English lesson plans for Grade 8

8.2Vocabulary: banking andfinanceObjectivesGrade 8 curriculumstandards 1.2, 5.4, 5.19PresentationVocabularyfinancethe firman investmenta loan(to) guaranteeinsurancea policypropertyinteresta ratethe balancea budgetan expensean incentivea scheme(to) transfer(to) withdrawfundssavingsa surplus• Learn and use banking and finance vocabulary.• Get further practice in using indirect questions for politeness and formality.PyramidIntroduce the topic ‘banking and finance’ with a pyramid brainstorm: workingindividually, students write down on a piece of paper all the words they know to dowith money, banking and finance. After a few minutes, stop them and get them toshare their list with a partner, copying down any new words and building up a jointlist. Repeat the process putting two pairs together, then two groups of four, thentwo groups of eight. Collate all the words into one class list on a poster, the OHTor the board, by getting the group with the longest list to write up their words andthe other group(s) to add any other words, no repetitions.Pre-teach vocabularyPre teach only the vocabulary remaining on your list which hasn’t already come upin the pyramid. Use a selection of the vocabulary practice techniques that follow tohelp students memorise and contextualise the new words. Change the target wordsin the activities to suit the real needs of your students.What and whereElicit the nouns below, one at a time, checking students can pronounce themcorrectly and writing them on the board. Draw a box or ‘file’ around each one:InsuranceLoansPropertySavingsInvestmentsBudgetPracticeWhen all the words are on the board, get students to repeat them as you point tothem. Rub out one of the words but do not rub out its box. Get students to repeatthe words again, including the rubbed-out word, by pointing at the boxes in randomorder, including the empty box. Rub out another word but leave the box. Getstudents repeat the words again, reading aloud what’s on the board or remembering223 | English sample lessons | Grade 8 © Supreme Education Council 2004