Telling stories, narrative tenses
Upper Intermediate level level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide review, clarification and practice of narrative tenses in the context of urban legends.
Subsidiary Aims
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Listening for specific information and creating a context for introducing narrative tenses
Procedure (39-52 minutes)
New vocabularies will be elicited through visuals and pronunciation will be drilled. then Elicit the idea of legend/story from the students. Show the students 3 photos of three famous urban legends and have them guess what the legends are about. Tell them they will find out soon
The students listen to the story and they fill in the gaps with the missing words. Have the students compare answers in pairs. For FB, write the answers on the board and Ask the students if they think the stories are true.
Ask the students to work in pairs or small groups, depending on the class size and look at the words written in bold in the exercise. What parts of speech are they? Elicit verbs. Instruct them to look at the verb forms and identify the tenses.
Once the students have identified the tenses have them work in groups or pairs and complete the rules. Ask CCQs to make sure the meaning and form are clear but do not focus too much if they seem to understand. If the students are having trouble understanding the conceptual difference between the tenses, draw timelines on the board and elicit the order of the actions.
Distribute HO 3 and have the students working in pairs to circle the correct answer. Project the exercise on the board and elicit the correct answer from them.
Group the students into different pairs and give each member of the pair a text. The students read the text as quick as possible and then take turns retelling their respective stories to their partner. Create a sense of competition and allow them enough time only to get the main ideas of the text.
Put the errors you have collected on the board and ask for students' help in correcting them. If a sentence poses a difficulty to students, refer them to the rules and/or the timeline.