Lesson plan 7
Date: October 21, 2009
Level: Second year of high school
Skill: Listening, reading and writing. Expected Outcomes: Students will be able to predict information, to listen and to comprehend spoken information in English; they will be able to identify general and specific information. Students will be able to read instructions and solve questions in order to go to the next stage of a game. Students will be able to write sentences encouraging people to look after the planet. Resources: markers, whiteboard, data show, envelopes with clues and instructions, scissors, pens, pencils, cardboard. Time
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Introduction Take roll call
3’
Objectives presentation
2’
Students will be told about what the lesson is going to be about and what the main objectives are.
5’
Students will be asked to talk about what they learned in the previous session in order to teach the next content based on their previous knowledge.
Core of the class Review
Video (listening): “ 4 degrees warmer”
Video about what would happen if the Earth warms by 4 degrees.
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Pre-listening: Vocabulary check
5’
The teacher will review some vocabulary words key to understand the video about global warming. Students then will have to predict the content of the video.
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While-listening
3’
Students will watch the video to get a general idea.
7’
Then, students will be given a set of “true or false” sentences and will watch the video again in order to answer the statements.
3’
The video will be played a third time.
12’
Students will have to answer the true or false statements and will have to justify their answers
“Winning Race” (group activity)
20’
Students will be divided into 8 groups of 5. Each group will be given an envelope with instructions or clues, riddles, questions, fill in sentences, etc; they will have to read and solve them. When the group complete the activity has to go to the teacher in order to check it and get the next envelope. The team that finds the treasure wins.
Class Project
25’
Students will have to form groups of 5; they will have to create a poster to encourage people to take care of the planet, then the posters will be pasted on the wall.
5’
All together, will make a summary of all what we learned during the lesson, in order to summarize and clarify any doubt about the content.
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Post-listening
Closing Summary
Name: Paulina Rojas González School: Colegio Carlos Cousiño