LESSON PLAN / SATURDAYS / PEB

Name: Mizraim Martnez

Level: Eight

Schedule: 9:00-13:00

Date turned: September 18th 2014

Room: O5

Number of students:

Topic
Objective

HOUR 1
LESSON B Make new friends, but keep the old ...
1 Meeting new people
2 A chance meeting
1 Discuss ways of meeting new people and see gerund and infinitive
constructions in context.
2 Develop skills in listening for gist and details.

Activities
1 Meeting new people
A
Books closed. Ask, What are some good places to meet new friends?
Write Ss' ideas on the board.
Books open. Have Ss look at the pictures. Ask them where they think
each person met their friends.
Read the captions aloud. Check that Ss understand the following
vocabulary.
Read the example statement aloud. Ss work individually to think of their
answers. Ha ve Ss report their answers to the class.
B
Explain the task. Read the situations aloud. Brainstorm another situation
as a class, if necessary.
Ss work in small groups to do the activity.
Have groups report their answers to the class.
2 A chance meeting
A Pair work
Ask Ss to define chance meeting. Ask them to give examples.
Explain the task. Ss work in pairs to tell each other about their
experiences.
Have Ss share their partner's experience with the class.
B [CD 1, Track 4]
Explain the task. Read the questions aloud to the class. Ask Ss to predict
what kinds of things Debbie will talk about. Check that Ss understand the
following vocabulary.
Tell Ss to listen for the answers to the questions. Play the recording as Ss
listen for the answers. Replay as many times as needed. Ss listen and
check their answers.
Go over answers with the class (Answers: on a plane, at a party)
C [CD 1, Track 5]
Explain the task. Read the questions aloud to the class.
Tell Ss to listen for the answers to the questions. Play the recording as Ss
listen for the answers. Replay as many times as needed. Ss listen and
check their answers.
Go over answers with the class.
1. Debbie was going to work. Kate was going to a wedding.
2. Debbie regretted that she had forgotten to ask for Kate's e-mail
address or telephone number.
3. Three months.
4. They were roommates in college.

Resources/Materials

Students Book page 6

Audio, CD 1, Track 4, 5

Observations
Topic
Objective
Activities

HOUR 2
3 Gerund and infinitive constructions
Grammar Plus 1B Gerund and infinitive constructions
3 Practice using gerund and infinitive constructions.
Grammar notes
A gerund can act as a verb within a clause (and may be modified by an adverb
or have an object), but the clause as a whole acts as a noun within the larger
sentence.
On its own, a gerund can be a subject or a direct object.
An infinitive can also act as a noun. It is often the subject or object of a verb.
To make new friends isn't always easy. (subject)
I love to meet new people. (object)

Books closed. Write the terms gerund and infinitive on the board and
review how to form them.
Write these categories on the board:
sports, hobbies, other activities
Ss work in groups to think of as many verbs as they can for each
category. Have a S from each group report the group's list to the class.

Tell Ss to use the verbs they brainstormed to talk about activities they
love, bate, or like. Explain that these verbs can be followed by a gerund
or an infinitive. Give Ss a few examples (I hate camping. I love to swim in
the ocean.). Have groups make as many sentences as they can within a
time limit.
Books open. Discuss the information in the box and read the example
sentences.

Have Ss look at the starting point on page 6 again. Explain the task and
read the question aloud. Go over answers with the class. Answers:
regretted (followed by a gerund)
planning (followed by an infinitive)

Explain the task. Ss work individually to circle the correct form of each
verb. Then Ss work in pairs to compare their answers. Go over answers
with the class. Answers:
1. to have
7. to change
2. to make
8. leaving
3. changing
9. to move
4. trying
10. sharing
5. to create
11. having
6. to wear / wearing

C Pair work
Explain the task. Read the example sentence. Tell Ss to use their own
ideas to complete the sentences.
Ss work individually to write sentences. Ss work in pairs to share their
answers. Go over answers with the class.
Grammar Plus 1B Gerund and infinitive constructions

Exercise 1
Circle the correct form of the verb. Answers:
2. to frighten
5. meeting
3. spending
6. to announce
4. to call
Exercise 2
Complete the sentences with the infinitive or gerund form of the verb in
parentheses. Answers:
2. rehashing
5. to say
3. to have
6. meeting
4. sending
Resources/Materials

Students Book page 7, 107

Board, markers.

Observations
Topic
Objective
Activities

HOUR 3
4 re- words
4 Learn and practice using the prefix re4 re- words
Books closed. Write on the board:
paint, repaint make, remake do, redo use, reuse

Ask Ss to guess the meaning of each pair of words. Explain that a prefix
is the beginning part of a word that cannot stand by itself and that
changes the meaning of the root word. Ask: What does the prefix remean? (Answer: do again)
Books open. Explain the task. Read the words aloud and go over any
vocabulary Ss don't understand.
Ss work individually to complete the activity. Go over answers with the
class.
1. f
5. b
2. e
6. g
3. d
7. c
4. h
8. A

B Pair work
Explain the task. Ss work individually to make a list of re- words.
Ss work in pairs to compare their lists.
Have Ss report their partner's list to the class. Write the words on the
board.
Language note
Explain that there are some words in English that start with re- but re- does not
function as the prefix (for example, reality, rebel, receive, reciprocate, revolt,
etc.).
Resources/Materials

Students Book page 8

Board, markers.

Observations
Topic
Objective

HOUR 4
5 Friendship maintenance
6 Technology and friendship
5 Talk about maintaining a friendship.
6 Develop skills in understanding vocabulary in context, making

inferences, and giving a personal reaction to a reading.

Activities
5 Friendship maintenance
Books closed. Ask: How do you maintain your friendships? Have Ss call
out their ideas and write them on the board.
Books open. Explain the task. Read the statements aloud. Check that Ss
understand the following vocabulary.
Vocabulary
betray a trust to fail to help someone or to keep someone's secrets
when needed
reminisce to talk about shared past experiences with others
unhealthy not good for emotional or psychological wellbeing (in this
context)

Ss work individually to complete the activity.

B Group work
Explain the task. Point out the useful expressions box and review the
expressions. Give examples on how to use each expression. Read the
example answer aloud.
Ss work in small groups to discuss their choices from Exercise A.
Have a S from each group report on the group's discussion to the class.
6 Technology and friendship
A
Books closed. Ask Ss what they think cyber-friendship means. (Answer: a
friendship that takes place exclusively through the computer with e-mail
or chat rooms) Ask them if they have a cyber-friend. Then ask if they
think technology has changed the quality of friendship in general. Ask,
Can people have the same kind of friendship online?
Books open. Explain the task. Ask Ss what they think a subtitle is.
Remind Ss what a prefix is and ask them to guess what sub- might
mean.
Have Ss read the article silently to themselves. Check that Ss understand
the following vocabulary.
Go over the answer with the class. Ask Ss why the answer is correct.
(Answer: a)
B Group work
Explain the task. Read the questions aloud.
Ss work in small groups to answer the questions.
Ask groups to share their ideas with the class. To make sure that
reporting to the class goes smoothly, groups can choose one or two
members to give their report. These Ss might give the report to their own
group first al the end of the task to see if the group agrees with the
information presented.
Resources/Materials
Observations

Students Book pages 8, 9

Board, markers.
Homework: Students Workbook pages 4, 5

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