the adjective clause. Look at the example
provided.
Cheerleaders
are the participants that celebrates
the yearly harvest.
on the parade…
. who celebrate
Kwanzaa
-Hanukkah is a Jewish celebration… that celebrates
Independence Day
-Latin people … who celebrate Kwanzaa
-The people around the world… who celebrate
Holy Week are Catholics.
-Chuseok is a Korean Holiday… who like to
dance and have fun.
-Almost every people in the world… that takes place in December.
-San Miguel´s Carnaval is a celebration
for people… who celebrate All Saint´s Day
visit the
graves of their beloved ones.
-Only African Americans are the ones….
…Who celebrate Valentine’s Day give present to
their couples and friends.
APEX # 3
ERROR-CORRECTION
Directions: Correct the
error in the adjective clause in each sentence.
1) Putting butter on a child´s nose is a birthday tradition who people
observe on the Atlantic coast of Canada.
2) On the Day of the Dead, Mexicans remember family members who they have
died.
3) The tomatoes that people throw them at each other during La Tomatina in
Buñol, Spain.
4) The performer sang that traditional holiday song is world-famous.
5) The fireworkds people set them off during the summer festivals in Japan
are very beautiful.
6) The person who you invite them for dinner likes to celebrate Halloween.
7) Thanksgiving is a celebration takes place in November.
APEX # 4
FILL IN
THE BLANKS
Directions: Complete the adjective clause in each sentence,
using the clues. Omit the relative pronoun when possible.
Ex: People who
visit other countries should find out the local customs.
(People visit other countries)
1)
The man _________________________ plays in a mariachi band.
(You were talking with the man)
2)
The young people __________________ were all wearing traditional
costumes. (You saw the young people in
the parade)
3)
The traditional Chinese dress _________________ is called a cheongsam.
(She’s wearing
a dress)
4)
Anzac Day is a holiday ________________________ to remember soldiers who
passed away. (People celebrate the holiday in Australia)
APEX # 5
COMPLETION
Directions: Complete the chart. Check the holidays on which each
tradition is observed, according to the information in the previous reading.
On this
holiday, people…
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Bolivar´s
Birthday
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Chinese New
Year
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Ramadan
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Give each
other gifts…
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Wear
costumes…
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Pray…
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Wish each
other well…
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Get together
with their families…
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Perform
traditional dances…
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Decorate
their homes…
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Celebrate
for several days…
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Give away
money…
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Have
parades…
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Avoid eating
during the day…
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Which
holiday is celebrated in more than one country?
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____ Simon
Bolivar´s Birthday
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Chinese New Year
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____ Ramadan
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APEX # 6
LISTENING
COMPREHENSION (PAGE 84 EXERCISE A)
Directions: Listen to each conversation and circle the
occasion or the people they are talking about. Then circle T if the statement
is true or F if it is false. Correct any false statements.
1) An
engagement/ a reception / a honeymoon
2) An
engagement/ a reception / a honeymoon
3) A bride / a
groom / relatives
4) A bride / a
groom / relatives
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T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
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The man who is speaking is the groom.
The man who is speaking is the groom.
The woman who is speaking is the bride.
The woman who is speaking is a guest.
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APEX # 7
CONTROLLED
ESSAY
Directions: On a separate sheet of paper, answer each of
the following questions in your own way.
1)
What’s your favorite holiday? What kind of holiday is it (seasonal,
historical or religious)?
2)
What’s the longest holiday in your country? How long is it?
3)
What’s the most interesting wedding tradition in your country?
APEX # 8
COMPLETION
Directions: Answer the
following questions according to your own information.
1)
Is All Saints Day celebrated
on November 3rd?
2)
When do we celebrate
Valentine’s Day?
3)
Which holiday is
celebrated on May 10th?
4)
Mention 2 holidays in
which we can see a parade:
5)
What do we celebrate
on August 6th?
APEX # 9
SPEAKING
Directions: Name one holiday you know for each tradition in
the chart. (Pair discussion)
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Set off fireworks and wear new clothes.
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Wear costumes.
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Go to the beach.
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Pray.
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Get together with their families.
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Have parades,cheerleaders,etc
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Perform traditional dances.
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Go to church and on religious parades.
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Eat turkey.
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Eat fish, torrejas,etc.
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March
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Go to the fair campus.
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APEX # 10
WRITING
Directions:
Create your own story using the relative pronouns (that, whom or who) based on
the following pictures. (Pair Activity)
Ex: “Halloween” is celebrated for people who live in
the United States. When I was living there, I remember that I celebrated
Halloween with my friends in my neighborhood. We wore our best’s customs and
went to ask for candies as many houses as possible. I remember that there were
people who…………………………………………………
APEX # 11
“WORD GAME”
Directions: We often give a definition with an adjective
clause. Work with a partner to give a definition of the following words by
using an adjective clause.
Example: Twins
Twins are
brothers or sisters who are born at the same time.
- A babysitter
- An immigrant
- An adjective
- A fax Machine
- A dictionary
- A mouse
- A doctor
- A teacher
- A coupon
- A lawyer
APEX # 12
“WRITING AND
UNDERLYING” (see page # 77 of the student’s book)
Directions: In pairs, students
will listen to the sentences the teacher will dictate and they will underline
the adjective clauses and circle the relative pronouns. Then they will draw an
arrow from the relative pronoun to the noun or pronoun it describes.
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Ex: Ramadan is a religious tradition
that falls on a different day every year.
1)
Chuseok
is a Korean holiday that celebrates the yearly harvest.
2)
The
woman who designed our Halloween customes for the parade was really talented.
3)
The
celebrations that take place in Brazil during Carnaval are a lot of fun.
4)
People
who celebrate April Fool´s Day have a lot of fun every April 1st.
5)
The
Dragon Boat Festival in China is a celebration that takes place on the fifth
day of the fifth moon, in May or June.
APEX # 13
CIRCLE IN AND CIRCLE OUT
Directions: Make two groups of students. One
group will make a circle and the other group will make another circle out of
the first one. Students will be face to face while being in circles. The
teacher will mention some holidays in El Salvador and will give time to students
to talk with the classmate they have in front. When the teacher says: “stop”
the students will stop talking and the inside circle will move one step to the
left and the outside circle will move to the right to continue with the game
until everybody talks each other.
- Holy week
- Independence day
- Patron's Saint Festivities - August
6
- All Souls Day - November 2
- Christmas celebration
- Labour Day - May 1
APEX # 14
“SIMON SAYS”
Directions: Make a semi-circle and pay attention to the
teacher commands. Every time the teacher says a command look for a classmate in
the semi-circle and talk about it until the teacher gives another command.
·
Ask
about local customs.
·
Exchange
information about holidays around the world.
·
Talk
about the different traditions.
·
Say
three sentences using adjective clauses.
·
Say
two sentences using relative pronouns.
APEX # 15
“ROLE PLAY”
Directions: Listen to the situation the teacher is going to
say to a student he will choose randomly and role play the situation. (Pair
work)
·
A
weeding in El Salvador (traditions)
·
Holy
week
·
Christmas
celebration
·
Independence
day
APEX # 16
ORAL PRESENTATION
Directions: In pairs, prepare a five minutes presentation
according to the topic about holidays or traditions in El Salvador and around the
world the teacher is going to provide to you.
·
Ramadam,
the Month of Fasting
·
Patron's Saint Festivities - August 6
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