4th Grade Unit 9 Timetables Grammar Activity

OSMAN TAŞCI

3-B / 09131066

Class: 4

Unit: 9 Timetables

Language point: Numbers (1-60), Talking about Timetables, Have got / has got

Time: 5-6 minutes

Aim: By watching these videos students will be aware of the subject (numbers and timetables) which they will learn in the lesson. They will have the first impression about the subject.

           

Noticing part: In this part, students will watch two videos. The first video is about the numbers and the second one is about the timetables.

            

Materials: Video 1: 

                   Video 2: 

          

Structuring part: In this part, there are two activities.

Aim: The aim is to enable learners to use the language spontaneously. Indeed they will use their own sentences while acting the situation since they are given only the situation, not the sentences of the dialogue. They will also stiffen their knowledge about have got/has got as they use these terms in the dialogue.

Activity 1: Students will apply role-play technique. There will be a scenario that happens in a train station. Students will be given situations and they will act their situation in a four-people group. In the scenario there are four people; Ali, Ayşe, Ahmet and an officer. Ali, Ahmet and Ayşe are friends and they meet at the station by coincidence. Ali has a ticket for 3.15 trains, Ahmet has a ticket for 3.30 trains and Ayşe has a ticket for 3.45 trains. Time is 3.20. While Ayşe and Ahmet are waiting their trains they see Ali running in a hurry. He approaches to them, tells that he has a ticket for 3.15 trains and asks whether his train has gone or not. Ayşe answers him and tells that his train has gone and adds that if he wants, he can have a ticket for 3.30 trains. While they are talking Ahmet attends the dialogue and tells Ali to ask the officer whether there is a ticket for 3.30 trains or not. He asks and the officer tells that there is not any ticket for 3.30 but there is a ticket for 3.45 trains. He buys the ticket and they continue to wait for their trains.

Technique: Role-play

Material: A dialogue prepared by the teacher

            There will probably be such a dialogue:

Ahmet: Hello Ayşe! How are you?

Ayşe: I’m fine. Thank you. How about you?

Ahmet: I’m fine, too. For which train have you got a ticket?

Ayşe: I have got a ticket for 3.45 trains. For which train have you got a ticket?

Ahmet: I have a ticket for 3.30 trains. Ali walking to us, isn’t he?

Ayşe: Yes, he is.

Ali: Hello, friends! I have a ticket for 3.15 trains. Has it gone?

Ayşe: Unfortunately, yes. You can have a ticket for 3.30 trains.

Ahmet: So let’s ask the officer.

Ali: Excuse me, sir; have you got any ticket for 3.30?

Officer: No, I haven’t got but if you want I have got a ticket for 3.45 trains.

Ali: Can I take, please?

Officer: Of course, you can.

Ali: Thank you so much.

Each time we can change the times such as 2.20, 2.35, 2.50 or the situations and places such as post office, school, municipality, etc.

            
            Activity 2: Students will watch a video. In this video there is a man showing the time with his arms. After watching video teacher says the students that they will make an activity. In this activity they will come to the board one by one and show the time.

          
            Aim: Students will be able to learn the times by applying and practicing. The more they practice, the more they will learn. As they will learn by practicing rather than only reading the worksheets, they can learn permanently.

Material: Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yq_rztquuU

Proceduralizing part:

Aim: Students will use the numbers (1-60) and timetables they have learned in the lesson. They will use have got/has got in their dialogues again so they can have a chance to stiffen their knowledge about these terms (have got/has got). In addition, they will produce a dialogue. To produce it, they will use their schemata. They will also develop their critical thinking. They will have wider perspectives. They will also develop their writing skills.

Procedure: In this part, students are asked to write a dialogue like the dialogue taking place in structuring part. These dialogues can be at anytime and anywhere such as school, bank, hospital, etc. After all students wrote the dialogues they are asked to share their dialogues and if they want they can act their dialogues in the class.