Copy of TP 8 Grammar the Passive
Upper Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of passive verb forms and other passive structures through a text on the Academy Awards in the context of the cinema
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide gist reading by letting students check text against prediction through using a text about the academy awards in the context of the cinema
Procedure (33-45 minutes)
- Set context by showing video of the Academy Awards. - let Ss watch video - ssk Ss to discuss what happened in the video - ask ICQ: "You will talk about...?" - monitor Ss - give quick Feedback - try to elicit `reward` `ceremony` `nominated`
- distribute prediction task - ICQ: What will you do? Guess the answer - let Ss work in groups - monitor Ss - distribute text - let students check answers - give Feedback
- instruct Ss to do task a - ICQ: You will circle what? The correct word. - let Ss work on the rules in groups (a) - give FB on WB through example - show Ss a sentence on WB. Elicit if it`s active or passive. (Ex: The jury gave Roberto an award.) -
- give instruction to match the phrases to correct passive verb form - ask ICQ: Which sentences will you match? The underlined ones - distribute HO - let students work on task b - let Ss check in groups - give Feedback - ask CCQ - give instruction for task c - ask ICQ: At which phrases will you look? The ones in the box - let students work on task c - let Ss check in groups - give Feedback - ask CCQ - drill phrases
- give instruction to rewrite the sentences - ask ICQ: What will you do? - distribute HO - let students rewrite sentences - monitor - let students check in groups - give Feedback (if time) - give Ss instruction to choose the correct form -ICQ: So you will ....? - distribute Handout - let students work in groups - monitor - let Ss peer check answers - give Feedback.
- show HO - give instruction to create w story using the passive - let students create a story - monitor - give Feedback - give award to winner