Casi Terminado Lesson Plan

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University of El SalvadorWestern Multidisciplinary CampusForeign Language Department

Teaching Practice IIUnit VII: Past perfectObjectives:

Materials:

WARM UP Broken Telephone (10 minutes)

Divide the class in two groups and make them form two lines, and giveeach group a message. The first person of the line has to whisper what she or he heard to thenext person. Each person can only say, "Can you please repeat that? Whenthe message reaches the end of the line that person must speak out loud. Oftentimes the message will be completely different when it reaches theend. Try to find out where the chain broke! In a big group you can send themessage two ways and find out which team comes closest to the realmessage.

Optional Message: My best friends had organized the party before I gothome. I wish I had organized it with them but I was traveling abroad. (Theteacher can create other messages.)

PRESENTATION (20 minutes)

Ask the following questions to the Ss.

1- What do you know about Captain America, The X-Men, The Incredible

Hulk, and The Fantastic Four?

2- Which one do you like more? Why?

3- Do you know about the person who created these comics?

Now, Give each Ss a copy of Appendix A.

The king of comics

Jack Kirby is know to comic fans all over the world as the King of Comics. By

the time Kirby died in 1994, he had created some of the most popular comic

characters of all time, including Captain America, The Fantastic Four; the X-

Men and The Incredible Hulk.

Kirbys dynamic style has had a profound effect on comic art. Defining

characteristics of his illustrations include muscular heroes, complex machines

and vehicles, angular lines and bold colors.


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But it was not only his drawing style that made Kirbys comics popular. Before

Captain American appeared in 1941, superheroes had been models of

perfection with little in common with the people they saved. Kirbys characters

were different, however, because they had normal, everyday problems.

Captain American, for example, came from a very poor background. Both his

parents had died when he was a boy, and he was a frail and skinny young manuntil he was given a Super-Soldier Serum.

Bruce Banner, who later became the incredible Hulk, was brought up by an

aunt after his insane father had killed his mother.

And the Fantastic Four are a dysfunctional Family of superheroes: In spite of

their amazing powers, the family constantly argued and fell out.

Jack Kirbys combination of artistic genius and human insight revolutionized the

comic world and continues to inspire comic artists to this day.

Discuss the following questions with the Students.

1- Why do you think comic stories cause such impact on people?

2- Had it been another way of entertainment before Comic Stories

appeared? Which ones do you think they were?

LANGUAGE NOTES (30 minutes)

PAST PERFECTOrder of Events in the Past

The past perfect expresses the relationship in time between two pastevents. It shows that one action or state occurred before another actionor state in the past.The past perfect expresses the first (or earlier) event. The simple pastoften expresses thesecond (or later) event.

Past Perfect (1st Event) Simple Past (2nd Event)I hadjust completed the exam. I felt so relieved.The past time can be recent or distant.

Recent Time

Miguel called me this morning, but I wasnt there. Id gone to a meeting.Distant TimeMiguel wrote me last year, but I never got the letter. Id moved away.

Meaning and Use Notes Examining Meaning and UseThe Past Perfect and Past Time Clauses

A- The past perfect is often used in sentences containing past timeclauses. The past


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perfect is used to indicate the first event. The simple past is used toindicate thesecond event. Before, by the time, when, until, and afterintroduce thetime clause.

Past Perfect (1st Event) Simple Past (2nd Event)

The thiefhad escaped before I called the police.We had calmed down by the time the police came.He had been upstairs when we came home.We hadnt noticed until we heard the footsteps.After I had called the police, we realized the thief was gone.

B- In sentences with before, after, by the time, and until, the pastperfect is sometimes

replaced by the simple past with no difference in meaning. This is

especiallycommon with before and after.

