Sharing anecdotes
Pre intermediate level
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of sharing anecdotes
Subsidiary Aims
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By the end of this lesson, Ss will have practiced reacting to anecdotes
Procedure (42-40 minutes)
T shows students a slide with three different pictures. T explains that these pictures illustrate somethng that happened to her a few days ago. T asks Ss to try to guess what happened. T shares what actually happened.
T two questions on the chat: When was the last time something interesting happened to you? Do interestng things happen to you often? T asks Ss to discuss both questions in breakout rooms. T demos an answer. T sends Ss to discuss. T conducts OCFB.
1. Starting a story. Model sentence: A funny thing that happened this morning... CCQ: Was this a bad or a good experience? (a good experience?) CCQ: How do you know it? (because it says it was funny) Model sentence: I had a bad experience last year... CCQ: Does this person like or dislike the experience? (dislike it) CCQ: How do you know they dislike it? (Because they say it was a bad experience) 2. Responding to a story. Model sentence: Oh no! CCQ: Does this phrase show anger or sympathy? (sympathy) Model sentence: You´re joking! CCQ: Does this phrase show happiness or suprise? (Surprise) 3. Ending a story, Model sentence: I was so embarrassed! CCQ: Does this phrase show a positive or a negative feeling? (negative) CCQ: Do you people to notice it or ignore it (ignore it) Model sentence: It was all OK in the end. CCQ: Is this expression positive or negative? (Positive) CCQ: Was the result satisfactory or not (It was satisfactory)
T provides students with a list of three events. T asks Ss to read their events using one of the expressions seen. T says the peers have to react to the statements using the expressions learned. T sends Ss to breakoutrooms for them to complete the task. T conducts OCFB
T screenshares a series of questions on the screen. T provides 2-3 minutes for Ss to think about their answers. T asks Ss to say an anecdote that has occured to them recently using their notes. Try to use the target language. Ss discuss in breakout rooms.
T conducts OCFB T uses Zoom board to identify incorrect sentences. T asks CCQ´s for Ss to identify the errors.