Year 6Time 60 minutesNo. of students 35 – 40 studentsLevel of proficiency

Intermediate to advanced

Theme Unit 7 – Beautiful WorldTopic May I leave a message?Curriculum specs

1.5.1 Listen to simple messages and announcement and give the information required.

2.4.1 To make a telephone call for a purpose. 2.5.1 To take and give short messages to friends and family members.

Lesson objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. Listen to simple message and give the information required2. Produce a simple telephone conversation and perform it

Skills involved Main : SpeakingIntegrated: Listening, writing, reading

ContentLanguage item Modal verbs – may, can, could, must, might, have toTeaching aids Textbook, LCD, Audio CD

Stage/Time Content/Emphasize Presentation/Rationale

Presentation Whole-class/Group work

Material: Audio CD, Mahjong papers, marker pens

Appendix A

Chinese Whisper game

1. Teacher divides students into equal teams.2. Teacher prepares list of short messages. 3. Representatives from each team listen to

the message.4. The massage is passed on from member to

member on each team. 5. The last member on each team writes the

massage in the mahjong paper.

Rationale:To set the context of the lesson

Practice Individual work/Pair work

Material: Text book, LCD

Appendix B

Role play

1. Students refer to a sample of telephone conversation in the text book (pg. 78, A)

2. Teacher reads out the telephone conversation.

3. Students carry out simple role play based on the telephone conversation.

4. Teacher explains the etiquette of telephone conversation.

Rationale:Students practice the language used in telephone conversation.

Production Pair-work

Material: Text book , LCD

Appendix C

1. Students refer to the massages in the textbook (pg. 78, C)

2. Students draft a short telephone conversation based on the given massages.

3. Students carry out role play to present their task.

Closure 1. Recap and closure

Appendix A:

1. I took my dog for a walk today and then I gave him some food.2. I took my dog for a walk today and then I gave him something good. 3. I took Michael for a walk today and then I shaved him something good. 4. I mistook Michael for an ork today and I shaved him something good.

Appendix B:

Please refer:

Activity A: Telephone conversation English Year 6 Unit 7 – Beautiful world Page: 78

Appendix C:

Please refer:

Activity C: School notice board English Year 6 Unit 7 – Beautiful world Page: 78