Lesson script
2nd educational stage, English
Content area:
Content and language integrated learningDetailed requirements:
Student (9.7) provides examples of appropriate ways of spending free time, accounting for safety rules related to outdoor games/activities and street safety.Topic
: Street safetyDuration
: 45 minutesDetailed goals regarding the range of information
Student:
Knows basic street safety rules;
Knows the dangers resulting from not following them.
Detailed goals regarding the range of skills
Student:
Can formulate rules in the imperative;
Can listen for the main idea;
Can answer true/false questions using information from a recording;
Can narrate a brief personal story;
Develops listening comprehension;
Develops communication skills.
Detailed goals regarding attitudes
Student:
Can recognise potentially dangerous situations in the street;
Learns to follow safety precautions;
Becomes more observant about the behaviour of others in the street;
Learns to cooperate with other students.
Methods
Brainstorming; presentation; active learning; listening for the main idea; true/false;
personalisation; whole class, groupwork, individual work.
Forms and venue
Forms: individual, groupwork, whole class.
Classes are to be held in the classroom.
Materials and teaching aids
Educational video; audio recording; worksheets for all students (for stage 2.4.); computer and multimedia projector; board.
Multimedia resources
Film: I’m safe on the road
Audio recording: Accident
Online dictionary
Lesson plan/procedure
1 Warm-up
Interaction forms: whole class Duration: 3 minutes
Teacher asks students how do we know how to behave in the street; how is the traffic organised (e.g. traffic lights, road signs, zebra crossings, right-hand driving). Students share their ideas in open class.
2 Main stage
2.1. Introduction of the target language – film Interaction forms: whole class
Duration: 4 minutes
Teacher tells students that they will watch a short film about street safety. He/She plays the video and, if necessary, explains new vocabulary (e.g. helmet, cross, reflective vest). Teacher elicits from students the four situations shown (i.e. riding a bike, crossing the street, playing football, being in the street late).
2.2. Target language practice – active learning Interaction forms: pairs, whole class
Duration: 10 minutes
Teacher asks students to formulate four street safety rules corresponding to the situations presented in the film. He/She puts a pair of key words for each rule on the blackboard, i.e. 1. helmet, bike; 2. around, cross; 3. football, street; 4. reflective, vest.
The rules should be in the imperative and should begin with always (1, 2, 4) or never (3).
If students are struggling with the task, the teacher can show the film again.
The rules produced by students should be more or less as follows:
1. Always wear a helmet (and stop at red lights) when you ride a bike!
2. Always look around (and wait for the green light) before you cross the street!
3. Never play football near the street!
4. Always wear a reflective vest when it is late (and you have to go out)!
2.3. Target language practice – recording (main idea) Interaction forms: individual, whole class
Duration: 4 minutes
Teacher tells students that now they will listen to a recording on which somebody is talking about an accident. Students should listen carefully for the main idea. The recording is played once. Then, the teacher elicits from students what happened (a boy was hit by a car while cycling in the dark).
2.4. Consolidation of the target language – recording (true/false) Interaction forms: individual, whole class
Duration: 10 minutes
Teacher distributes a true/false task (below) to all students. He/She asks students to read the sentences given and see if they can answer any of them.
The recording is played a second time. Students work individually to complete the task. Then the answers are checked with the whole class.
Decide if the following sentences are true or false, and tick the appropriate column.
True False 1. Teacher told the class bad news about Daniel.
2. It was late when Daniel and his friends went to the park.
3. Daniel was riding without a helmet or a reflective vest 4. The car driver did not see Daniel, because it was dark.
5. The car hit Daniel in the head.
6. An ambulance was called by Daniel’s friends.
7. Daniel will leave the hospital soon.
8. The teacher asked students to look out for cars in the street.
Answers: 1 true, 2 false (it got late in the park), 3 true, 4 true, 5 false (he hit his head against the street), 6 false (by the driver), 7 true, 8 false (asked them to be careful/visible)
2.5. Consolidation of the target language – personalisation Interaction forms: small groups, whole class
Duration: 10 minutes
Teacher puts students into small groups and asks: Have you ever been in (or heard about) a dangerous situation while playing outdoor? Or have you ever seen an accident? What happened?
Students discuss their experiences in groups. Teacher monitors and helps with vocabulary.
Finally, a few situations are elicited in open class.
3 Closing stage
Interaction forms: whole class Duration: 4 minutes
To conclude, teacher elicits the four street safety rules which students formulated earlier in the lesson. He/She asks them which of them they always obey and which they should put
Additional information
Teacher advises students that the www.scholaris.pl website offers a computer application in the form of a multimedia dictionary presenting correct pronunciation together with
translations of words and phrases learned during the lesson.
