Ibno zohr university master studies: TEFL & ICT

Teaching English through video by: Akahrraz Mohamad &

Akklouch Mohamed

Lesson plan:

Specifications: Level: elementary, pre-intermediate. Purpose: Ss practice simple present and present continuous to talk about habits and action in progress at the moment of speaking. Sequence length: 5 m: 22s Timing : 35 m

Activities:

-Introduction/ presentation: (4m) What’s your favorite type of films? 1-Pre-viewing: ( 6m)

- Pre-teach the word “secret” - Ss speculate what the secret might

be . 2-Viewing: ( sound off) (15 m) Ask students these questions: Where are the people in the video? What are they going to do? (Sound on) Student watch and do the activities in the handout 3-Post-viewing: ( 10m) -Film summary 4-Follow up: Acting some scenes.

Script

Scene 1 (00:20 – 01:02) Mark: This is the park near my house in London. That’s my friend, Sam. He’s a visiting student from the United States. We often come here to play football. Sam: Hey, Mark! Where’s your sister today? Mark: Sophie? She’s at the sports center. She has tennis practice with her friend, Kim. Sam: Kim? Cool! Let’s go! Through the woods?

Mark: Through the woods!

Scene 2 (01:03 – 02:27)

Mark: I’m thirsty. Let’s go to the café in the sports center. Sam: Does Sophie like all sports? Mark: Well, she plays tennis and hockey and she goes swimming. Sam: I’m tired. Look! Mark: What are they doing? Nick: Can you be careful? We don’t want any mistakes. Kevin: What are you doing? Sam: What are you doing? Kevin: Can you go please? Nick: Kevin! Can you come over here, please? Mark: Why is that man in the tree? And what are those men doing over there? Kevin: Go on. Off you go. We’re busy! Goodbye! Mark: Strange. Sam: Very strange.

Scene 3 (02:28 – 03:46)

Mark: This is my sister, Sophie. That’s her friend, Kim. We told them about the men in the woods. Sophie: Do you think the men in the woods want to build houses there? Mark: Maybe. Kim: That’s terrible. We don’t want houses in the woods! Sophie: Tell us more about the men.

Video techniques:

- Whole viewing. - Freeze-frame - Viewing in parts with the

sound off and with the sound on

Teaching preparation sheet

General information about the lesson:

Level: elementary, pre-itermediate

Purpose: get Ss acquainted with the form and the use of both SP and PC tenses.

Skills & sub skills: acting, listening, speaking.

VCR Techniques: whole scene viewing, freeze-frame.

Activities: -Blank filling

- Comprehension check

- write film summary

Information about the video sequence:

Source: video “ Kirsty Secret”

Type: video drama

Length: 5 m: 22s

Topic: Kirsty Secret

Linguistic features:

- Vocabulary: secret, woods, grumpy, terrible, clothes - Grammar: simple present / present progressive - Functions: prediction

Script general description: Four teenagers are following Kirsty to learn more about her. At the end, they found her big secret that she is a singer.

Sam: There’s a man. He has very short hair. And he’s very grumpy. Mark: And there’s a man in a green jacket. His name’s Nick. Sam: He has a red backpack. Sophie: A green jacket and a red backpack? Sam: It’s him. Is he alone? Kim! Have a look! Kim: No. There’s another man, a woman and a girl. The girl’s about fourteen, I think. She’s tall with brown hair. Mark: OK. You two girls – try and talk to the girl.

Activities

Ss: akharraz and akklouch Episode 1 Task 1 Before watching What does the word “secret” mean? What might the secret be? While watching A – Listen to Scene 1 with the sound turned off and answer these questions: 1. Who can you see? -------------------------------------------------------------- 2. What are they doing? ---------------------------------------------------------- B- – Listen to Scene 1 again with the sound turned on and answer these questions: 1. Who is speaking? -------------------------------------------------------------- 2. What is his friend’s name? ---------------------------------------------------- 3. Who is Sophie? Where is she? ----------------------------------------------- 4. Who is Kim? -------------------------------------------------------------------- After watching Do you think that Sam like Kim. Justify your answer. Task 2 Listen to the dialogue carefully and put the verbs into the present simple tense. Scene 2 (01:03 – 02:27)

Mark: I ( be) ---------- thirsty. Let’s go to the café in the sports center. Sam: Sophie (like) ------------ all sports? Mark: Well, she (play) tennis and hockey and she (go) swimming. Sam: I’m tired. Look!

Mark: What are they doing? Nick: Can you be careful? We ( not/want) any mistakes. Kevin: What are you doing? Sam: What are you doing? Kevin: Can you go please? Nick: Kevin! Can you come over here, please? Mark: Why is that man in the tree? And what are those men doing over there? Kevin: Go on. Off you go. We (be) busy! Goodbye! Mark: Strange. Sam: Very strange. Task 3 : Scene 3 (02:28 – 03:46) Listen to the dialogue between Mark, Sophie, Kim and Sam and fill in the blanks with these words

Woods - terrible - grumpy - backpack Mark: This is my sister, Sophie. That’s her friend, Kim. We told them about the men in the------------ Sophie: Do you think the men in the woods want to build houses there? Mark: Maybe. Kim: That’s --------------. We don’t want houses in the woods! Sophie: Tell us more about the men. Sam: There’s a man. He has very short hair. And he’s very ------------------. Mark: And there’s a man in a green jacket. His name’s Nick. Sam: He has a red ---------------------- . Sophie: A green jacket and a red backpack? Sam: It’s him. Is he alone? Kim! Have a look! Kim: No. There’s another man, a woman and a girl. The girl’s about fourteen, I think. She’s tall with brown hair. Mark: OK. You two girls – try and talk to the girl.