COMPETENCE 5 : CITY OR VILLAGE Class 3e
Lesson 1 : city life ; DURATION : 55 min
SESSION1 LANGUAGE SKILL : speaking Source : Proramme Educatif APC 4e ,3e
INTRODUCTION PHASE LEAD IN ACTIVITY LEARNING CONTEXT INPUT PHASE
• VOCABULARY : related to city life
Town :people who live in Abidjan , Bouake Aboisso, yamoussoukro are living in towns. So Abidjan, bouaké aboissso are towns.
Town / city
City dwellers : inhabitant of a city
People who live in urban area are city dwellers
Traffic jam : when there is an accident on the road, it creats a traffic jam and vehicles circulate slowly.
Traffic light : thanks to the traffic lights the vehicles circulate easily in the town.
Shanty town : koumassi campement is a shanty town.
Slum / shanty town / guetto.
Bridge :to reach very quickly cocody people take the bridge HKB.
Noisy :the places that are not quiet are noisy. The bus station is always noisy.
Skyscraper : big and long building.
Example : There are many skyscrapers in plateau.
• LANGUAGE FUNCTION : Expressing intention
• structure: S +Plan + V / S +Hope + verb S + want +v
Example : i don’t hope to live in a slum.
I am planning to stay in an urban area Activity 1 : Complete the sentences with words from the box TEACHING POINT/ FOCUS
VOCABULARY LANGUAGE FUNCTION STUCTURES
Town, city dwellers , traffic jam, traffic light Shanty town rush hour ,noisy ,skyscrappers bridge
Expressing intentions We plan to leave this city
Noisy , shanty ,city dwellers , crossroad ; rush hour, traffic jam
EXAMPLE 1 : city dwellers
1- Inhabitants of the town are………
2 –A road junction is a ……….
3 –When the circulation of cars and buses slows, it creates a………
4 –A very poor area of a city is a ……….
5 –Busy periods of the day are………
6 –Cities are not quiet places, they are very……….
Activity 2 : Complete each sentences using words from the box.
Plan, intention, want to, to hope , going to , hope
Example : 6 want
1-Iam……….. to move to another town.
2 – where do you………. To go ? 3 –My……… is to live in Abidjan.
4 – He is ………. Live in Daloa.
5 - My family……… leave this city verysoon.
6 – In which town do you……… to stay ?
UNIT 5 : CITY OR VILLAGE LESSON 1 :CITY LIFE SESSION 2
LANGUAGE FUNCTION GRAMMAR POINTS NEW WORDS/ EXPRESSIONS
-Talking about city life Abidjan is a nice city -There was one bridge in Abidjan in1950
-There are three bridge today in Abidjan
Voabulary related to city life : factories, airport , highways ,stadium ,supermarket ,water supply ,modern buses , crossroad
Introduction phase Lead in activity Learning context Input phase
Vocabulary related to city life.
Modern bridge : the bridges HKB, DEGAULE and HOUPHOUET BOIGNY are modern bridges.
Airport : to travel abroad by plane, people go to the airport.
Factories / fabriks . There are many factories in the industrial zone of abidjan.
Highways : big and long roads on which vehicles move very fast in city.
Stadium : modern pitch on which soccers play during football competitions.
Example : Felicia is a modern stadium in Abidjan.
Supermarket : big and modern store on which goods and products are sold.
Example : big bazar ; Cap Sud, Orca Deco are the main supermarkets in Abidjan.
Water supply : thanks to SODECI water supply all the city dwellers have access to tap water.
Modern buses : numbers of people travel easily in Abidjan with modern buses.
Crosssroad / junction : there is a traffic light at any crossroad of ABIDJAN.
Language function : comparing past and present situations Struture : TO BE
-Abidjan is a modern and nice city
-There was one bridge in Abidjan in 1950’s.
-There are more than three bridges in Abidjan today.
Activity 1 : find the words related to the place with these junbles letters.
1- Bdegri………
2- Froaceits………..
3- patori………
4- Wyasghih……….
5- Miustad………..
6- Permsarukte………..
Activity 2 : Find the corresponding words from your own vocabulary Example : 1-rush hours
1-Busy period………
2-Carrefour , Capsud , superhayatt………..
3-light at the crossroads………..
4- very high buiding………..
5-Inhabitant of a city………
6-Dirty area of a city where people live………..
Activity 3 Complete the sentences with the words below.
ARE – IS – WERE – WAS
1-There………. Many supermarket in Abdjan yoday.
2-How many bridges……….. there i abidjan in 1975 ? 3-There………..very few highways in Cote d’ivoire.
4-There ………a very modern bridge in Abidjan today.
5- I don’t understand why there………..So much pollution in the city nowadys.
6-There………many factoties in yopougon ‘’ zone industrielle’’.
LESSON 1 CITY LIFE
SESSION 3
LANGUAGE SKILL : writing
Communicative activity
You probably know a city . you want to talk about it to your liberian friends.
In your presentation -Name and locate it.
-Tell three things you like in this city.
-Mention three problems the inhabitants of this city meet.
UNIT 5 : CITY OR VILLAGE LESSON 2 : VILLAGE LIFE SESSION 1
INTRODUCTION PHASE
LEAD IN ACTIVITY/ LEARNING CONTEXT INPUT PHASE
VOCABULARY : RELATED TO VILLAGE LIFE
TO FETCH WATER : village women used to fetch water at the river or at the well.
Farm work : to weed ; to harvest, to grow are part of farm work.
Firewood : women who live in village cook with firewood
Hunt :most of peasant are hunters they used weapons to hunt animals to feed themselves.
peasant : farm worker / villager
Example : people who live in rual area are somtimes peasants , hunters or farm workers.
To harvest , :when the fruits are potent the peasant start to harvest them.
To grow : to plant.
To weed : to remove the bad grass with a hoe or machette.
Rural area : villages, cities of the countyside are rural areas
LANGUAGE FUNCTION : Expressing wish Structure : I wish to live in a village
Activity 1 : reorder the letters to form correct words related to rural activities.
1- Rgwo……….
2- Thnu………..
3- Fsihnig………..
4- Etchf………
5- -ellw……….
6- Hvestra………
Activity 2: write meaningful sentences 1. Farm / they / on / could / wish / work / a
= They wish they could work on a farm
2. Air / enjoy /the / the /like/ to /pure / of/ would/ village / he
………
LANGUAGE FUNCTION GRAMMAR POINTS NEW WORDS /EXPRESSION -talking about village life
Expressing wish
-Rural life is quiet and cheap
–I wish to live in a village.
Vocabulary related to village life. To fetch
water,farm work, to weed, firewood to harvest,farm to hunt,rural area peasant
3. Do / visit/ wish / your/ village /to /you ?
………..
4. They/ farmers/ like/ to/ would/ be/ modern
………..
5. A /in /wishes/ big/ farm /his/ Aka/ village / to /coffee / have
……….
