2024-10-14

Lower Secondary B2.2

Lesson Aims

  • I can understand a vlog about an unfamiliar topic.
  • I can understand and use the passive forms of infinitives.
  • I can use vocabulary related to social media influencing.
  • I can use the passive infinitive.

Materials

  • magazine page 6-7

Plan

  • Passive infinitives:
    • 1. Passive Infinitive in Obligation or Necessity:
    • 2. After Modal Verbs:
    • 3. After Verbs of Expectation, Intention, or Permission:
      • Verbs like expect, intend, want, and allow are commonly followed by the passive infinitive when the emphasis is on the outcome rather than the subject.
    • 4. Formal or Impersonal Language:
      • sounds more formal or neutral
    • Role-Play: “The Case of the Stolen Painting”
      Scenario:
      A famous painting has been stolen from a museum. The detectives need to interview two witnesses to gather information and solve the mystery. Each student has a specific role.
      Roles:

      1. Detective (Student 1)
      2. Witness 1 (Student 2)
      3. Witness 2 (Student 3)
        How It Works:
      4. Detective (Student 1):
        • Ask questions to gather information from the two witnesses.
        • Your goal is to piece together what happened by asking questions and using passive voice when summarizing the events.
        Example questions to ask the witnesses:
        • “What happened to the painting?”
        • “Was anything damaged?”
        • “What was done before the theft?”
        • “Was anyone seen near the painting?”
      5. Witnesses (Students 2 and 3):
        • You each have specific clues about the crime, but you must use passive voice when responding.
        • Use the clue cards below to answer the detective’s questions.
        • Stick to the information on your cards and be ready to answer follow-up questions.
        Clue Cards for Witnesses:
        Witness 1 (Student 2) – Security Guard:
        • The alarm was disabled before the theft.
        • The cameras were turned off by someone last night.
        Witness 2 (Student 3) – Museum Cleaner:
        • The window had been broken earlier that day, but it wasn’t fixed.
        • The painting was last seen at 8 PM during the final tour.
        Optional Extension:
        After the role-play, the detective can present the summary of the case to the class, or all three students can discuss possible suspects based on the clues.

Homework

  • Passives worksheet

Incidental Language

  • clip
  • channel
  • content
  • follow
  • honesty
  • humour
  • passion
  • review
  • share
  • tutorial
  • view
  • edible
  • affiliate link

Error Correction

  • behind her

2024-10-09

Lower Secondary B2.2

Lesson Aims

  • I can understand a vlog about an unfamiliar topic.
  • I can understand and use the passive forms of infinitives.
  • I can use vocabulary related to social media influencing.
  • I can use the passive infinitive.

Materials

  • ESL Brains: Brave New Influencers
  • Magazine page 5

Plan

  • ESL Brains
    • grammar
    • vocabulary
    • speaking
  • page 5 project intro
  • debate

Homework

Incidental Language

  • maintain
  • consider
  • influencer
  • novice
  • tailor
  • novice
  • lucrative
  • predict
  • get views
  • stay relevant
  • monetize
  • gain credibility
  • earn a reputation as …
  • tailor content to an audience
  • advertising

Error Correction

  • install pictures
    • upload/post media
  • at the TikTok
    • on TikTok
  • they can get viral of it
    • become viral
  • it’s very rarely
    • very rare

2024-10-07

Lower Secondary B2.2

Lesson Aims

  • I can identify genre and key information in short audio clips.
  • I can identify the speakers’ feelings, attitude and purpose.
  • I can discuss what influences me to buy something.
  • I can persuade people to change their ideas.

