2024-12-18

Lower Secondary B2.2

Lesson Aims

• By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
  • Developed creative storytelling skills by collaboratively crafting narratives using Untold: Adventure Awaits and story cubes.
  • Practiced speaking fluency through active participation in role-playing and storytelling discussions, using appropriate descriptive and narrative language.
  • Enhanced problem-solving and critical thinking skills by resolving in-game challenges and making decisions that influence the storyline.
  • Strengthened teamwork and collaboration by working in groups to create cohesive and engaging stories.
  • Used new vocabulary and idiomatic expressions relevant to adventure and storytelling, expanding their linguistic range in a creative context.

Homework

• learning hub

Incidental Language

• accusing

2024-12-16

Lower Secondary B2.2

Lesson Aims

• By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
  • Discuss Christmas clichés and share personal experiences using appropriate vocabulary.
  • Create and present a Christmas film plot using descriptive and narrative language.
  • Express and justify opinions about holiday traditions and films using persuasive language.
  • Use holiday-themed vocabulary and idiomatic expressions related to Christmas.

Materials

• ESL Brains It’s the Cheesiest Time of the Year

Homework

• learning hub

Incidental Language

• cheesy
• lack
• embrace
• cliche

2024-12-11

Lower Secondary B2.2

Lesson Aims

• I can describe how people in a photograph are feeling.
• I can understand a detailed description of a real-life emergency.
• I can use adjectives and adverbs for talking about heroism.
• I can understand and use the present perfect and different past tenses.
• Challenging Vocabulary
  • Fascinated by – interested or captivated by something.
  • Underground passages – tunnels beneath the surface.
  • Flooded – filled with water.
  • Exceptional – outstanding or remarkable.
  • Exhausting – very tiring.
  • Remarkable – extraordinary or noteworthy.
  • Modest – humble or not seeking attention.
• High-Frequency Collocations
  • Trapped in a cave – common in narratives about survival.
  • Rise because of – useful for describing causes and effects.
  • Flooded with water – frequently used in stories about natural disasters.
  • Call the emergency services – a functional phrase for emergencies.
  • Ask for help – useful for speaking tasks.
  • Race against time – idiomatic, used in urgent contexts.
  • Rescue mission – often seen in adventure or survival stories.
  • Alive but… – introduces contrasting situations.
• Functional Phrases to Highlight
  • There was no way out – expressing impossibility.
  • Within days – describing a timeline.
  • Finally – sequencing events.
  • It wasn’t possible to… – expressing inability.
  • Everyone agreed that… – reporting general consensus.
  • Give something back to the community – discussing social responsibility.

Plan

• Banana cards
• Coursebook from ex. 5
• highlight vocabulary
• story writing (Story Cubes)
• narrative tenses kahoot

Homework

• learning hub

2024-12-09

Lower Secondary B2.2

Lesson Aims

• I can describe how people in a photograph are feeling.
• I can understand a detailed description of a real-life emergency.
• I can use adjectives and adverbs for talking about heroism.
• I can understand and use the present perfect and different past tenses.
• Challenging Vocabulary
  • Fascinated by – interested or captivated by something.
  • Underground passages – tunnels beneath the surface.
  • Flooded – filled with water.
  • Exceptional – outstanding or remarkable.
  • Exhausting – very tiring.
  • Remarkable – extraordinary or noteworthy.
  • Modest – humble or not seeking attention.
• High-Frequency Collocations
  • Trapped in a cave – common in narratives about survival.
  • Rise because of – useful for describing causes and effects.
  • Flooded with water – frequently used in stories about natural disasters.
  • Call the emergency services – a functional phrase for emergencies.
  • Ask for help – useful for speaking tasks.
  • Race against time – idiomatic, used in urgent contexts.
  • Rescue mission – often seen in adventure or survival stories.
  • Alive but… – introduces contrasting situations.
• Functional Phrases to Highlight
  • There was no way out – expressing impossibility.
  • Within days – describing a timeline.
  • Finally – sequencing events.
  • It wasn’t possible to… – expressing inability.
  • Everyone agreed that… – reporting general consensus.
  • Give something back to the community – discussing social responsibility.

Materials

• pages 6-7

Plan

• Banana cards
• Coursebook
• highlight vocabulary
• story writing (Story Cubes)
• narrative tenses kahoot

Homework

• learning hub

Incidental Language

• Flooded
• Exceptional
• Exhausting
• Remarkable
• Modest
• Rise
• Give something back to the community

2024-12-04

Lower Secondary B2.2

Lesson Aims

• I can explain how I find out about famous people.
• I can read an article about the danger of being a fan.
• I can interpret the hidden meaning in a social media post.
• I can use appropriate and varied structures to give my opinion.
• mid-semester counceling

2024-11-02

Lower Secondary B2.2

Lesson Aims

• I can understand and use adjectives to describe role models.
• I can follow what native speakers are saying in interviews.
• I can analyse and use different question structures.
• I can ask and answer questions about my role models.

Materials

• new magazine “Role Models”

Plan

• banana card revision
• pages 1-3

Homework

• Learning Hub

Incidental Language

• profit
• blockchain
• bold
• bubbly
• cheerful