Advanced Speaking, Role Play, Topics Lesson Plans
Speaking
The Animal WorldTarget Language: Giving opinion, agreeing & disagreeing.Description: Students discuss controversial issues regarding animals such as circuses and zoos - and also learn how to agree and disagree with other students. A series of mini-debates on these topics ends the lesson.
Duration: 75 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 4S1 |
TV TimesTarget Language: General speaking \ TV vocabulary.Description: After talking about their own TV-watching habits and discussing the quality (or lack thereof...) of TV at home, the class participates in a three-way role play to improve program quality on a local channel.
Duration: 70 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 4S2 |
Poor And PoorerTarget Language: Describing photos, vocabulary of poverty/politics.Description: Students give their opinions at the start of the lesson on a range of topics such as poverty/aid/3rd World development, etc. Short reading extracts are used to teach/revise vocabulary in this topic field. The final part of the lesson pulls all of this together, getting students talking about photographs taken in the developing world.
Duration: 60 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 4S3 |
Role Plays
The DamTarget Language: Generation of electricity, discussing/persuading/disagreeing.Description: Students are divided into groups and try to reach a decision on whether to construct a hydro-electric dam or not.
Duration: 60 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 4RP1 |
DiplomacyTarget Language: Resolution of hypothetical diplomatic situation.Description: After some initial discussion relating to immigration and economics, they take place in a extensive role play to resolve the economic, educational and social difficulties in three countries.
Duration: 80 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 4RP2 |
The Terrible TwinsTarget Language: Discussion of educational problems, discipline at school.Description: The theme of this role play lesson is discipline at school and an issue with problematic, disruptive students. There is also some work on identifying text types from context.
Duration: 60 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 4RP3 |
Topic
These are the materials that are based around one subject (i.e. Museums, Diets, Reading Habits) but are not centred around one language skill such as reading or grammar.
First DayTarget Language: Introductions, questions, opinions.Description: This is a nice higher level ice-breaker lesson which you can use right on the first day. Through various speaking activities and games and a final writing task, students get to know not only each other but also the teacher.
Duration: 60 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 4T1 |
Treasure HuntTarget Language: Treasure hunts, solving and writing clues, reading.Description: A lesson about the modern phenomenon of executive/tourist treasure hunts. After students help solve an introductory treasure hunt clue, there's a short reading with true/false questions, a short discussion about treasure hunts - and then your students will create and participate in their very own hunt!
Duration: 55 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 4T2 |
One Small Step For ManTarget Language: Space exploration, science/technology vocabulary, holding a debate.Description: Students discuss which has been mankind's greatest achievement. There is a high level reading about our future in space exploration. To finish off the lesson, the speaking activity takes the form of a debate about whether space exploration is a waste of money or not.
Duration: 65 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 4T3 |