Shopping with the Stars

Form: 10

Topic: Shopping with the Stars

Lesson type – урок засвоєння нового матеріалу

(за підручником Upstream Intermediate B2 Virginia Evans – Jenny Dooley)

Aims:

§  practical – to facilitate learners’ dialogical speaking skills through reading and listening comprehension;

• educational – to widen  pupils’ knowledge about the star signs;
• cultural – to promote positive attitude towards each other’s opinion;

§  developmental – to develop creative and logical thinking, to teach learners to analyse and draw conclusions.

Equipment: a textbook Upstream Intermediate B2, a workbook Upstream Intermediate B2, a blackboard, a shopping bag, different pictures, handouts with the tasks, a tape-recorder, idioms, tables, PowerPoint presentation, evaluation cards.

Structure of the lesson

1.  Organisation of the lesson (2 min.)

2.  Warming up (3 min.)

3.  Checking the hometask (6 min.)

4.  Reading and speaking skills development (12 min.)

5.  Listening and dialogical speaking skills development (15 min.)

6.  Conclusions of the lesson (5 min.)

7.  Setting the hometask, evaluation (2 min.)

Lesson Procedure

1.  Organisation of the lesson, greetings, setting the topic and aims of the lesson

Teacher: Hello everyone! I am very glad to see you today. Hope you’re in a good mood and will be hard-working and active at the lesson. You know, yesterday I went shopping and bought this new sweater. What do you think of it?

Pupils: You look great/wonderful! It suits you perfectly! It was designed specially for you! etc.

Teacher: Thanks a lot! Now I see that it  fits me like a glove (explains the idiom). I am sure that all of you enjoy going shopping. It’s an inseparable part of our life, and today we are going to speak about Shopping with the Stars. What do you KNOW about shopping?

Pupil 1: We can do the shopping at the supermarket, at the street market, at the department store.

Pupil 2: People go shopping for food, for clothes, for presents.

Pupil 3: While shopping we can pay in cash, by cheque, by credit card.

Teacher: You are absolutely right! We will do quite a lot of today – read, guess, share our opinions, work in pairs and in groups and I hope our work will be successful. Everyone has got an Evaluation card which will help both me and you to follow your progress at the lesson. After the certain tasks you are to tick the results of your work and at the end we will count and see. Don’t be lazybones, otherwise you can lose your shirt (explains the idiom).

	Great job!	OK!	Poor!
Vocabulary drilling
Reading and work with the text
Dialogical speaking
Atmosphere at the lesson
Participation

2.  Warming up

Teacher: As I’ve already mentioned I had a shopping spree yesterday and bought a lot of things for my family members (a packet with gifts).

§  I bought a nice scarf for my mum (Virgo).

§  For my dad I bought a new wallet (Taurus).

§  For my husband I found a perfect watch (Capricorn).

§  I bought an ornate mirror for my lovely daughter (Libra).

§  I bought some perfumes to make my granny smile (Taurus).

§  For my granddad I just found an old photo in a simple frame (Cancer).

Why do you think I bought such presents? (learners give their ideas)

e.g. Your mum is surely a lady of fashion.

       I suppose your dad is very careful with time.

Teacher: Don’t you think that my choice is connected with their star signs? Can you guess the star signs of my family members?

3.  Checking the hometask

Teacher: Let us check how much you know about each of the sign. Match the star signs with their characteristics and choose appropriate presents for them.

Star Signs	Characteristics	Presents
Cancer Libra Capricorn Taurus Virgo Sagittarius	·  love to play games and take risks ·  have conservative tastes ·  appreciate personal beauty ·  romantic and faithful ·  too polite to hurt your feelings ·  very sensitive ·  ambitious, hard-working and dedicated to their careers ·  creatures of habit and well-organised ·  enjoy a touch of luxury ·  keen on collecting things ·  rather diplomatic ·  obsessed with time ·  open-minded and optimistic ·  love anything to do with "good old days"	1.  foreign gifts 2.  a night at the opera or a performance of classical music 3.  a diary or a bookcase 4.  a pair of rollerblades or skis 5.  fine leather goods or fresh flowers 6.  an antique ornament or piece of jewellery 7.  a piece of land 8.  a watch or an antique clock 9.  a favourite family photograph 10.    a business-related present 11.    a piece of art, an ornate mirror or a marble statue 12.    a trip to a beauty salon or a shopping spree

e.g. Cancers are known to be very practical so I think cooking utensils or tableware will be ideal presents for them.

are known to be are supposed to be are thought to be

4.  Reading and speaking skills development

Prediction:

Teacher: We’ve already dealt with 6 star signs. But we have 6 more. Do you know them? They are: Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Gemini, Leo and Scorpio.

