web-based lesson plan: Teacher's Notes

Topic- Online Shopping: Buying Books. Level- intermediate to upper-intermediate. Teaching: Task Based.


1. Pretask. a) Brainstorming b) discussion. Duration 15-20 minutes

1. On interactive smartboard T tries to elicit the vocabulary on buying books from online bookstores.Vocabulary:    compare, price, receipt, total, change, value, discount, ‘search for’ functions: author, title, keywords, ISBN etc, browse by categories: adventures, childrens', autobiographies, academic etc; eBooks, bestsellers, credit cards. Many words on the board may be new for the Ss. Therefore, T explains the meaning with as many examples as possible by bringing up the sample online bookstores on smartboard. T saves the document in PDF and distributes to the class.

1. Discuss the following questions:

1. Why do you think people choose to buy books online? Advantages vs disadvantages
2. What do people need to know about buying books online? (how do you find delivery information and return policy)
3. How can you compare prices on different online bookstores?

2. Task cycle. a)Task. b) Planning c) Report. Duration 30 minutes

1. Task.  
   
   T asks Ss to complete Webquest in pairs. Each pair has £250 budget to buy as many books as possible from their reading list for one of their modules at university. In doing so, they will have to go to several websites, fill in the worksheet for each, compare the prices of the books and decide which ones they are going to buy. 
2. 
   
   Planning. Ss discuss ideas and write a note to report orally to the whole class. Ss draft and rehearse what they want to say while T goes around to advice Ss on language, suggesting phrases and helping Ss correct their language. 
3. 
   
   Report.
   T asks groups to report briefly to the whole class so everyone can compare findings. T comments on the content; rephrase expressions but no overt public correction.

3. Language focus. a) Analysis b) Practice. Duration 30 minutes

1. Analysis. T sets some language-focused tasks based on the text of websites. I.e: Find words and phrases related to a) customer services b) making payment; Find all the verbs in the simple present form. Say which refer to future time and which do not.  T starts off, Ss continue. T goes around to help and Ss ask individual questions. T reviews and writes relevant language up on the smartboard. Ss can have copy of the note in PDF after class.
2. Practice. T conducts practice activities. I.e: choral repetition of the phrases identified, memory challenge games (Kim's game) with new words and phrases, sentence completion in teams with jumbled word order. Sentences are taken from the text of the websites.

4. Recap and homework. a) Recap. b) Homework. Duration 5-10minutes

1. Recap. T explains more people are deciding to buy books online and Ss may have to decide to do so for various reasons during their studies at university. T emphasises the importance of understanding terms and phrases when buying books online and how to compare prices and other information
2. Homework. T explains the homework and emphasises it is very important to complete the homework before next class.