Making Money
Aims
The main aims of the lesson are:
To introduce new vocabulary, relevant to the students’ needs on the topic: “Making Money”
Skills
By the end of the lesson students will have worked on the following skills:
| Reading | Writing | Listening | Speaking |
| + | + | + | + |
| Reading for detail (the text of the song in order to find topical vocabulary) | Filling the gaps in the song;
Spidergrams | Listening for specific information | Declaring; monologue; dialogue speech (discussion) |
Language
By the end of the lesson, students will have learnt (more) about the following:
Structures
– single words
– colloсations
Functions
Listening (song; SS to each other; SS to the T)
Speaking (discussions while building vocabulary spidergrams, logical chains, vocabulary trees)
Lexis
1. wealthy
2. change
3. currency
4. coin
5. terms of payment
6. price range
7. heavy fine
8. to pay in cash
9. to make a profit
10. to go bankrupt
11. to pay the bill
12. to cut (someone’s) salary
Pronunciation Features
The difference between British and American variants of pronunciation (“terms” vocalized “r” sound);
Drilling of difficult words (bankrupt, currency) while introducing the vocabulary
Stage 1
Introduction. Warming-Up. Topical Chat
Time: 3 min.
Aims:
– Get to know the students personally as well as their language abilities and needs.
– Break the ice.
– Make the students feel relaxed.
Procedure:
Let the SS talk about the ways of making money.
• How can you make money when you are a student?
• What are the most popular and well-paid professions nowadays?
• Can you predict what professions will be the most popular and well-paid in 10 years?
Interaction: T-SS; SS-SS
Stage 2
Plunging into the Authentic Material
Time: 10 min.
Aims:
Provide intensive authentic listening. 2 expressions of the song are in the target vocabulary (wealthy; to pay the bill)
Procedure:
SS listen to the song “Money, Money, Money” by ABBA and fill in the gaps.
On the whiteboard:
(Here, in the song, these combinations mean)
Ain’t it sad – it is sad, right?
Have a ball – have fun
fool around – to flirt; have light romance with smb. get him off my mind – to forget
I bet he wouldn’t fancy me – he would not like me
Interaction: SS-tape
Stage 3
Introducing the Vocabulary
Time: 10 min.
Aims:
– For SS to feel responsibility for their language development.
– To explain / illustrate the vocabulary.
Procedure:
– Elicit the vocabulary from the song:
1. Find the word in the song which is a quality of a rather rich person. (wealthy)
2. Find the expression in the song which means to give a fixed amount of money for something done for you or used by you. (to pay the bill)
– Using definition:
1. price range
2. to make a profit
3. terms of payment
– Using a situation:
1. to cut (someone’s) salary
2. heavy fine
3. to go bankrupt
4. to pay in cash
5. change
– Using realia:
1. currency
2. coin
(Copy the words from the board.)
Interaction: T-SS; SS-SS
Stage 4
Drilling the Vocabulary
Time: 3 min.
Aim:
To help students recognize the new expressions and their meanings.
Procedure:
Organising logical spidergrams (in pairs) T draws 3 faces:
1. Happy.
2. Neutral.
3. Sad.
The task is to refer the new expressions to the appropriate face.
Time: 5 min.
Aim:
To focus on form and meaning.
Procedure:
Card game played by the whole group.
The purpose is to elicit the new vocabulary from the bulk of words.
Make sentences with the words on your card.
Interaction: SS-SS
Stage 5
Usage of the Vocabulary
Time: 15 min.
Aim:
To focus on meaning and usage of the new vocabulary.
Procedure:
Paraphrasing, using the new vocabulary.
Every student takes a card which nobody else can see and gives a situation to describe a word\word-combination written on the card from the topical vocabulary.
Interaction: SS-SS
Stage 6
Ending the Lesson. Giving Home Assignment
Time: 2 min.
Aim:
To focus on form, meaning and active usage of the new vocabulary in speech.
Procedure:
Thanking the students. Home task:
1. Solve a crossword game-puzzle on topical vocabulary.
2. Write down a 200-word essay on the topic: “Money Makes the World Go Round”, expressing agreement/disagreement and your personal thoughts.
Interaction: T-SS
Note:
T – teacher
S – student
SS – students
Key:
2.
