Sandra Pineda Sandra Pineda

TP3_SEPS
Upper-intermediate level

Description

In this lesson students will learn and practice a lexical set about fame and fortune (burning ambition, to make ends meet, big break, huge hit, and overnight sensation) in the context of the story of how someone became famous.

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide clarification and practice of words related to fame and fortune (burning ambition, to make ends meet, big break, huge hit, overnight sensation) in the context of the story of how a person became famous.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide fluency speaking and writing practice by role playing an interview to a celebrity in order to cover the revised material.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-3 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Share link to jamboard. Instruct students to brainstorm about the central idea of 'Road to Fame': write as many words and phrases related to this idea as you can for 2 minutes. Use one word or phrase per sticky note. Make sure you don't repeat ideas already posted! Read all the words and phrases and aknowledge their participation in 1 minute.

Exposure (8-8 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

Share screen and show google slides. Tell students that these sentences tell the story of a famous person's road to fame. Ask students to order the sentences starting with number 1 which is already done by writing the corresponding number inside the stars. All students can use the same slide (4 min). Check answers as a group, but nominate students to read each sentence as we progress (4 min). 1 As a child, 2 Whilst, 3 As well as, 4 After, 5 The soap, 6 The movie, 7 Soon.

Clarification (10-10 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

Elicit the target language from students, then stop to explain. 1.According to the previous text, what did he have as a child? Write 'burning ambition' at the top. Read the definition. Have students read the examples. Personalisation: "Do you have a burning ambition? For example; I have a burning ambition to travel again soon." Nominate students. Ask students "According to these examples, what kind of words are burning and ambition?" Write 'adjective' and 'noun' on slide. Ask students "According to these examples, what kind of words go before this expression?" Write: a, this, her, his (determiners). Ask students "According to these examples, what kind of words go after this expression?" Write: 'to verb', is, was (to be) Elicit: # of syllables: 5, stress: BUR-ning am-BI-tion, linkage: ning-am . 2.What does the text say about the movie? 'a huge hit'. Read the definition. Have students read the examples. Opposite: "What could be an antonym for this expression" A big failure. Ask students "According to these examples, what kind of words are these?" 'noun'. Ask students "According to these examples, what kind of words go before this expression?" Verbs become, to be. Elicit: # of syllables: 3. 3.What happened when the movie became a huge hit? 'an overnight sensation'. Read the definition. Have students read the examples. CCQ's: is he famous now? yes, was he famous before? No, how long did it take to become famous? Not much, very quickly. Ask students "According to these examples, what kind of words are these?" 'noun'. Ask students "According to these examples, what kind of words go before this expression?" Verbs become, to be. Elicit: # of syllables: 7, stress: an o-ver-NIGHT sen-SA-tion, linkage: ano. 4.What happened during several years? 'to make ends meet'. Read the definition. Have students read the examples. CCQ's: during this years: was he extremely poor? no, did he make some money? yes, could he buy food to eat everyday? yes, could he travel abroad every month? Probably not. Ask students "According to these examples, what kind of words are these?" 'verb'. It can be used as a verb. Elicit: # of syllables: 4. 5.What happened after those years of struggling? 'big break'. Read the definition. Have students read the examples. Paraphrasing: explain it using your own words. Nominate students. Ask students "According to these examples, what kind of words are these?" 'noun'. It can be used as a verb. What kind of words go before? possesive determiners Elicit: # of syllables: 2.

Controlled Practice (8-8 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

Share link to google form Instruct students to select the answer that fills the gap for each sentence (5 minutes). When they finish, the form will automatically show them their results but they can't change them. Group check (3 min).

Free Practice (12-12 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

Students make up an interview using the lexical set reviewed. Pair students (name them), one student will be the interviewer and the other one will be the celebrity. Students make up an interview to cover the 5 phrases just seen in class. Students write their scripts on the jamboard (6 minutes). To save time, ask volunteers to read different questions to cover the 5 expressions (6 min).

DEC (3 minutes) • To elicit corrections to the students' use of language.

Write selected sentences on the last slide and ask students what is wrong about them. Make corrections as they speak.

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