Lower Intermediate: Lesson 2

Objectives	Grammar
Talk about transport and its problems Evaluate city services Ask and give info	Expressions of quantity with count/noncount: too many, too much, fewer, less, more, not enough Indirect questions from wh- questions

Print	Set Up
Handout transportation stats Used to poems (half sheets) Indirect questions Copies of food eating HW	n/a

Set up: n/a

Time (Min)	Objective	Procedure
10 min	Warm up from last time	Present two "Used to" poems they think and brainstorm their own poem read out loud to class
15 min	Review HW	Use to handout Reading of Chicken soup story Description of own story/experience
10 min	Introduction to vocabulary	When I critique something there are specific words I can use to indicate if I want more or less of something. List words on board seperating into count/noncount sides. too many - too much more - more fewer - less are not enough - is not enough so, too, far Review meanings of these expressions together with example sentences. Provide one then ask one student to provide another example.
15 min	Conversation incorporating quantitative vocabulary on board	City transportation - do you use it here? Did you use transportation where you're from? What are the differences?
10 min	Speaking	Handout of transport in the world, discussion in pairs, what are the main differences, why do you think those differences exist? What would be ideal? listen and give feedback on conversations ask groups to share what they think is the most important issue they discussed.
5 min	Indirect questions	When I am unfamiliar with an area and want to ask a stranger a question How can I ask them in a nice way? Write ideas on the board Goal is to get indirect question Point out structure of indirect questions First asking question of "could/can you tell me...", "do you know..." second part does not follow inverted question form "...where the nearest store is?" "...how far the beach is from here?" "...how often the bus passes?" Give ss handout on indirect qs Ask them to see what is the difference between the two question forms? Discuss the activity with a partner. SS should notice the actual question they want to know is no longer inverted as in direct questions Indirect is a more polite form, because first you are not sure this person even knows this information so adding the first "do you know" or "could you tell me" is better than directly asking the question.
5 min	Natural conversation	Everyone will stand up and walk around. They ask each other questions using indirect questions, but must appropriately get the others attention and say goodbye too.
5 min	Feedback	Give students feedback on their conversations.
10 min	how to deal with rude people	Ask class how to respond to a rude, impatient person, or someone who they don't understand? Enact these situations with them as a group. "Do I look like a tourist guide?" "I recommend you get a map." Mumble, "you just keep on going straight then you should see it somewhere on the street." "You don't want to go there, it's the worst!" "You never know, transportation here is the pits." Use more advanced student to throw others off, give an unexpected response. Can give other students the opportunity to give unexpected responses.
5 min	HW	Link at bottom of handout of indirect questions has a link of a short video to watch about transportation in the US. Also consider the questions that come after. Handout of reading of How Eating too little is wrecking... Have to answer questions at the bottom.