THE SHARK
OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON:
- to improve the students' writing skill
- to develop the students' creativity
- to make the students work in teams
ACTIVITY 1 : PRESENTING THE TASK
The teacher shows the students a picture and starts a convesation based on it.
The students use their mobile phones to make their own research work :
Listening/Watching: Youtube Video
Possible questions:
"Do you believe that the image is real?"
"What would you do, if you were the owner of the house?"
"Would you like to find out more about it?"
ACTIVITY 2 : MAKING THE TEAMS
The teacher asks the students to make teams of 4, making sure that the special needs students are not left out
ACTIVITY 3 : THE WRITING TASK
Write a story in which to explain how the shark ended up into the roof of the house.(150-180 words)
*if you want a more challenging task, you can have a specific beginning /ending to the story ( eg. "It was a beautiful Sunday morning and there was an awkward silence around our house."
ACTIVITY 4 : READING THE STORIES
Each team will have a representative reading the story to the class. They can also make a ppt presentation or a short movie with their story , for originality. You can make it a contest, with secret voting and a prize, if you want to. Or you can make a printed brochure with their stories and their names included, as a product of the activity.