3rd GRADE Unit 2: Rules and regulations
Careful? Where? Why?
Be careful. Wet floor No smoking No cell #!ones
Dont graffiti No running No food or drink
Do not litter eac!ers onl" Dont $aste $ater
ACTIVITY: Careful? Where? Why? % &air and grou# $ork: s#eaking TIME: 3' minutes AIM: o matc! a $arning(#ro!i)ition sign to its meaning and to e*#lain reasons )e!ind. LANGUAGE: Function 2.1 Gi+ing $arnings and stating #ro!i)ition PROCEDURE Befo e c!"##: ,ake a co#" of t!e $orks!eet for e+er" four students. -ut out t!e #icture and t!e te*t cards. and kee# t!em se#aratel". In c!"##: 1. Ask students to $ork in grou#s of four and gi+e one set of #icture cards and one set of te*t cards to eac! grou# of students. 2. ell students t!at t!e" !a+e to matc! t!e signs to t!eir meaning. $. Gi+e students time to do t!e matc!ing and t!en c!eck t!e ans$ers $it! t!em. %. /nce students !a+e t!e correct matc!ing tell t!em t!e" are going to #roduce a mini con+ersation. &. Di+ide grou#s of students into t$o. '. Eac! #air $ill $ork $it! 0 $arning(#ro!i)ition signs 1t!ere $ill )e one left out2. (. Ask eac! #air of students to #roduce a s!ort con+ersation stating t!e $arning(#ro!i)ition t!at eac! sign indicates. 3ustif"ing it. 4ou ma" ask t!em to imagine one of t!em is a ne$ student at sc!ool and t!e ot!er is s!o$ing !im(!er t!e sc!ool to a ne$ student. 5or e*am#le: A: Look at the stairs. No running. B: Why? A: Because you can fall. B: OK, thanks. ). Be read" and a+aila)le to !el# students to make meaningful con+ersations. ,ake t!em t!ink $!ere t!e" $ould find t!e signs and !el# t!em to recogni6e t!e #ossi)le conse7uences of not acting accordingl".
REFLECTION ON LANGUAGE: 8tudents notice t!at t!e im#erati+e form is used to gi+e $arnings 1e.g. Be careful, Do not trespass. etc.2 and use suc! language features a##ro#riatel".
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OPTION: :f "ou consider "our class to )e $eak to co#e $it! t!e little con+ersation. tr" a sim#ler +ersion. 5or e*am#le: A: Look, No running. B: OK, thanks.
PERFORMANCE EVIDENCE: 8tudents can recogni6e and understand 7uotidian te*ts 1$arning signs and con+ersations2 in order to use t!em #ur#osefull" 1regulate o$n )e!a+ior(acti+ities. recogni6e t!e #ossi)le conse7uences of )reaking rules. $arn ot!ers a)out dangers2. 8tudents can use language creati+el" and a##ro#riatel" )" ad3usting le*is. #!rases and grammatical resources in order to #roduce meaningful. rele+ant and clear te*ts 1con+ersation2 $!en stating $arning and #ro!i)ition.
PO**IBLE FOLLO+ UP: 8et t!e students in #airs and ask t!em to create t!eir o$n $arning sign. 5ocus on t!e use of im#erati+e forms to gi+e $arnings. IDEA* FOR EVALUATION: 9a+e students to dis#la" t!e signs t!e" did in t!e follo$ u# to e+aluate $!at t!e" did.