Unit: Getting Through.

Sequence01: developing skills

Time allowed: 1Hour.
 *By the end of the Unit learners will be able to use the previous grammatical poi
Global Competency a guide to social networks, apps and games.

Targeted  Interacting, interpreting and producing

competencies

Domain developing skills
 *By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:

learning objectives - Differentiate between formal and informal letters

Linguistic Resources
reading and writing
 Which syllabus activities does the lesson include?
communicative classifying, completing , writing an informal letter
tasks

materials  Course book, board.

Lesson Procedures: interaction Objectives: Ai

framework: patterns:
T asks learners the following questions:

Warm up Do you use the same style of language when you talk to
different people bearing in mind that they could be older or
they could be your teachers or even the headmaster or the
principle? - To get learners dis
engaged before
pps: no we use different style for different people. starting
L/T
T clarifies that the style we use with people of a higher
status or age difference bears some sort of respect we owe to
those category of people, thus it is called formal register.
presentation However when we talk to friends or people we know very
well we use the informal register.
Task one: classify the following statements and letters in
 the correct column :
dear sir/ Madame , hello Sabrina , a letter for a company,
a birthday invitation, I’m writing with regards to, I miss
you so much , can you come help me clean the place ?, -to check learners’
could you give me more details about your previous work understanding of
experience, I’m looking forward to start working for your b
the terms
company , cheers bye , yours sincerely.
formal/informal
formal register informal register

task 01 page 26: Read letters 1, 2, 3, 4,5,6 & 7. Then write the L/T
number of the text in the table below to identify what type of message
each of them is:

N TYPE OF MESSAGE N TYPE OF MESSAGE

… An informal invitation … A formal invitation
… A formal acceptance of … An informal refusal of
invitation invitation
… informal letter of apology … a formal letter of apology
… a formal note to ask for leave or absence

Task 03: consider the letters 4 and 5 on page 27 in order to find

out the form of each:

letter The the

sender: receive
04 is r is: greeting closure: informal
s : dear letter L/T
Maya Nora Nora with to differentiate
cou
my best between formal
practice wishes /
and informal
letters
letters
Tom Mr. dear yours formal letter
05
Jackso Johns Mr. sincerely
n on Johnso Jackson
n
 L/T To guide learners
before writing
teacher & learners analysis: take a look at the letters on formal / informal
page 27, say what should every letter contain: letters / messages.
cou
Every letter should have: /
1- A date
2- An appropriate greeting ( dear + name , dear Sir/
Madame)
3- An introduction ( I’m writing to…, thank you for)
4- A body
5- An appropriate note ending or a closure ( yours
faithfully , best wishes, love you, love…)

to write an
L/T informal letter
accordingly
Task 04:
use Your birthday party is getting closer; write an invitation
letter to your best friend telling them to come over! Use
letter 2as a model
T picks the best letter to write it on the board

Lesson Plan.
School:
Level: 1st year.
Unit: Getting Through.
Teacher:
Sequence01: stop and consider
Time allowed: 1Hour.
 *By the end of the Unit learners will be able to use the previous grammatical poi
Global Competency guide to social networks, apps and games.

Targeted  Interacting ,interpreting and producing

competencies

Domain stop and consider
  *By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:

learning objectives - Use Correlative conjunctions accordingly in a sentence

Linguistic Resources
reading and writing
 Which syllabus activities does the lesson include?
communicative
tasks Joining pair of sentences using: both …and / neither …nor / either…

materials  Course book, board.

Lesson Procedures: interaction Objectives: Ai

framework: patterns:
T asks one of the pupils were you born in Mohamadia?

Warm up pupil1: yes I was

T moves to pupil 2 were you born in here too?

Pupil 2: yes I was! - To get learners dis

engaged before
T writes both sentences on the board using pupils’ names. starting
L/T
t asks learners weather the two sentences are affirmative or
negative ?

learners: they are affirmative

presentation
t introduces both … and saying that we use the later to combine
two affirmative sentences.

e.g.: both ahmed and ali were born in mohamadia.

teacher underlines the verb, is the verb singular or plural

Rule1: we use a plural verb after both…and -to introduce

“correlative
teacher moves to another question, asking learners the
conjunction “ and
b
following question:
deduce the rules
Can we eat now? They answer : yes with learners
Can we eat also later? they answer : yes

T says that these two sentences are expressing choice.

 t writes the example: we can eat either now or later. t/l
t continues asking pupils questions:

t: were you born in mostaghanem ?

pupil 1: no I was not

pupil2: no I was not

t asks students if the sentences are affirmative or negative?

teacher writes the example: neither amine nor fouzia was born
in mostaghanem

t underlines the verb and asks learners whether the verb iss
plural or singular?
t/l
Rule 2: verbs after either…or / neither …nor

if the subject element is singular then the verb I thus singular

e.g.: neither mansor nor amel likes sending emails

Neither my sister nor my brother watches TV.

my classmate is either late or absent

if the subject element is plural then the verb is plural too

e.g.: my siblings either like playing games or surfing on the net.

Neither girls nor boys read books nowadays.

L/T

Task 1: link the following pairs of sentences using: both…and /

either…or / neither…nor: To practice linking
1. Both… and (Two things at the same time): two sentences using
a.Kirsi sent an email. Amel sent an email. correlative
Both………………………………………………. conjunctions.
b. Mahdi likes chatting on facebook. Mohamed likes chatting on
facebook.
practice Both………………………………………………..
c.Imen’s house is big. Imen’s house is beautiful.
 ………………………………………………………
2. Either… or (Choice between two different things):
a.Amira can go to school on foot. Amira can go to school by bus.
…………………………………………………………………..
b.Aymen can be the responsible of the class. Zaki can be the responsible
of the class.
.......................................................................................................
c. We can play tennis. We can play football.
…………………………………………………………………...
3. Neither… nor (Double negation):
a. Alice doesn’t arrive late at school. Maya doesn’t arrive at school.
Neither ……………………………………………………………….
b.Djihane is not noisy. Asma is not noisy. L/T
Neither ………………………………………………………………. to reconsolidate
c. Sara is not lazy. Her friends are not lazy.
learners
Neither ……………………………………………………………….
understanding

cou
to evaluate learners
understating
Task 02 page 34: join the pair of sentences below with both…
and , neither …nor , either or :

Task: write sentences using both ...and / neither …nor

use
/either… or
t hears out learners examples and corrects any committed
mistakes in the tenses or the sentences’ structure and
clarifies any encountered ambiguities.