#8 Fourth Competition for Teacher Generated Materials / governmental systems / Grade 7

General objective: Students will be able to learn about governmental systems.

Language objective: Students will learn new vocabulary connected to the governmental systems (branch, legislative, executive, judicial, inauguration, coronation.....) and use it in the different writing tasks.

Civic objective: By the end of lesson, Ss will be able to describe governmental systems and speak about Georgian government using new  vocabulary.

Curriculum Connection:

Class Context and Needs: There are 16 students in the 7^th grade. It is a mixed ability class. There are no students with special need.

Materials: white board and markers, handouts, posters, pencils, projector for power point presentation of Governmental systems.

Activities: warm-up, pre-teaching vocabulary,  activity of answer the questions  in pairs by checking students' possessed information of Georgian governmental system, activities of fill in gaps, matching and fill the Venn Diagram with differences and similarities of president and king.

Assessment: Rubric for Assessment: See attached rubric

General objective		Students will be able to learn about governmental systems.
Language objective		Students will learn new vocabulary connected to the governmental systems (branch, legislative, executive, judicial, inauguration, coronation.....)
Civic objective		By the end of lesson, Ss will be able to describe governmental systems and speak about Georgian government using new  vocabulary.
Stages &Timing	Procedures and Teacher`s Language		Teacher`s notes/Aim of the Activity	Organization	Materials
Warm up 6-7 min	Teacher introduces the topic of lesson, asks students what is the government and what does it mean.  Teacher does brainstorming  and mind mapping to elicit vocabulary for describing government.  T. teaches new  vocabulary using power point presentation.		The aim of this activity is to warm up the class by introducing the topic and getting them to speak. Besides, this activity develops critical thinking.	Teacher-class Individual work	Presentation Slides#1-2
Activity 1. 3-4 min	T. asks sts if they know what is the government made from and what branches does it have? After getting the answers T. shows the next slide which presents the branches of government.		This activity helps develop their critical thinking skills and prepares them for the next activity.	Teacher-class Individual work	Presentation Slide#3
Activity 2. 10 min.	T.  gives another question: "what types of governmental systems exist in the world?"Then shows two slides: first slide presents systems of government, second slide gives some information about each system. Sts should read the lines and have a discussion. T. asks sts if they know in which countries are employed democracy and monarchy. Then shows the slides of countries and their leaders.		The aims of this activity are: to get more information and provide some new information, besides to stimulate sts concentration on the next tasks, get effective discussion class.	Individual/pair Work Teacher-class	Presentation Slides#4-5, 6-7
Activity 3. 10 min.	T.  hands out the question slips and asks  sts to speak around the questions. Questions are about Georgian government and its president. T. checks their answers presenting the slide about Georgian government and  its president.		The aim of this activity is get sts speak in pairs and check sts possessed information.	Pair work Teacher-class	Handout 1 Presentation Slide#8
Activity 4. 5 min	T. suggests to play  a quiz game about governmental systems. Sts should read the description of systems and guess what system is it about.		The aim of this activity is check their memory getting active participation class and make the lesson enjoyable.	Teacher-class	Presentation Slide#9,10,11,12,13
Activity 5. 5 min	T. divides the class into 4  groups and gives them different writing tasks (Fill in gaps, Venn Diagram( find similarities and differences),match the characteristics with president and king.		The aim of this activity is to involve whole class in the learning process  by doing useful writing and thinking tasks.	Group work	Handouts 2,3,4
Assessment 5min.	T. calls out the students and asks them to represent their works to the class, then assesses them using the Rubric for assessment.		The aim of this activity is check results and assess them.	Teacher-class	Rubric of assessment

Handout 1. Answer the questions

      1.  What kind of governmental system has Georgia?

      2.  Who is present  president of Georgia?

      3.   How does he become a president?

      4.  When does he become a president?

      5. What type of clothes does he wear?

Handout 2. Venn Diagram-presidents and kings

1.  How does he/she get power?

2. How long does this person have office?

3. What is the ceremony called when the person takes office?

4. What type of clothes does the person wear?

5. Where does this person live while in office?

Handout 3. Complete the text with the words below

law, queen, elections, leader, power, limited.

Monarchy

            The UK is a monarchy. This means that the monarch (the king or  --------) is the official head of the country. However, the British monarch does not have political------------------because Parliament makes the------.

In this form of government power is again--------------.

            At --------------, the British people vote to choose their local----------.

Handout 4.  Match the characteristics with president and king.

The characteristics	President	King
They are elected in a popular vote by the citizens.	+
They live in a castle.		+
They inherit their position from their parents.
They gain their position in a ceremony called an inauguration.
They have unlimited power.
They hold their position until they died.
They dress as an ordinary person.
They are crowned and the ceremony is called a coronation.
They wear suits and ties.
They put people in prison at their wish.

Rubric of assessment

	Advanced	Proficient	Basic
Vocabulary	Uses new words correctly, uses rich vocabulary.	Uses some new words correctly, uses less vocabulary.	Uses a few new words correctly, uses poor vocabulary
Pronunciation	All pronunciation is correct.	Most pronunciation is correct.	Some pronunciation is correct.
Comprehension	Understands every conversation and normal classroom discussions without difficulty.	Understands nearly everything at normal speech.	Has great difficulty following what is said.

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