урок "Ceremonies" Upper-intermediate

 Level  upper-intermediate(B-2)

The topic of the lesson: Ceremonies

The main aims:

-to revise previously taught vocabulary;

-to give students free practice of verb-noun collocations;

-to develop listening skills for specific information;

-to develop speaking skills for consolidating recently taught language.

Outcomes:

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to speak and describe different kinds of unusual and family ceremonies, using verb-noun collocations and compare what family has the most interesting ceremony.

Plan

I. Warming-up,   greetings, topic and aims of the lesson.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, nice to meet you. The topic of our lesson is Ceremonies. During our lesson, we revise family words, verb-noun collocations, try to be interpreters, translating the video about unusual ceremony in Bali, watch the wedding ceremony  to find out specific information, and then you present your own presentations about family ceremonies.

II. Revising vocabulary.

Let’s revise the family words, you are divided into groups and are given two pieces of paper. Try to write down as many words as you remember.

Now you are given parts of the family words, combine two parts of them and then fill these words into the sentence.

(Ex-, wife, ex-, boyfriend, great, uncle, great, grandson, single, mother,              single, parents, step, father, step, children, god, mother, god, son)

1. I used to go out with Tom. He  is  my  _________
2.  I was married to Sam for five years before we divorced. He’s my  ___________
3.  After my mum and dad got divorced, my mum married Paul. He’s my__________
4.  My parents aren’t religious, so I have neither godfather nor ____________
5.  I married Chris. Carl and Pam are Chris’s son and daughter by his first wife. They are my________.

III. Test yourself pairwork activities.

Student A

1 Complete the words in the sentences. The first letter of each word is given.

1. He’s always trying to make everyone listen to him.

He wants to be the centre of a________ .

2. Alex was really s________ as a child – he would cry until he got what he wanted.
3. The woman I talked to claims to be a d________ relative of the Queen.
4. It sounded as if Brian had had the t________ of his life on his holiday.
5. I’ve got a large e________ family. My grandfather has seven older brothers and sisters, who have children and grandchildren.

Student B answers

1.                   only     2   worth     3   lifetime     4   immediate     5   highlight
2.                   Choose the correct options.
   1. A newborn child is usually showered with gifts / praise.
   2. I’ll never forget the day I made a fool / fuss of myself in front of everyone.
   3. A wedding is an appropriate occasion to propose a toast / motion.
   4. My mum always has a lump in her chest / throat when she watches this fi lm.
   5. Paul lost sight / track of how many times he’d been asked for an autograph.

Student B answers

1   frog     2   sight     3   fuss     4   motion     5   praise

1 Complete the words in the sentences. The first letter of each word is given.

1. I’m an o________ child, but I’ve got lots of cousins I used to play with when I was little.
2. Are you happy with the result? Was it w________ the time and effort?
3. Doing voluntary work in Indonesia has been a once in a l________ experience for me.
4. He only invited his i________ family to the ceremony – his parents and two sisters.
5. The Scandinavian group was going to be the h________ of the festival, but their concert was cancelled at the last minute.

Student A answers

1. attention     2   spoilt     3   distant     4   time     5   extended
2. Choose the correct options.
   1. I’m sorry, but I can’t give my presentation now as I seem to have a frog / snail in my throat.
   2. There were so many people at the concert that I lost sight / count of my friends.
   3. My neighbour makes a big fool / fuss of his dog and treats it like a child!
   4. When the chairman proposed a toast / motion, the members all voted in favour.
   5. You will be showered with gifts / praise if you achieve something difficult.

Student A answers

1   gifts     2   fool     3   toast     4   throat     5   track

IV. Practice in real life.

We practice using  our vocabulary and I see you’ve learn the words. Now I would like you  to be interpreters. You are given the home task to translate the text from the video about unusual ceremony of funerals in Bali from the TV programme “Heads and Tails”. Let’s watch!

I think your work as translators is well. You used many of our vocabulary words; it was very interesting and informative. Well done!

V. You’re a little bit tired. Let’s have our bla-bla relax break.

Answer my questions:

1. Who do you admire most and why?
2. What is your favourite thing about someone in your family?
3. Describe yourself in three words.
4. Do you have a song that reminds you of a relationship? If so, what song is it?
5. What is the best advantage of being tall?

VI. Pre-listening tasks. Now you watch the video about the wedding ceremony in Du Page Country Court House in Wheaton, Illinois. Make guess what is it going to be seen? You’re given the papers with the sentences, first look at them, is everything clear? You will watch twice, during the first time you can’t write anything, during the second one you could fill the gap.

1. Each year 1820 couples get married in Du Page ____________Court House.
2. If you’d like to __________your married life for a ceremony here, there are few things you need to do.
3. First, you must obtain your marriage ___________ at least one day before and no more than _________ days before the ceremony.
4. You have to be prepared to pay a _____________ fee of _______dollars.
5. Ceremonies are performed every __________   in Du Page Country Judicial Centre.
6. You will not need to bring a _______________.
7. When you arrive, you will go through security screening _____________  be sure that you do not  have any __________, tools, __________ or ______________ objects.
8. Cameras and video _____________ are allowed only for the ceremonies and guests are welcome.
9. At ____a.m.  the clocker  begins ______________in  couples.
10. You will receive a ____________and wait in the lounge until _________.
11. When your number is called, you will be ____________ to one of the _____________ rooms or multipurpose rooms.
12. The interpreter must be present if either partner has _______________ in understanding the English language.
13. The court does _____________ interpreters on unlimited bases.
14. The judge will _________________ your marriage ______________.

VII. And the last our practice, your presentations about family ceremonies.

VIII. Summing-up. At our lesson today we spoke about different ceremonies, your family ceremonies. Which of them do you like most? What new information have you learnt? 

Well, you have the following marks for the lesson…

You home task is WB ex.6,7, p.23