ICEBRAKING : Introduction:
My name is ..........
I am from............
I live in...............
Activity 1: Review the previous lesson - eg; ordinal numbers
The participants take an ordinal number from a hat.
Then they line up according to their places on the line.
They all say they numbers aloud.
Example: 2nd, 4th, 9th, 15th, 24th, 31st, etc...
Activity 2: Group the participants and play 'match the cards' - dates and events
Example: (Date) 25th December x (event) Christmas day
01st January x New Years Day
Practise: asking and answering questions:
Q1:When is Valentines' day?
A:It is on the 17th of February.
Q2When is Christmas' day?
A:It is on the 25th of December.
Activity 3: write on the board: 25th January
Display the pictures*:
*Robert Burns - Scottish Poet (25th January 1759 - 21st July 1796)
*Burns Supper - haggis, nippies (mashed turnip) and tatties (mashed potatoes) - stovies (mince beef, carrot, anion) - oat cake - whisky
Check the background knowledge of your participants. They might link Robert Burns with the most universally famous song Auld Lang Syne.
Activity 4: Robert Burns video
Listening Comprehension:
Robert Burns was born more than 250 years ago in Alloway.
Verb: to be born.
Question: When were you born?
Answer: I was born 54 years ago. It was in 1962.
Verb: to grow up.
Question: Where did you grow up?
Answer: I grew up in Brazil
Suggestion: check the needs and the comprehension of new vocabulary. Eg; to influence, to die, etc.
Activity 5: In their groups the participants will make sentences about Robert Burns and they will share them aloud as a whole group.