Past Perfect and Simple Past Simple Past OnlyId gone inside before I took offmy coat. = I went inside before I tookoffmy coat.After Id gone inside, I took offmy coat. = After I went inside, I tookoffmy coat.Expressions Used with the Past Perfect

C- The past perfect is often used with the same adverbs andprepositions that are

used with the present perfect: already, yet, still, ever, never, for, since,andjust.These expressions help to clarify the sequence of past events.

By lunchtime, we had already discussed the new budget and written areport. Wehadnt written the new vacation policy yet.I had lived in Texas for 12 years before I moved to California.A: Had she ever eaten a hot dog before she came to the United States?B: No, shed never had one!By+ a time can be used with the past perfect to express the later time

in thesentence.We had finished by then.By noon, we had hiked two miles.

EXPRESING REGRETS USING WISH

CONTROLLED PRACTICE


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Listening and Writing Activity (25 minutes)

Speaking Activity (20 minutes)

After listening to the audio, have students work in pair and talkabout what speakers they identify themselves with and make themexplain why. Make Ss pass to the front of the class to share the information theydiscussed about the audio.

READING PRACTICE (25 minutes)Make Ss read the following lecture to answer the following questions.

MILAN Monday July 27 (Reuters) - Italian police on Monday questioned a British pilot

who held 148 passengers aboard his plane for 40 minutes after landing in Milan because no

one would admit to being the person who broke the strict no-smoking rules.

Sue Harrison, a spokeswoman for Go, the new low-cost carrier that is part of British

Airways Plc, said the incident happened on Sunday afternoon after a flight from Stansted to

Milan's Malpensa airport. Go made its first flight in May.

She said that one passenger had blocked the smoke detector in one of the plane's toilets and

had smoked a cigarette in violation of Go's no-smoking rules and strict safety standards.

On arrival, captain Bryan Bliss, a 57-year-old pilot with 28 years experience, asked the

culprit to own up. No one came forward and after 40 minutes, Bliss finally let them go.

He was then detained by police at the airport for holding passengers against their will,

Harrison said.

"He was not arrested. He was detained. He helped answer their questions," she said by

telephone from London.

She did not know how long the questioning lasted but said Bliss had been allowed to go

and had flown the plane back from Malpensa to Stansted later in the day.

"We are continuing to talk to the police to make sure we answer all their questions,"

Harrison said. "We won't compromise on safety."


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She said there was no likelihood of any legal action against Bliss and said both sides were

being "very helpful". Police at Malpensa declined to comment while questioning was still

under way.

WRITING ACTIVITY

Writing activity ( 15min)

Ask ss to make pairs.

Give them a copy of the following dialogue

Ask them to read it and to create alist of regrets Helen has in regards to

her relationship with Michal.

Tim: Hey Helen, guess who just called?

Helen:Oh no, was it Michal?

Tim: Yes, you just missed him!

Helen:Oh, no!

Tim: He said to send you his love. Why don't you call him back?Helen: No. He said he needed some space, so I've got to give him some space.

But I wish I'd been here when he called. What else did he say?

Tim: Oh, he sounded well, he's working hard, his dad's a bit better, nothing

much really.

Helen:I really miss him.

Tim: You need to get out and about you know.

Helen:I suppose so. Shall we all go and see a movie tonight?

Tim: I'd be up for it, but I think Alice has gone out with Paul, to some sort of art

exhibition, I think.

Helen:Again? That's interesting. I think those two might be getting serious.Michal asked Hellen for some space after they broke up

SEMICONTROLLED PRACTICE

PRACTICE 1 (15 MINUTES)

Directions:

Have Ss get in pairs.

Write the conversation between Roger and Derek on the board.

Give Ss some time to practice it.

Ask Ss to write a similar conversation regretting from a different

thing or situation.


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Roger: Hey, where are you going in such a rush, Derek?

Derek: Hi Roger, how are you? I had not realized about you when I was

passing by.

Roger: Oh, I see. Im fine, and you?

Derek: Umm not so good. I am feeling quite depressed. I had made

good decisions in my life but now it seems I made the wrong one.

