Intermediate: Speaking, Role Plays, Topics Lesson Plans
Speaking
The Great Television DebateTarget Language: Debate about watching TV, reading.Description: After completing a survey about their own TV-watching habits, the class is divided into two groups and each prepares to argue two sides of a debate about television and family life. Newspaper articles provide some ideas for both groups.
Duration: 60 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3S1 |
I Just Want To SunbatheTarget Language: Speaking lesson based on beach/vacation activites.Description: Students talk about what they like doing while at the beach. A short reading is used as the source for a debate/discussion before a speaking flashcard-based game finishes the lesson.
Duration: 55 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3S2 |
Role Plays
Corston Vale Relief RoadTarget Language: Role Play: persuading, agreeing, disagreeing, negotiating, etc.Description: Students are divided into groups and try to reach a decision on the location of a new road.
Duration: 1 hour minimum. Lesson Plan Code: 3RP1 |
Save The Beach!Target Language: Role Play: persuading, agreeing, disagreeing, negotiating, etc.Description: The local beach is being literally blown away and solutions are required fast! Your students will take on the roles of local academics, politicians, tourism chiefs and residents to save the beautiful Poet's Beach.
Duration: 70 minutes minimum. Lesson Plan Code: 3RP2 |
The 8PM SlotTarget Language: Role Play: persuading, agreeing, disagreeing, negotiating, etc.Description: The sitcom at 8pm on Channel 8 is a flop, a disaster, so the channel wants to replace it with another TV show. But which one?
Duration: 60 minutes minimum. Lesson Plan Code: 3RP3 |
Topics
Online ShoppingTarget Language: Online shopping, writing a letter of complaint.Description: This is a lesson about online shopping which tries to give students practice at speaking, reading and writing. The main reading/writing focus is on letters of complaint.
Duration: 60 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3T1 |
The NewsTarget Language: The news on TV, radio and in newspapers. Bias in the news media.Description: Students choose which news stories they would find interesting. After a "news vocabulary" exercise, the focus moves to bias in the news and two different slants on a single news event.
Duration: 65 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3T2 |
Speed DatingTarget Language: Multiple Choice reading comprehension, questions using conditionals.Description: The increasingly popular phenomenon of speed dating forms the heart of this lesson with a long reading and comprehension exercise. Students then look at different conditional forms in English and use them to question other students.
Duration: 75 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3T3 |