Unit11:Whatdoyouthinkofgameshows?Languagegoalstothisunitstudentslearntostatetheiropinionsandtalkaboutlikesanddislikes.NewlanguageWhatdoyouthinkofsoapoperas?Idon'tlikesoapoperas.Whatdoeshethinkofsportsshows?Helovessportsshows.WhatdoesshethinkofMaria?ShelikesMaria.WhatdotheythinkofTommy?Theycan'tstandTommy.SectionAAdditionalmaterialstobringtoclass:alocaltelevisionlistinglistthenamesofseveralfoodsontheboard.Forexample:pizza,broccoli,icecream,mushrooms.Nexttothatlist,writethesentence,Whatdoyouthinkof___?andleaveablankattheend.Askastudentthequestion,substitutingthewordpizza:Whatdoyouthinkofpizza?Helphimorheranswer/likepizzaotIdon'tlikepizza,Pointtotheotherfoodsonebyone.AskastudentthequestionandhelphimorheranswerJlike...orIdon'tlike....Thenpointtothesentence.Whatdoyouthinkof___?Pointtoafoodnameontheboardandchooseastudenttoaskthequestion:Whatdoyouthinkof(mushrooms)?Thenpointtoastudenttoanswer.Repeattheactivityseveraltimes,givingseveralstudentschancestoaskandanswerthequestion.1aThisactivityintroducesthekeyvocabulary.FocusattentiononthefiveTVs.Say,EachTVshowsdifferentkindofTVshow.InTVpicturea,thereisaanplayingbaseball.Thisiscalledasportsshow.Talkabouttheotherkindsofshowsandaskstudentswhattheysee.Tellthenameofeachkindofshowasyoudiscussthepicture.Askstudentstorepeatthenamesoftheshows.Writethewordsitcomontheboard.Underitwritethewordssituationcomedy.Say,Thewordsitcomcomesfromthetwowordssituationcomedy.Asitcomisafunnyshow.ThepeopleinsitcomsdoorsaythingsthatmakeTVwatcherslaugh.Pointoutthenumberedlistofshows.Sayeachoneagainandaskstudentstorepeatit.ThenaskstudentstomatcheachTVpicturewithoneofthewords.Say,Writetheletterofeachkindofshownexttothecorrectword.Pointoutthesampleanswer.1bThisactivitygivesstudentspracticeinunderstandingthetargetlanguageinspokenconversation.Pointtothesmileyfacesandthefrownyfacesandthewordsnexttothem.Readthewordstotheclassorhaveastudentdothis.Say,Thesefacesshowyouwhatthewordsmean.Ifyoudon'tmindsomething,youdon'teitherlikeitordislikeit.Ifyoucan'tstandsomething,youdislikeitverystrongly.Yourleastfavoritefoodissomethingyoucan'tstand.Ifyoulovesomething,youlikeitvery,verymuch.Yourfavoritefoodissomethingyoulove.Say,NowIwillplayarecording.ListentowhatMarksaysabouttheTVshowsinla.WritetheletteroftheTVshowsnexttothewordsheuses.Playtherecordingthefirsttime.Studentsonlylisten.Playtherecordingasecondtime.Pointtotheletteredpictures.Say,Eachpicturehasaletter.Pointouttheblankspacesbeforethewords.Say,Eachwordorphrasehasaspaceinfrontofit.ListentothetapeandwritetheletterofaTVshowpictureineachblank.Pointoutthesampleanswer.Correcttheanswers.1cThisactivityprovidesguidedoralpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.PointtothepicturesofTVshowsinactivitylaandaskstudentstosaythenameofeachkindofshow.Pointouttheexampleconversation.Asktwostudentstoreadittotheclass.Thenasktheclasstopointtothepictureofthesitcom.Sayadialoguewithastudent.Havethestudentaskouaquestion.Thenanswerittruthfully.Pointtotheppropriatepictureasyouanswer.Say,Nowworkwithapartner.Askandanswertheqstions.Havestudentsworkinpairs.Astheytalk,moveroundtheroommonitoringtheirwork.Offeranguageorpronunciationsupportasneeded.2aThisactivityprovideslisteningpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.Callattentiontothelistoffive"wordsandexpressions.Pointouttheblankinfrontofeachone.Askastudenttoreadthelisttotheclass.Say,ThepeopleontherecordingaretalkingaboutTVshow...
