SUGGESTOPEDIA

Objective: The students recognize the topic that is present and the same time interact with the previous and actual knowledge through different activities.

Language Focus: The use of WH.

Description: 

1* Explanation about the topic.

2* Make an activity:

* Relax the students and close their eyes.

* Start with a classic song.

* The teacher starts the reading at the time the music is listen by the students

* At the end of the reading, the teacher does some questions about it and the students answer with their closed eyes.

*discuss about the topic.

*Make a little activity with color papers, it has a different WH the students choose one of them and create a sentence with their corresponding WH.

* Finally, the discussion about the new vocabulary. 

-  READING

GLOBAL WARMING

Global warming does more patent in our planet, his effects are more perceivable inside the hyrdrological cycle, reason whereby the scientists predict periods of droughts and floods more prolonged aceleration of the fusion of the glaciers and drastic chages in the patterns of precipitation and snow. The world already is experiencing changes on a large scale in places like Andes and Himalaya, Where are disappearing the glaciers and carrying achieve the source of drinkable water and irrigation for tthousand of people The glaciers are melting, the level of the sea increases, the jungles are drying and the fauna and the flora struggles to follow this rhythm. Every time it is more evident that the humans hace caused the greater part of the warming of the past century, by means of the broadcast of gases that retain the heat, to improve our modern life. We call gases of invernadero and his levels are increasingly high, now and in the last 65.000 years. Changing the so fast climate that some living beings can not adapt. Equally, a new climate and more impredecible imposes only challenges for all type of life. Which is the solution? Some experts aim to better planning and utilisation of water, in shape of dams and structures of control of floods whereas others tackle the less tangible  problem that represents the broadcast of gases of invernadero effect.

- CLASSIC SONG

Colour papers

Feedback: The students clarify some doubts about the WH and use different strategies for practice WH.

LESSON PLAN 

TOPIC:

Describing current actions.

MAIN GOAL 

The students learn present continuous through descriptions  about different actions.

OBJECTIVES

* The students will describe current actions using the present continuous 

* The students will be able to identify the current actions  in different situations.

LANGUAGE FOCUS

Present continuous

MATERIALS

*Video

*Box, papers- phrases of words

*implement ta common game

PROCEDURE

WARM UP

The teacher will present a short video with cartoons; explaining the different current actions at time that the groups of students represents this examples.

ACTIVITIES

The class is divided in three groups; one of group have o dramatize a situation; while the students are acting, the anothers one has to do a list of the current actions found there, and so on.

CLOSING

Finally, the students and the teacher make a circle, in the center of the circle. It has a box with different papers, that contains current actions. The student play the game *tingo, tingo, tango* with a ball and the person who lose, has to choose one paper and do it the action.

ASSESMENT

Fill the gaps of the exercise
taking into account the correct structure and expressions of the present continuous. The answers it will be below of the exercise.

HOMEWORK

You will make  a comic strip using the actions seen in class; And you have to explain it in front of the classmates.

HANDOUT 

HOW TO MAKE MATERIAL WITH READING

STRATEGIES:

*Skimming
*Scaning
*Make graphics organizers (mind map, charts, conceptual map)
*Identify unknown vocabulary
*Complete the missing gaps with the correct word

TYPES OF TASKS WITH READING

*Reading stories, articles, poems, novels, songs, fragaments, lyric songs, magazines*.

TIPS FOR TEACHERS 


*Searching for different books with a variety of topics select iwith the interest topics
*Choose a short paragraph with the topic had been in class. e.g ( present simple, present continuous, past simple and continuous, etc)
*Be clear with the instructions and help the students with doubts.
*Relate the text with personal experiences of facts, give examples.
*Motivate the students through striking images.
*Encourage the participation of students with discussion, games, questions, and so on.

FINAL ACTIVITY

• work in pairs and based on the reading make a poster.
• Make a mind map with the topic just learned. 

WORKSHEET 

Skill: Reading integrated other skills

Topic: Past experiences/ events

Learner: Adults

Style: Visual- verb- active- reflective

Multiple intelligences: interpersonal, verbal-linguistic, Visual- spatial,

ACTIVITY

INSTRUCTIONS

• ·         Choose a chapter of a book ( You want)
• ·         Taking into account the story of the book, Identify if one of their experience coincide with special past events happened in your country or in your personal life.
• ·         Create a memory game or another one, with a sequence of images that can help the class to identify what is the past event that you want to explain.

• ·         Socialize the results.