English lesson plans for Grade 8

ProductionResourcesOHT 8.1bMapped dialogueUse the mapped dialogue on OHT 8.1b to get students to role play a politeconversation, asking for information on the telephone, between a passenger and aflight reservations clerk. Elicit some ideas for each of the cues. Remind studentsto use the indirect question form as well as polite offers and requests, Would youlike …? and I’d like … Get students to practise in pairs and then swap roles.PassengerGood morning. I’d like to reconfirm myticket.[gives name]Yes, of course. It’s QR302 to London.It says the 27 th of November at 20:25.Could you please tell me what thereconfirmation number is?Yes, why not?A window seat please.Vegetarian please. Can you tell me whatthe check-in time is?And could you please tell me what mybaggage allowance is?Thanks a lot.Thank you. Bye.Reservations clerkCertainly. Could you please tell me what yourname is?Thank you. And do you know what the flightnumber is?Right. And can you tell me what the date anddeparture time on the ticket says?Fine. You’re flight’s confirmed.Certainly. It’s XR72359RF.Would you like to reserve your seat now?Would you like an aisle or a window seat?And what about meals? Would you prefervegetarian, Halaal or regular?It’s two hours before, so that will be 6:25 inthe evening.20 kilos and you can take up to 7 kilos handluggage.Not at all. Have a good flight.Bye-bye.FeedbackMonitor for accuracy and some degree of fluency, encouraging students to gobeyond the frame and change information or questions as they wish. Make a noteof good conversations as well as common errors for the feedback session, but don’tinterrupt the flow.Deal with most common spoken errors orally.221 | English sample lessons | Grade 8 © Supreme Education Council 2004