What do you WANT to know about these signs? Look at the pictures and guess which sign this is the best present for.

a piece of technology, a hand-printed shirt, theatre tickets, an aquarium full of colourful tropical fish, red glassware, a portrait with their name in a public place, a craft kit, a mobile phone, a golden bracelet, hire a limousine for the evening, exotic perfume, horror stories

Pre-reading:

Teacher: Do you have relatives/friends ruled by these star signs? What kind of people are they? Do you know these people? (some pictures of celebrities with dates of birth) What star signs are they ruled by?

·                        Madonna

·                        Angelina Jolie

·                        Julia Roberts

·                        Brad Pitt

·                        Mel Gibson

While-reading:

Teacher: Read the text "Shopping with the stars" (WB ex.15, p.43) and choose the most suitable star sign.

People who were born under this star sign:

·                        get bored very quickly

·                        would appreciate being given a book

·                        do not like old things

·                        don’t really mind what you give them

·                        enjoy playing with new machines

·                        want to be famous

·                        do not appreciate fake jewellery

·                        do not like receiving gifts for their homes

·                        enjoy keeping in touch with others

·                        like to be secretive

·                        are usually artistic

·                        would like to be given tickets

Post-reading:

Teacher: I will divide you into 3 groups – Euros, Dollars and Pounds. Each group will choose any celebrity from our pictures, describe his/her character traits using our handouts and suggest the best presents to give. Choose a leader in your group to present your information. Bear in mind that the leader should wear the trousers (explains the idiom).

4th June

3rd January

16th August

28th Octobeк

18th December

5.  Listening and dialogical speaking skills development

Pre-listening:

Teacher: That’s great! But when you go shopping you are sure to speak to the shop-assistant about your buy. We are going to listen to the dialogue in a shop. There are some pictures on the blackboard but the images are hidden. Be sure that I know everything about this dialogue but I will keep it under my hat (explains the idiom). Your task is to come to the blackboard one by one, turn the picture and tell a chain story.

A woman is going shopping

She decides to buy some clothes

The woman goes to the fitting room

This dress is too tight for her

While-listening:

Teacher: Listen to the dialogue, check your ideas and say what the woman bought. What is her star sign? Why do you think so? (students share their opinions)

Teacher: Listen for the second time and complete the dialogue.

Buying Clothes (SB ex.5, p.111)

A: Hello. Can I help you?

B: Yes, can I try these on, please?

A: Of course. The fitting rooms are over there.

B: Thank you.

A: What do you think?

B: Actually, they’re a bit short. Could you get me the next size, please?

A: Certainly. Here you are. Are they any better?

B: Yes, they fit nicely. How much do they cost?

A: They’re £35.

B: Okay. I’ll take them.

A: Thank you. How would you like to pay?

B: In cash. Here you are.

A: Thank you very much. Your receipt is in the bag.

Teacher: How would you answer such questions?

·                        Can I help you?

·                        Could you show me that one?

·                        How much do the cost?

·                        How would you like to pay?

·                        Can I have the next size?

·                        Have you got them in red?

·                        Could I have it packed/delivered?

Post-listening (dialogical speaking):

Teacher: Now it is your time to be in the customer’s shoes (explains the idiom). Imagine that you are going shopping for presents. Talk to the shop-assistant (pair work) about the best present for…

§  your best friend born 21^st January

§  your mother born 5^th March

§  your father born 17^th July

§  your granny born 22^nd October

§  your granddad born 8^th December

§  your sister born 1^st August

Teacher: The rest of the class while listening should complete the table paying attention to the details.

Speakers	Who is the present for?	What star sign is he/she ruled by?	Why was such a present chosen?
Nastya and Masha

6.  Conclusions of the lesson

Teacher: So, what idioms have you LEARNT at the lesson today? Do we have Ukrainian equivalents?

Idioms

to fit like a glove to keep smth. under your hat to wear the trousers to be in smb.`s shoes to lose one’s shirt

 

Teacher: Choose one of the idioms to summarize our today’s lesson.

e.g. When you go shopping for presents, it’s a great idea to choose a gift according to a person’s star sign. And it will surely fit like a glove.

7.  Setting the hometask, evaluation

Teacher: Design your diary page with pictures of presents you want to get for your next birthday and explain the reasons for your choice. Bear in mind your star sign.

Thank you for your work today! You were really hard-workers and it is just the time to have a look at your evaluation cards. See you tomorrow and have a nice day!