Passive voice
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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• To provide clarification, review and practice of of the passive verb forms in the context of writing news paper articles
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide product writing practice of a newspaper article in the context of accidents and natural disasters
Procedure (40-53 minutes)
The students are asked questions about different newspapers and the news categories T asks the students which kinds of news they like, how often they read newspapers T tells the students that they will play a game
T shows some headlines one by one to the students T asks the students to tal in groups what kind of news can be after showing each headline T shows 4 headlines Then T shows the headlines on the projector Students are instructed to stand up in groups of 3 / 4 and to find the news stories relating to the headlines from the ones already pasted on walls Feedback
T asks the students to look at the texts again (provided on their tables this time) in groups T asks the students to find the difference between the two underlined expressions in the texts Students discuss to find out the difference between the active and the passive forms T guides and tries to lead the students to find the answers
T clarifies the meaning T asks CCQs T writes the form on white board T does some drilling for pronunciation
Students read the articles given in groups They choose the right verb Feedback
Students are given different headlines and they try to write a news story for a newspaper in groups. Feedback