E2.4 B1 Speakout unit 3D. Questions: What matters most?

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SpeakOut lesson 3d: What matters most?

In this lesson, Ss watch a video of interviews with people on the street about things that are important to them. They begin by talking about what’s important to people they know, before they watch the interviews and complete a set of viewing tasks. There’s a focus on phrasal verbs, before Ss discuss what’s important to them and then write an online forum comment.

What kind of car would you prefer to have and why?

Today's class

Understand people talking about what is important in life.

Talk about what is important to you: phrasal verbs.

Write an online comment.

What is important to these people?

Why do they do the things they do?

To start

Work in groups of 3-4.

Brainstorm about:

What things are important to people?

Make a list with at least 8 items.

Do exercise 1 in pairs.

What things are important to people?

Brainstorm in groups of three.

Make a list.

Street interview

Exercise 2A

Watch the video.

People talk about things that are (un)important in their life.

Which of the ideas do the people mention.

Phrasal verbs

Example: 'Are you eating out tonight?'

Verb + particle

• Preposition (voorzetzel) - go out
• Adverb (bijwoord) - go together

The meaning of the phrasal verb is mostly different than the meaning of the verb that is used.

Why are phrasal verbs so difficult to learn?

• Many of them
• So commonly used
• Multiple meanings

• EX: "put down"

- to place something on the ground

- to humiliate or criticise someone

- to kill an animal that was sick or suffering

Goals of this class

BBC street interviews: understand people talking about what is important in life.

You are going to talk about what is important to you.

or

You are going to write an online forum comment.

Exercises 4A, B and C 

Exercises 5A and B

Make a choice!

modifiers:

quite (a/an)

a bit more/a lot more

Homework

Pearson Speakout:

Unit 3D

Due date period 2:

February 3rd 9.20AM

To finish

Please get ready to finish this lesson together.

To finish

Phrasal verb mime!

16 verbs that can be mimed or acted out without words including eat, drink, ride, wash, read, sleep, write, fly, jump, hop, see, sit, stand, sing, dance and run.

ESL Phrasal Verb Game.

Here is an amusing phrasal verbs miming game to help students practice some commonly used phrasal verbs. A member of Team A picks up a card, stands up and reads out the introduction on the card which explains what information the other students are looking for, e.g. 'You are looking for a place and two phrasal verbs'. The student then performs the mime on the card to Team B who has two minutes to guess the information they are looking for. If Team B successfully guesses all the vocabulary, they score two points. If not, the other student in Team A can try to answer for one point. Then, a student from Team B picks up a card to mime to Team A and so on. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Writing

What is important to you?

Think of three things.

We are going to make a wordweb.

What is important
to you?

What is important to these people?

Why do they do the things they do?