Lesson Plan: Antiques

Lesson Level: Senior 2 Duration: 40 Minutes

Lesson Title: Antiques

Grammar and Vocabulary

This lesson tests the grammar that the students already know by giving texts to be corrected.

New vocabulary: antique, auction, auctioneer, cost, value, bid, diamond, ivory, gorgeous, unique

Lesson Objectives

To be able to locate and correct errors in short texts.

Materials Required

Antiques cards : see note 1

Dialogue sheets (1 for each group of four students) : see note 2

Preparation

See Note 3

Procedure

1 (2 Minutes/ 2 Minutes)

Write “Antiques” on board (or slide 1)

Elicit from class meaning of “antiques”.

2 (8/10)

Go through the vocabulary items writing them on the board and eliciting the meanings from the class. (or slide 2)

3 (5/15)

Hand out the dialogue sheets (or show as slide 3).

Choose two students to read.

Ask questions around class to check comprehension.

4 (5/20)

Break class into twelve groups.

Give each group one of the prepared cards for correction.

Make sure that they know they must not write on them

Each group must rewrite the text with the errors corrected. Allow only 5 minutes for this.

5.(Non-PP version) (20/40)

In turn call each group forward to write their corrected versions on the board. (If you have two boards – call groups in twos.)

Ask class if the corrected versions are now completely correct. Elicit any further errors and make the corrections.

(PP version)

As above but show the uncorrected versions/pictures on PP slides and ask the groups where the errors are.

Indicate any errors that they missed.

Notes

1 You will need twelve prepared cards. Each card should have a picture of an antique (either printed from internet or drawn) on one side with an accompanying text containing errors on the other side.

The cards required are as follows. (Corrected versions are shown in brackets and obviously should NOT be included on the cards handed out.

a/

Picture: Two antique round-backed chair

Text: This (these) very stylish chairs has (have) round backs. They looking (will look) good in your hole (home) or living romm (room). They (are) 35 inches high (tall) and have a deep red colour.

b)

Picture: A silver tea pot

Text: That (This) teapot was make (made) in 1910. It is the best quality sliver (silver) with a wooden handle. The beautiful (beautiful) shape and plane (plain) body make it an excellent item.

c)

Picture: Ivory statue of Chinese musician

Text: This am (is) a superb Chinese statue of a musican (musician). The details is (are) excelent (excellent) and the condition (is) fine. It is made from ivory and dates in (from) 1880.

d)

Picture: Landscape painting

Text: This beautiful panting (painting) shows a (an) English landscape. It is moor (more) than a hundred year (years) old and was paint (painted) by Bryan Whitmore. Not ice (Notice) the excelent (excellent) artwok (artwork)

e)

Picture: A sword

Text:This sword is France (French). The blade is steal (steel) and the handle is (made) out of brass. It is in very godd (good) condition and is 29 inch (inches) long.

f)

Picture:Plate

Text:This is a beautiful England (English) plate. The decoration shows fruit and flours (flowers). The edge is lined with gold. It is nine inch (inches) in diameter and was make (made) in 1925.

g)

Picture: Mirror

Text: This mirror is (has) a fantastic carved wodden (wooden) frame. It was maked (made) in 1920 and is 31 inches by 60 inches. The grass (glass) is still of (in) good condition.

h)

Picture:Doll

Text: This are (is) a wonderful doll. It is not very old but the quality are (is) outstanding.  The doll has hand-maked (made) clothes and carry (carries) a blue bag. It is twenty-eight inches big (tall).

I)

Picture:Gold Coin (Victoria head)

Text:This is a very nice example of a rare glod (gold) coin. The coin is English and from 1892. The qulaty (qualirty) is excellent. The front show (shows) Quean (Queen) Victoria and the back shows a sheild. (shield)

j)

Picture:French carriage clock

Text: This is a nise (nice) 150-years-old (year) clock. The case are (is) gold. The clock is from French (France) and still work (works) perfectly. It is six inches tall.

k)

Picture: Ruby and emerald necklace

Text:This pritty (pretty) necklace is made from rose gold and set with rubbies (rubies) and emeralds. It is fifteen inches long and will looking (look) good from (with) many kinds of cloths. (clothes)

l)

Picture:Japanese Vase

Text:This is a lovely Japan (Japanese) vase decorated with gold. The decoration shows gooses (geese) fly (flying) and people drink (drinking) tea. It is thirteen inches big (tall) and eleven inches wide.

2 The following dialogue may be used for the introduction.

Customer: Hello, can you help me?

Shopkeeper: Of course. Are you looking for anything in particular or just browsing?

Customer: It's my mother's birthday next week and I'd like to get her something nice. She really loves old things so I thought maybe an antique piece of jewelery would be ideal.

Shopkeeper: I see. Did you have a particular price range in mind?

Customer: Well, that depends on the piece, of course.

Shopkeeper: We have some very nice earrings here. They are 19^th century and made of gold and diamond. They originally came from France and as you can see they are very elegant. They are rather expensive though. They would be eight hundred pounds.

Customer: Oh. That's quite a lot more than I have.

Shopkeeper: Perhaps she'd like this ivory bracelet and brooch set, it's...

Customer: Oh no. She wouldn't wear anything made from ivory. She's really into animal conservation and disapproves of anything like that. She be really mad at me if I bought her something like that.

Shopkeeper: Of course. I understand. That's something quite a few of our customers say, though how it will help an elephant that's been dead for mare than a hundred and fifty years I don't really understand.

Customer: Do you have something in silver. She's really very fond of silver jewelery. She bought a gorgeous silver bracelet at an auction last month. It cost three hundred pounds. It has a design of flowers and leaves all twined together. I've never seen anything like it before. It was unique.

Shopkeeper: Ah. Then I think I have the very thing for you. Take a look at this locket and chain. The chain is very delicate and made from the finest English silver but if you look at the locket it has a design similar to the one you described – flowers and leaves.

Customer: Wow! You're right. That would go really well with her bracelet. How much is it?

Shopkeeper: I could let you have it for two hundred. Normally I'd ask for two fity, but as it's your mother's birthday.

Customer: How about one hundred and fifty...

3. This lesson is best accompanied by a powerpoint presentation showing pictures of the items and copies of the text to be corrected. However this lesson plan is written as if the presentation is not available so that it can be used in classrooms without the technology. Notes are provided to indicate where slides could be used.