Exploring English: News, Grammar, and Vocabulary

Exploring English: News, Grammar, and Vocabulary

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to watch and discuss news, understand grammar word order and relative clauses, analyze story errors, and expand your vocabulary with new words.

What do you already know about news watching, grammar word order, and vocabulary?

News Watching + Discussion

Watch a short clip from BBC World News (1 minute) and engage in a discussion about the news topic, followed by sharing your opinion.

Recap Grammar: Word Order + Relative Clauses

Review word order in sentences and the use of relative clauses in English grammar.

Story Error Analysis

Analyze a story with errors in word order and relative clauses and correct the mistakes.

Word Study: Unit 6 Vocabulary

Create context sentences, define, and translate the words: abundant, feat, pollution, viable, livestock, picky, unsustainable, emphasis, vibrant, commodities, substantiated, shift, reluctant, majority, to urge.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.