Unit plan 2011
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This unit plan involves 4 lessons to teach secondary school students how to write a biography. Lesson 1 has students read and comprehend a biography of a famous singer. Lesson 2 focuses on listening to and understanding specific details about another singer's interview. Lesson 3 has students brainstorm words and verbs commonly found in biographies. Finally, in Lesson 4 students write and present their own short biography of a singer they like using a PowerPoint presentation. The overall aim is for students to be able to write their own biography by the end of the unit.
Unit plan 2011
- 1. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN - DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAS ENGLISH PEDAGOGY PROGRAMME TEACHING PRACTICE UNIT PLAN FORMAT STUDENT - TEACHER’S NAME: Joanne Abos-Padilla Velásquez & Diego Ulloa Iglesias SCHOOL: Colegio del Sagrado Corazón Concepción LEVEL: 2nd grade secondary school NAME OF UNIT: Back to the past TOPIC: Fame AIM(S): At the end of the unit students will be able to write their own biography. AIM(s) SKILLS MAIN AIDS HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES LESSON 1 SWBAT comprehend Listening Pre-reading: Worksheet Students bring a a biography about a READING - Students listen to Radio brainstorm about famous singer. part of a song and Song what they can recognize the singer include in their own - Students tell the biography teacher what they know about the singer. - Teacher gives students a worksheet about the singer with the biography. - Teacher models pronunciation of key words -Teacher asks students to explain briefly the key words.
- 2. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN - DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAS ENGLISH PEDAGOGY PROGRAMME TEACHING PRACTICE - Teacher asks students to predict what the text is going to be about by reading the title. While-reading: - Students skim the text to check their predictions. - Students read the text and answer some questions. Post-reading: - Students identify the parts of the biography and write them down. LESSON 2 SWBAT comprehend Listening Pre-listening: Whiteboard specific information -Teacher gives students Computer about a particular, some words and Worksheet famous person. pictures. Recording - Teachers models new, key words’ pronunciation. - Students predict what the audio is going to be about. While-listening: - Students listen to the recording about an
- 3. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN - DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAS ENGLISH PEDAGOGY PROGRAMME TEACHING PRACTICE interview to a particular singer and check their predictions. - Students listen to it again and fill the blanks in the sentences requested according to the recording. Post-listening: -In groups, students complete a chart with information about the recording: name of the singer and everything said in the listening, but in a chart with some specific information. LESSON 3 SWBAT make a Listening Lead in: Cards Look for all the PPP brainstorm about Speaking - Teacher reads a short Whiteboard possible information words and verbs biography and shows a Notebooks about a singer they usually used in picture about a person. choose. biographies. Presentation: - Teacher asks students to choose a picture of a singer. -Teacher asks students for previous knowledge about the singer that is in the picture. -Teacher explains the
- 4. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN - DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAS ENGLISH PEDAGOGY PROGRAMME TEACHING PRACTICE activity. Practice: - Teacher makes students write down a brainstorm with ideas about the person in the picture. Presentation: Students read aloud their brainstorm of ideas about the person they choose. LESSON 4 SWBAT write a small Speaking Preparation Stage: Computer TBL biography about the Writing -Teacher shows Ss a Data Show singer they like and Power Point (there’s no need to present it to the class presentation about how use worksheet) in a power point to write a biography (in simple steps) presentation. - Teacher shows students some samples about biographies in power point presentation Task development stage: - Teacher asks some students at random what they are going to write about. - Students start writing their biographies.
- 5. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN - DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAS ENGLISH PEDAGOGY PROGRAMME TEACHING PRACTICE Post task stage: - Students present their biographies to the class.