Roger: I had already suspected that you were not ok before talking to

you. Whats going on?

Derek: I feel so ashamed of this, but I am going to tell you. I had planned

to study marketing before I started to study at the university; however,

now I feel like studying languages.

Roger: so, you dont like marketing anymore.

Derek: yes, I wish I had chosen languages since I graduated from high

school.


Directions

Ask Ss to write an 8 line paragraph about any experience that theyregret about.

Encourage them to use the target structures as much as they can.

Have some of them share their experience.

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Directions

Ask Ss to work on Appendix ____ individually.

Tell them that they have to write two sentences using

the target structure according to what they see in the

pictures.

Check some of the students sentences.

1) __________________________________ 2)

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3) _________________________________ 4)

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4) _________________________________ 5)

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PRACTICE 4 (15 minutes)


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Time to play

Directions:

Ask students to stand up and make a circle

Place a chair in the center of the circle.

Give one student a balloon that will be passed one by one while music is

played.

When music stops the person who got the balloon has to go to the chair

and burst it over the chair. There will be a piece of paper inside the

balloon.

The piece of paper contains the beginning of a sentence

The student must complete the sentence logically according to the clue.

Example: I wish I had gotten.

I wish I had gotten a good grade to make my parents feel happy.

1. I wish I had met

2. I wish I had eaten.

3. I wish I had seen.

4. I wish

5. If only he.

6. She wishes

7. Sara wishes she had not

8. My parents wish

9. If only my grandparents.

10.If only my dog.

PRACTICE 5 (25 minutes)

Story writing

Directions:


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Ask students to work in trios or groups of

four

Provide them 3 different pictures that

represent regret

Ask students to create a short story

taking part of it as the characters of the

story. Encourage them to express regret

of what they did or have experienced

throughout the story.

After they finish, the groups will pass to

the front to share it orally and without

notes.


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(doubl check it)

Directions:

Ask students to work

in trios

Provide them the three

top things people

regret about when they

are in their death bed.


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Ask them to discuss and make a list of the things people had to change

so that at the end of their lives they had not regretted about their

past.

Encourage them to use the target structure.

The top three things people regret about when they are on their

death bed.

1. I wish Id had the courage to live a life true to myself,

not the life others expected of me

2.I wish Id had the courage to express my feelings.

3.I wish that I had let myself be happier.

FREE PRACTICE

PRACTICE 1 (

Witness to a crime

1. Explain to the students that they have witnessed a crime.2. Tell them to read the roles they will be given carefully.3. Give each student a role.4. Allow them time to read their roles and then tell them to stand up and mingle with

the entire group.5. As they mingle they should explain their roles to one another.6. At the end of the activity put the students into pairs and ask them to tell each other

all of the information that they found out from the other students.7. As a follow up activity ask the students to write a report of the crime based on the

information that they found out.

You were standing near the drug store; you were talking to a friend who had just come backfrom vacation. You were listening to her tell you all about her time in Mexico. Suddenly,you noticed three people running from the store.


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You were talking to a friend about your vacation outside the drug store, suddenly, yourfriend shouted, "Look!" You noticed three people running from the store; one was carryinga large bag.

You were waiting in the drug store for a prescription, you were angry because you had beenwaiting for a very long time. Suddenly, a man pushed in front of you and started shouting.It was 3.30pm; you knew because you had been waiting for your prescription since 3pm!

You were behind the counter in the drug store - serving customers. You were hungry andangry because the customers were being so impatient and you had missed lunch. Suddenly,a man ran up to the counter and told you to handover the money.

You were helping your friend behind the counter in the drug store, you actually work in thebakery next door but it was your break and so you decided to visit your friend now youwish that you hadn't! Suddenly, a man shouted, "Give me the money!" You tried to hide buthe saw you! He had blue eyes and was wearing a green shirt and a black sweater with a hat.Your friend gave him $2,000.