Materials

  • Cambridge University, Teen World 2009, page 67: The Real Cost
  • magazine pages 4-5
  • audioscript

Plan

  • The Real Cost
    • Warmer
      • Have a look at the labels on your clothes, bags, etc.; where were they made? Do you ever think about where your clothes (or other items) were made and who made them.
      • What factors do you consider when you shop for a new item of clothing: price? colour? quality?
      • How important is it for you to buy the fashionable brand names.
    • Worksheet
      • Match the figures in the box to the cost areas. Some have already been completed for you.
      • Use the passive:
        • I think €3 is spent on transport and tax.
  • Check homework
  • Magazine pages 4-5
    • exam skills
      • Why is it important to read the questions and answer options before you listen?
        • (It helps you predict what the listening will be about.
        • You can predict vocabulary and grammar to make the listening easier to understand. You can predict some of the answers.)
    • Ex. 12
      • Would you buy anything in the photos?
    • exam skills
      • What kind of information can help persuade people
        • (facts, data, personal points of view).
      • Listen carefully to you partner and show you are listening by nodding, using other gestures, body language, and phrases for agreeing and disagreeing.
        • Here’s a list of useful phrases for expressing agreement and disagreement that you can share with your lower secondary lower advanced class:
          • Agreeing Phrases:
            • I totally agree.
            • That’s a good point.
            • I see exactly what you mean.
            • Absolutely, I couldn’t agree more.
            • You’re absolutely right.
            • That’s true.
            • I see your point.
            • I completely agree with you.
            • I agree with you up to a point.
            • I have to agree with you there.
          • Disagreeing Phrases:
            • I see your point, but…
            • I’m not so sure about that.
            • I don’t really agree with you on this.
            • I’m afraid I disagree.
            • That’s not how I see it.
            • I see things differently.
            • I’m not convinced that’s the case.
            • That’s true, but…
            • I wouldn’t say so.
            • I tend to disagree with that.
          • Polite Disagreement:
            • I understand what you’re saying, but…
            • That’s a valid point, but I think…
            • I see where you’re coming from, but…
            • While I agree with you on some points, I have a different opinion on…
            • I respect your opinion, but I believe…
    • Discussion
  • Intro Project

Homework

  • work on vocabulary notebook and try out some of the learning resources

Incidental Language

  • authenticity

Error Correction

  • I too don’t want buy it it to break quick.
    • I want to buy things that last.
  • clothes of me
    • my clothes
  • random closing
    • clothing
  • free transport
    • free shipping
  • it got broken
    • it broke
  • nice way to skip time
    • spend time
    • pass time
  • Things I don’t must to have
    • things I don’t need
    • things I don’t have to have

2024-10-02

Lower Secondary B2.2

Homework

Grammar worksheet: Passives

Lesson Aims

  • I can read and understand a competition advert and entries.
  • I can understand and use language for shopping.
  • I can understand and use the passive to explain processes.
  • I can use the key vocabulary to discuss, compare, and express opinions
  • Key vocabulary:
    • prices and business, advertising, brand, credit cards, production, profit, quality, rent, tax, VAT, wages, waste of money, checkout, discount, on display, shopkeeper, bargain, brand, logo, designer label, budget

Materials

  • magazine pages 1-3
  • Murphy’s Grammar in Use, Unit 42: Passives

Plan

  • GTKY Bingo
  • Show photos
  • intro magazines including page 1
  • magazine pages 2-3

Incidental Language

  • cuisine
  • binge watch

Error Correction

  • Have you went to the movies in the summer?
    • Did you go to the movies in the summer?
  • Did you took part in a sports competition?
    • Did you take …
  • Have you visited a museum this summer?
    • Did you visit a museum this summer
  • Have you in the summer started a new language?
    • Did you start learning …
  • Did you volunteeriate or community service?
    • … volunteer or do community service
  • Did you went hiking?
    • Did you go hiking …
  • Did you visited a historical landmark?
    • Did you visit…
  • Did you statred learning a new language in the summer?
    • Did you start
  • You don’t was at the festival?
    • You weren’t at the festival?
    • Did you go to the festival …
  • It’s looking like Venice.
    • It looks like Venice.
  • How much is costs this hat?
    • How much does it cost?
  • I’m not buying clothes online.
    • I don’t buy …
  • What the man in the hat is buying?
    • What is the man in the hat buying?

  • He’s going to talk something that …

    • He’s going to say something about …
    • He’s talking about …