Thematic+Unit+Planning

THEMATIC UNIT PLANNING Topic: Thanksgiving CEF Level: B1 Year level: Suggested Duration: 1 ½ __ General Aim:  __ The aim is to teach students about thanksgiving alongside with the 4 skills, grammar and pronunciation. In this lesson we will try to cover as many skills as possible; however if we don't cover it all in one session it is not a problem because apart from learning English the general aim is to introduce the concept of Thanksgiving.

__ What Do You Assume The Learners Already Know? __
I believe the learners may have heard of this holiday through American movies, but I don't think they are familiar how Thanksgiving was produced and the whole tradition behind it. __ Relationship with Other Lessons: __ __ What came before? __ In the previous lessons students were taught from the book the concept of adjectives, nouns and verbs. I have decided to break the norm of the lesson and introduce something different apart from the book. The lesson will cover all the skills; however it will be more cultural orientated. Furthermore, because Thanksgiving is approaching I have decided to inform my students about an American Holiday. __ What’s coming next? __ In the next lesson we will continue from the book. Our main focus will be prepositional phrases and adverbs. Mode(s) of Classroom Organization: (Circle as appropriate) __ Individual __ __ Pair __ __Group Whole Class __ Potential Problems: The students may not be as interested in the Holiday as I initially assumed. Moreover, the activities may be harder or easier than there level. Another potential problem is that though the activities are relatively interesting students may be daydreaming or feel boredom anyhow. __ Counter Strategy: __ Sometimes teachers become over excited with their lesson and overload students with numerous exercises. If I realize that I have overdone it or hear complains I will change one of the theoretical activities into a more practical. We will visit a page and learn how to decorate for thanksgiving. Each student can choose an object of his/her preference to decorate the class and feel the spirit!!! [] THEMATIC UNIT PLANNING Topic: Thanksgiving CEF Level: B1 Year: Suggested Duration: 1 ½ || The students have to go through the PowerPoint and begin looking for an example of each element in the chart; such as common nouns, adjectives and so on. Then they have to write each example in its appropriate box. || || || || **Resources**:
 * Activity clusters & Assessment ideas || Skills & Text types || Grammar & Pronunciation || Vocabulary || Sociocultural knowledge || Duration in minutes ||
 * __Reading__ activity and __listening__ – the origins of Thanksgiving || The learners will practice their reading and listening skills. Furthermore, they will have to answer 2 worksheets concerning the material they have been introduced. || || The learners will come across new vocabulary in relation to thanksgiving. || The learners will hear new words in relation to the holiday. || 30 min ||
 * Vocabulary || || The learners will be introduced to new vocabulary and repeat after me every word. || Once we define the unknown vocabulary, the learners will be given an answer worksheet to practice their new words. || The lexical items indicate cultural references. || 20 min ||
 * Pair Speaking Task || After we finish with all of the above I will ask the students to divide into two groups and play a game. The purpose of the game is to find the correct answer; however before stating the answer each group should have a group discussion if they disagree with each other. || Students through discussion will get the opportunity to actively participate and practice there pronunciation. In this way if I notice any pronunciation errors I will indirectly correct them. Furthermore, through speaking grammar also is put in practice unconsciously. || The vocabulary learned in class can be practiced while speaking. || The game involves a cultural education of the American Holiday. || 40 min ||
 * Grammar Activity - Homework || The students in order to complete their homework they will have to put into work their reading skills.

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 * __ Expected Outcomes

__** By the end of this lesson the students should be able to talk about the Thanksgiving. They should feel confident to explain how the Thanksgiving begun, its origins and what does a Thanksgiving feast involve. Furthermore, their description should include Thanksgiving vocabulary; such as, pilgrims, gratitude, puritans and so on.