Shaimaa Deebes Shaimaa Deebes

Writing an Amusement Park Review
B2 First, Upper intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students learn about writing a school magazine review in the context of an amusement park.

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To provide process and product writing practice of a place review for a school magazine in the context of an amusement park

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide practice of entertainment activities in the context of an amusement park
  • To provide practice of entertainment activities in the context of an amusement park

Procedure

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

Students see a photo of an amusement park and are asked to guess the place and mention if they have been there before or not.

Pre-teach vocabulary (PTV) (2-3 minutes) • To focus on the meaning, pronunciation, and form of blocking (useful) words.

Show the students the pictures, convey the meaning, and elicit the words from them. If they do not get it, then give the word. Check the meaning by asking some CCQs Model, drill chorally, and nominate some to drill individually, while they still cannot see the word. In the end, show the new words on the board and highlight any aspects related to pronunciation or form. Refer back to the language analysis sheet above

Set the Context (1-1 minutes) • To give students some background information on the content/format of what they’re going to read.

Tell the students that today's focus is writing a place review for a school magazine in the context of an amusement park.

Controlled Practice 1 (3-5 minutes) • Check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

Divide the ss into pairs Tell the ss they will watch a one-minute video about Zed Park and that they will have a list of items, activities, and games and are required to identify only the ones that are relevant to the park or can be found there. Show the ss the right answers on the board (or hand them the right answers) and check if they got sth wrong.

Exposure (3-3 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading/listening

Elicit from the ss the layout of writing a review for the school magazine. Tell the ss that the session's focus is writing the description paragraph for a place review. Show the students the elements of the description paragraph - Words & phrases for introducing points - Description of the place - Using vibrant adjectives, vivid images, and present simple.

Controlled Practice 2 (5-10 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

Divide the ss into groups of 3 Stand in the middle of the class, hold the materials to your chest, and tell them to read the provided paragraph and identify the focus elements in 5 minutes. Tell them that a representative from each group will mark the elements on the SB ICQ: - Will you answer T/F questions? (no) - How many minutes do you have? (3) Monitor effectively to see if they got the answers correctly or if they need more time or help Ask the representative to identify the useful language on the board. Show the answers on the board and highlight the items the ss missed.

Useful Language (2-3 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

Ask the representative to identify the useful language on the board. Show the answers on the board and highlight the items the ss missed.

Productive Task(s) (10-10 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

Show the ss on the board both the layout of the description paragraph and the list of activities and ask them to write their own paragraphs.

Feedback and Error Correction (5-5 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

Ask the student to exchange their papers and correct each others' work. Then let some students stand up and highlight the language and the structure used in the papers they have.

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