2024-11-13

Upper Secondary B2.1

Lesson Aims

• Practice comparative and superlative forms, as well as modifiers (e.g., a bit, almost, much, slightly, significantly) through engaging, varied questions and answers.
• Observe, analyse and practise a range of language for making comparisons. Understand an infographic to compare and contrast internet use.
• Learn to synthesise information from different sources in order to produce new ideas.
• Practise writing a synthesis and a personal response.

Homework

• Learning Hub

Incidental Language

• fidget
• minority
• majority

Error Correction

• Did you ever thought about living abroad?
  • Have you ever thought about living abroad?

Next

• Study Skills Writing
• pages 6-7 (project)

2024-11-06

Upper Secondary B2.1

Lesson Aims

• Listen and make notes to compare what speakers say about how they use the internet and technology.
• Share ideas about my own preferences when using technology.
• Observe, analyse and practise a range of language for making comparisons.
• Understand an infographic to compare and contrast internet use.

Material

• magazine pages 4-5

Plan

• Class survey/mingle

Homework

• Learning Hub

Incidental Language

• inconspicuous

2024-11-04

Upper Secondary B2.1

Lesson Aims

• Learn how to use nouns and expressions to talk about young people and social media.
• Identify points of view in an article about the effects of social media on young people.
• Give my views of technology and explain how I feel it can affect people’s lives.

Material

• pages 1-3

Homework

• Learning Hub

Incidental Language

• advantages and disadvantages
• stir up

Error Correction

• you can face to face with death
  • you can come face to face with death
• when watching …
  • when we watch

2024-10-30

Upper Secondary B2.1

Lesson Aims

• By the end of the lesson, students will be able to
  • Discuss supernatural phenomena and mythical creatures using key vocabulary (e.g., haunt, lurk) and share their personal beliefs and opinions on the paranormal.
  • Summarize reasons behind supernatural claims after watching a video on ghost sightings, and relate concepts like sleep paralysis to ghostly experiences.
  • Engage in a quest game using thematic language, collaboratively solving tasks in a haunted house scenario to reinforce vocabulary and critical thinking.

Homework

• vocabulary revision

Incidental Language

• paralysis
• reveal themselves
• emerge
• lurk
• make blood run cold
• in plain sight
• haunt vanish

2010-10-28

Upper Secondary B2.1

Lesson Aims

• To consolidate language from the unit and recycle it to talk about growth mindset.
• Learn new collocations to use in the discussion.

Material

• ESL Brains

Plan

• WARM-UP & VIDEO
  • The speaking lesson plan starts with a brainstorming activity in which students come up with some possible connections between four words: ability, challenge, improve, fail. Then, they read what a mindset is and discuss how a person’s mindset can change. They also try to figure out the difference between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset with the help of an image representing the two. Next, students complete gaps in a short paragraph and watch the first part of a video to check their answers. Before the second viewing, students create collocations by matching their halves (e.g. take a risk, avoid challenges, be likely to succeed). Then, they read five statements (e.g. sees life as a journey of improvement) and decide if each of them describes a growth mindset or a fixed mindset. Finally, they watch the second part of the video and check their answers to the previous exercise. 
• WORD BUILDING & DISCUSSION
  • This part of the speaking lesson plan starts with a multiple choice task in which students choose the correct form of a word (e.g. developed, development, develop). Then, they discuss the questions from the previous exercise. The questions refer to the video and students’ own experience related to mindset. After that, students use what they learned from the video, as well as the vocabulary from the lesson, to do one of two speaking tasks. In the first one, they choose a company or an institution, and discuss if they have a growth mindset by answering five questions (e.g. How does the organization see achievement and failure?). In the second exercise, students discuss which of the images and slogans are suitable for a campaign to support pupils who face learning challenges. Finally, they choose an image and a slogan and explain their decision to the rest of the class

Homework

• Learning Hub

2024-10-23

Upper Secondary B2.1

Lesson Aims

• I can collaborate with a team to plan a presentation about learning techniques.

Material

• Computers

Plan

• Presentations

Homework

• Learning Hub