Money, Money, Money
I work all night, I work all day,ABBA
To pay the bills I have to pay,
Ain’t it sad,
And still there never seems
To be a single penny left for me.
That’s too bad.
In my dreams I have a plan,
If I got me a wealthy man
I wouldn’t have to work at all,
I’d fool around and have a ball...
Refrain:
Money, money, money –
Must be funny –
In the rich man’s world.
Money, money, money –
Always sunny –
In the rich man’s world.
Aha – ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money.
It’s a rich man’s world.
A man like that is hard to find but
I can’t get him off my mind,
Ain’t it sad.
And if he happens to be free,
I bet he wouldn’t fancy me,
That’s too bad.
So I must leave, I’ll have to go
To Las Vegas or Monaco
And win a fortune in a game,
My life will never be the same...
4. Organising Logical Spidergrams
1. Smiling: wealthy, to make profit
2. Neutral: change, currency, coin, terms of payment, price range, to pay in cash, to pay the bill
3. Sad: to go bankrupt, to cut salary, heavy fine
Home Assignment: Crossword Puzzle
| wealthy | having a lot of money |
| change | money returned when the price of something is less than the money used in payment |
| currency | money used by a certain country |
| coin | a piece of metal used as money |
| payment | an action of giving money to someone for something |
| price | an amount of money for which something can be bought or sold |
| fine | a sum of money that must be paid as a punishment for breaking a law/rule |
| cash | money in coins or notes |
| profit | money gained through business, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent |
| bankrupt | unable to pay your debts |
| salary | money paid for work |
| bill | a written statement for money owned for something |
| term | to use a particular word or phrase to describe something |
ON THE BOARD:
Topical Vocabulary:
1. wealthy
2. change
3. currency
4. coin
5. terms of payment
6. price range
7. heavy fine
8. to pay in cash
9. to make a profit
10. to go bankrupt
11. to pay the bill
12. to cut (someone’s) salary
“Money, Money, Money” Vocabulary:
ain’t it sad it is sad, right?
have a ball have fun
fool around to flirt; have light romance with smb
get him off my mind to forget
I bet he wouldn’t fancy me he would not like me
Handout:
Money Money Money
I work all …, I work all …,ABBA
to pay the … I have to pay,
Ain’t it sad.
And still there never seems to be
A single … left for me.
That’s too … .
In my … I have a … ,
If I got me a wealthy …
I wouldn’t have to … at all,
I’d fool around and have a …
Refrain:
Money, money, money –
Must be … –
In the … man’s world.
Money, money, money –
… sunny –
In the … man’s world.
Aha – ahaaa
All the … I could do
If I had a … money.
It’s a … man’s world.
A man like that is … to find
But I can’t … him off my mind,
Ain’t it sad.
And if he happens to be … ,
I bet he wouldn’t … me,
That’s too … .
So I … leave, I’ll have to…
To … or Monaco
And win a … in a game,
My … will never be the same!
Handout – CARDS
| WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN | TERMS OF PAYMENT |
| EURO | COIN |
| CHANGE | PRICE RANGE |
| TO CUT THE SALARY | HEAVY FINE |
| TO PAY THE BILL | TO PAY IN CASH |
| TO GO BANKRUPT | TO MAKE A PROFIT |
Home Assignment. Solve the puzzle!
MONEY MATTERS
Across:
2. to use a particular word/phrase to describe something
3. a piece of metal used as money
4. a written statement for money owned for something
6. an amount of money for which something can be bought or sold
9. money returned when the price of something is less than the money used in payment
10. money paid for work
11. an action of giving money to someone for something
Down:
1. having a lot of money
3. money used by a certain country
4. unable to pay your debts
5. money gained in business, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent
7. money in coins or notes
8. a sum of money that must be paid as a punishment for breaking a law or rule
VOCABULARY:
| 1. wealthy | 7. heavy fine |
| 2. change | 8. to pay in cash |
| 3. currency | 9. to make profit |
| 4. coin | 10. to go bankrupt |
| 5. terms of payment | 11. to pay the bill |
| 6. price range | 12. to cut salary |
Key: Across: 2. term; 3. coin; 4. bill; 6. price; 9. change; 10. salary; 11. payment. Down: 1. wealthy; 3. currency; 4. bankrupt; 5. profit; 7. cash; 8. fine