Unit10Canyouplaytheguitar?SectionB

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DrawingpaperandmarkersforFollow-upactivity2

1aThisactivityprovidespracticewiththenewvocabularywords

Callattentiontothefivepictures.Explainthatthesearesomecommonmusicalinstruments.

Pointtothefivewordsatthetop.Askastudenttoreadthenamesofthesefivemusicalinstruments.Providepronunciationhelpifneeded.

Pointoutthesampleanswer:thenumber3writtennexttotheworddrums.\

Thenaskstudentstomatcheachwordwithitspicture.

Checktheanswers.

Answers

Drums3trumpet5

Piano1violin2

Guitar4

1bThisactivityprovidesguidedoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.

Callattentiontotheconversationinthepicture.Asktwostudentstoreaditaloud.

Pointoutthefivesmallpicturesin1a.Say,Nowaskandanswerquestionsusingtherefivepictures.

Havestudentsworkinpairs.Astheyworktogether,movearoundtheroomcheckingprogressandansweringquestionsasneeded.

Askseveralpairsofstudentstopresenttheirconversationstotheclass.

2aThisactivitygivesstudentspracticeinrecognizingthetargetlanguageinspokenconversation.

Askastudenttoreadthelistofwordstotheclass.Usethepicturein1atoremindstudentswhatthewordsmean,ifnecessary.

Playtherecordingthefirsttime.Studentsonlylisten.

Playtherecordingasecondtime.Thistimestudentscircleeachwordtheyhearmentionedintheconversationontherecording.

Checktheanswers

Answers

Circleditems:sing,dance,drums,piano

Tapescript

Teacher:Iwantsomestudentsfortheschoolconcert.Whatcanyoudo,Bill?Canyousing?

Bill:No,Ican’t.ButIcanplaytheguitar.

Teacher:Youcanplaytheguitar!Good.OK,whatcanyoudo,Jennifer?

Jennifer:IcansingandIcanplaythedrums.

Teacher:Youcan!Great,Jennifer.Canyouplaythepiano?

Jennifer:No,Ican’t.Victorcanplaythepiano.

Teacher:Victor,canyouplaythepiano?

Victor:Yeah,Ican’tsingordance,butIcanplaythepiano.

[SeeFollow-upactivity2.]

2bThisactivitygivesstudentspracticeinlisteningtoandwritingthetargetlanguage.

Callattentiontothechart.Makeasimilarchartontheboard.

WritethenamesBill,Jennifer,andVictoronthechart.Pointoutthewordsandphrasesintheboxontheleft.Thenpointtothewordsing.AfterBill’snameandundertheheadingcan’tinthechartontheboard,writethewordsing.

Say,Billcan’tsing.Iwrotethewordsingunderthewordcan’tonthechart.

Playtherecording.Studentslistentotheconversationandwriteintheanswersontheircharts.

Playtherecordingasecondtime.Say,Listenagain.Thistimeyoucancheckyouranswerstobesuretheyarecorrect.

Checktheanswers.

Answers

Name

Can

Can’t

Bill

Playtheguitar

Sing

Jennifer

Sing

Playthedrums

Playthepiano

Victor

playthepiano

Dance

sing

2cThisactivityprovidesguidedoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.

Demonstratetheactivitywithastudent.Pointtothecompletedchartinastudent’sbook.Askastudent,WhatcanBilldo?Whatcan’tBilldo?PointtothewordsplaytheguitarafterBill’sname.Guidethestudenttoanswer,Hecanplaytheguitar.PointtothewordsingafterBill’sname.Guidethestudenttoanswer,Hecan’tsing.

Askstudentstoworkinpairs.Theybothlookatthechartinonestudent’sbook.Onepersonasksthequestionandtheotheranswers.Thenhavethemswitchroles.

Asksomestudentstoaskandanswerquestionsfortheclass.

3aThisactivityprovidesguidedreadingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.

Callattentiontotheadvertisement.Askastudenttoreadittotheclass.

Pointoutthesampleanswer.Readtheinstructions.Thensay.Underlinethewordsthatshowwhatpeoplecandofortheconcert.

Askstudentstocompletetheactivityindividually.

Checktheanswers.

Answers

Areyouamusician?Canyousing?Canyoudance?Canyouplaythepiano,thetrumpet,thedrums,ortheguitar?

3bThisactivityprovidesguidedwritingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.

Callattentiontotheposter.Pointouttheblanklines.Readthewordsontheposter,sayingblankeachtimeyoucometoanemptywriteonline.

Pointoutthewordsinthebox.Askastudenttoreadtheeightwordstotheclass.

Askstudentstoworkwithapartnerastheywritetheeightwordsfromtheboxinthecorrectblanksinthespeechbubbles.Encouragethemtosaythesentencesoutloudifthatwillhelpthemdecideonthecorrectanswer.

Correcttheanswer.

Answers

(1)Can(4)Can(7)play

(2)play(5)sing(8)drums

(3)guitar(6)Can

(Answers3and8maybereversed.)

3cThisactivityprovidesopen-endedwritingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.

Rereadtheadsin3aand3bwiththeclass.Focusattentionontheexample,Wanted:baseballplayers

Say,Nowyoucanwriteyourownad.Usetheseadstowriteyourad.Ifstudentsneedextrahelp,youmightwriteasampleadtogetherinclass.

AskstudentstowriteadsaloneorinpairsAstheywork,movearoundtheroomcheckingprogressandofferinghelpasneeded.

Asksomestudentstoreadtheircompletedadstotheclass.

Thisactivityprovidesspeakingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.

Callattentiontothechart.Askastudenttoreadittotheclass.Askanotherstudenttoreadtheexampleinthespeechbubbles.Explainthatstudentsmustfindpeoplefortheschoolshowandwritetheirnamesinthechart.

Dividetheclassintogroupsoffour.HavethemtalkaboutwhattheycandofortheShowandwritethedetailsinthechart.

Asstudentswork,movearoundtheroomlisteningtotheirconversations.Providelanguagesupportasneeded.

Forfeedback,askgroupsforthedetailsofwhattheycando.Writeeachgroup’scontributiontotheSchoolShowontheboard.

Culturenote

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