You heard a man shouting in the drug store; you were looking for headache tablets.Suddenly, you heard a man shout, "Give me the money!" It was 3.30pm; you were going

home to watch Oprah Winfrey, she was doing a special program on violent children.

You were standing near the counter in the drug store, you saw a man wearing a casual pairof black pants and a sloppy sweater. You were surprised because it was the middle of thesummer. Suddenly, he shouted, "Give me the money!"

You were holding the door of the drug store open for a woman with a baby. She had a lot ofthings to carry and so you tried to help her when suddenly two men pushed you; you almost

fell! As they ran away, you saw that they were wearing black sweaters.

You were walking into the drug store with your baby. You wanted to buy some diapers.You noticed a man open the door for you, but as you walked through the door two mencame out and pushed you out of the way.


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You were standing by the mailbox near the drug store trying to mail some letters, when yousaw three men running from the store. One had a bag and two were wearing black sweaters,the last man was following them, he was wearing a red shirt.

You were working at the front of the drug store putting cans on the shelves. You werewearing a red shirt and a black pair of pants. Suddenly, you saw two men running from thestore with a bag. You ran after them to try to stop them.

You are a police officer. You were standing on the street corner. You suddenly saw threemen running toward you; you knew that they were in trouble. You chased them but youonly managed to catch the one wearing a red shirt and black pants. When you told him tostop he resisted.

You were watching TV at home; Oprah Winfrey was on - your favorite. It was about4.15pm when the phone rang, it was the police, they said that John had been arrested forstealing money from the drug store. You couldn't believe it- not your son and not whenyour favorite program was on!

You own the drug store. The police called you at 5pm to say that they had arrested John.You have no idea what happened but you always thought that he was a problem.

PRACTICE 2

Using Photos

SS are given photos and write what they think hadhappened before the photo was

taken.

Sentences and photos are then mixed up, and SS have to match the sentences to thephotos.

Here are the photos


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PRACTICE 3

LISTENING ACTIVITY (20 minutes)

Listen to the following audio and the students are going to write sentences

about what the people in the audio said using the structures studied.

AUDIOSCRIPT

Arienne, NorwayMy one regret... I can't really answer that because I don't really have anyregrets. All my life I have basically had a few dreams and my dreams Ihave basically fulfilled. My first dream was going to the United States onexchange and I did that and then my second big dream was going toJapan on exchange, which I also did, and I'm very happy about the fact


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that I am able to fulfill my dreams because not all people can do what I'vebeen able to do.

Jeff, CanadaRegrets! I don't regret very much but I have a couple of regrets. One is

that I played too much sports when I was young and I didn't pick up anymusic. I would have liked to play a musical instrument, and my otherregret is that I'm uni-lingual. I only speak one language and I would haveliked to learn another language when I was young.

Shibika, OmanMy biggest regret is not excepting a scholarship offer that I was given afew years ago. Instead I took another offer and I do regret it even thoughI'm happy where I'm at right now, but I wish I had taken that offer before.

Fred, CanadaOK, my biggest regret! My biggest regret would have to be four yearsago, I was living in Spain and I was having such a great time and then forsome reasons, I had to go back to Canada and still to this day, I'm havinga hard time with that decision. I wish I had stayed in Spain because mylife was so great. I was going to the beach every day and it was such asunny country and the people were very nice.

Kevin, South KoreaAbout seven or eight years ago, I was staying in Canada, but I had to

come back then because my father had some problem in his company,but he told us that we could stay for a year or two longer, but so I hope Icould have stayed a little longer.

Rebecca, AustraliaOne of my regrets is that I have not travelled. When I was younger, Ireally wish that I could have travelled overseas during high school, takenup some exchange programs like I am now, through university, eventravelled with my family overseas, but then it does it's down problems,that I have been able to travel in my own country throughout the years, so

that's my regret.

Wrap up

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