Lesson Plan : Grammar Review
Teacher Name: | M. Weber |
Grade: | College/University |
Subject: | Language Arts |
Topic: | Criminal Investigation based on A. Hitchcock's 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' |
Content: | Present/Past Simple, Continuous and Perfect Tenses Detective/Mystery vocabulary Speaking practice Grammar review |
Goals: | By reviewing the time phrases and tense forms in 'Deadly Mistake', the group should formulate speech in each tense and identify any further time adverbials/phrases for each tense. This will help them to practice formulating ?s and help to recycle passive knowledge into active production. The police/witness exercise will give them further speaking practice. |
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Materials: | DVD, flip chart, CD The Da Vinci Code, Handouts Hitchcock, Deadly Mistake |
Introduction: | Ask class to tell us about A. Hitchcock Short vocabulary/recycling game |
Development: | Go over tenses and make a sample of for each tense on the flip chart. Students provide the possible a detective might ask a witness of a crime. |
Practice: | Split the class into 2 groups...the police and the witnesses. While the police brainstorm is it possible the witnesses watch the murder scene. |
Accommodations: | The teacher circulates during the interviews to make sure that the right tenses et. al. are being used, and makes a list of possible items that need correcting/reformulation. |
Checking For Understanding: | If time permits the reformulated items are written up on the flip chart for examination. |
Closure: | Police retell the story and then watch the DVD to see if their interpretation of the interviews matches the original story. |
Evaluation: | Conscious appreciation of and implementation of the targeted tenses. Active use of the target language. |
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