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Short-term plan for english in Grade 11
| Unit | Timekeeping devices |
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| Teacher’s name | ____________________ |
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| Class | Grade 11 Attendance: _____ Absent: _____ |
| Lesson topic | Grammar: Idioms with time /Slideshow presentations Summative assessment for the unit «Investigate and report on timekeeping devices/Science video» |
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Lesson flow
| Lesson stage / Time | Teacher actions (complete prompts and instructions) | Student actions | Assessment formats | Resources |
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| Lesson opening (5 min) Engagement (Storytelling with a trigger) |
Teacher: "Good morning! Before we start our presentations, I want to share a quick story about my weekend. I was killing the time by fixing an old cuckoo clock. It was a race against the clock, and I worked on it once in a blue moon. In the end, I fixed it in the nick of time for my dinner, which was, as always, high time I ate! So, what do you think? Did my story sound perfectly natural?"
Pause for reactions. "I deliberately used an idiom incorrectly. Who can spot the odd one out? The first person to identify it gets to choose the presentation order today." Script: "Let's think about 'once in a blue moon'. What does it mean? (Rarely). Does fixing a clock fit doing something rarely if I was doing it right then? No! So, the trigger is the misuse of 'once in a blue moon'. Well done! Today, we'll see how precise use of language, especially idioms and complex grammar, adds quality and professionalism to your final reports." |
Students listen actively. They analyze the story for inconsistencies. They volunteer to identify the incorrect idiom ('once in a blue moon') and explain why its use was illogical in the context. They engage in a brief discussion about the meaning of the other idioms. | Formative, oral questioning. Descriptor: Student correctly identifies the illogical idiom and provides a plausible explanation for its misuse. | Whiteboard/flipchart. List of idioms from the story: kill time, race against the clock, once in a blue moon, in the nick of time, high time. AI Tool Suggestion: Use a text generator (e.g., ChatGPT) to quickly create multiple short stories with deliberate errors for differentiation. It can generate stories at varying complexity levels. |
| Откроется после регистрации: Lesson middle (20-25 min) · Lesson end (5-10 min) · Reflection (5 min) | ||||