Writing
Upper Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide product writing practice of a biography in the context of someone they know or admire.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide process writing practice of a to write a biography in the context of someone they know or admire.
Procedure (28-44 minutes)
1. T sets timer for stage (5 minutes) 2. T shares screen 3. T gives instructions: (1 min) “Who do you admire?” 4. OCFB: T nominates a few students to share for 1-2 minutes
1. T sets timer for stage (8 minutes) 2. T shares screen 3. T gives instructions: 3 min “You will have 3 minutes to read Johnny Depp’s biography” 4. T asks students to read quickly and match the paragraphs and the topic described.
1. T shares screen with slide 6. T gives instructions on the activity with pronouns and adverbs (up to slide 13). Depending on time, they will mainly do activities on slide 8. Slides 10 and 12 are easy but optional. Students are probably familiar with this vocabulary and this would be only a very quick revision.
1. T sets timer for stage (10 minutes) 2. T shares screen (slide 14) 3. T gives instructions: (1 min) “Now make notes about the person you admire. Work with a partner and share your notes." 4. T monitors break out rooms and writes some good and bad examples of the expressions. 5. After 5 (depending on lesson time left) minutes, T brings Ss back to the main room.
1. T sets timer for stage (3 minutes). 2. T shares screen (slide 16). 3. T gives instructions: (1 min). “Now organize what you wrote on the notes and write this person's biography." 4. T shares the Word online link on slide 17. 5. T gives students 8 minutes to write.
1. T sets timer for stage (10 minutes). 2. T shares screen (Word online document) and makes sure students are using it. 3. T gives instructions: (1 min). “Now share what you wrote on the notes and write this person's biography on the link." 4. T sends students to breakout rooms and students will share what they wrote with a peer. 5. T ends breakout rooms.
T provides Ss with feedback on content and language based on monitoring of the task. T will ask students to read their peers’ work.