TP2 - Lexis
Upper Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide practice of Extreme adjectives in the context of Big events using CESB pg. 73
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a Conversation in the context of Big events
Procedure (40-48 minutes)
Share Gathering Photos Jamboard Link and screen. Ask students To give a thumbs up of those who have been to a concert, sporting event, carnival, protest, or another large gathering. Nominate students to answer: 1. Do you enjoy being in huge crowds? Why/what not?
Say: Look at the pictures in the Jamboard again. In breakout rooms, discuss what adjectives can you use to describe the pictures? Clarify adjectives by giving definition: they describe and noun. You will have 4 minutes in your breakout room. Bring students back. Solicit responses for "What adjectives did you use to describe the pictures?"
Share link to Ex. 1 Extreme Adjectives Form. Ask students to open the link and complete the Form by matching the extreme adjective with their equivalent or meaning. Say: You will have about 3 minutes to complete this. Send students to breakout rooms to talk about their answers. Say: You will have about 2 minutes to talk about your answers. Bring students back. Solicit answers for the Ex. 1 Extreme Adjectives Form highlighting the escalation form column B to column A extreme adjectives.
Ask Meaning CCQs. Share link and screen of Extreme Adjectives MFPA Slides. Work through interactive slides with the students for student discovery.
Share link to Ex. 3 Form. Say: Please open the link and complete the exercise on your own. You will have 7 minutes.
Say: I'm going to send you to breakout rooms and you have 5 minutes to compare your answers to Ex. 3. Bring students back and check together highlighting the extreme adjectives.
Say: To practice using extreme adjectives, I am going to send you in pairs to breakout rooms to interview each other on a big event that your partner has attended. Share Free Practice Form that includes useful language phrases and useful interview questions. Say: The link I shared in the chat is to help you interview your partner. Keep your answers short and try to use as many extreme adjectives as you can. You will have 4 minutes each to interview each other. Write your interview in the form and click submit when you are done. Ask instruction CCQs: Are you writing your interview Of your partner in the space provided in the Form I shared In the chat? Yes Are your responses going to be long or short? Short What type of adjectives are you going to try and use a lot of in your short answers? Extreme adjectives How many minutes each do you have to interview your partner? 4 Send students to breakout rooms in pairs. Bring students Back for delayed language feedback if time and necessary.