The legend about Giants

LESSON: Module 2 Lesson 6

School:

Date:

“HELPING & HEROES”

Grade: 6

Number present:

Absent:

Learning

Objectives (s)

that this

lesson is

contributing

to

6.3.8.1- recount some extended stories and events on a limited range of

general and curricular topics

6.1.8.1- develop intercultural awareness through reading and discussion

6.4.1.1 - understand the main points in a growing range of short, simple

texts on general and curricular topics;

6.5.8.1- spell most high-frequency vocabulary accurately for a limited range

of familiar general topics and some curricular topics

6.6.12.1 - use an increased variety of adverbs, including adverbs of degree

too, not enough, quite, rather on a growing range of familiar general and

curricular topics;

Lesson

objectives

All learners will be able to:

identify all specific information in reading text and use most target

vocabulary accurately in production tasks with little support

Most learners will be able to:

identify some specific information in reading text and use some target vocabulary

accurately in production tasks with support

Some learners will be able to:

identify most specific information in speaking and listening and use most

target vocabulary accurately in production tasks with support

Previous learning

Past Simple interrogative / time expressions / prepositions of movement

Plan

Planned timings

Planned activities

Excel Resources

Beginning the

lesson

• To consolidate new vocabulary

Ask Ss to use the Word List to look up the meanings of the words in the Check these words box. Explain the task and give Ss some time to

Complete it. Check Ss’ answers. Check these words.

Fought ran back enemy once before terrified while

[fɔːt]  [ræn bæk]  [ˈɛnɪmi]  [wʌns]  [bɪˈfɔː]  [ˈtɛrɪfaɪd]  [waɪl

Video from YouTube

Main

Activities

6.1.3.1

• To introduce the topic

Initiate a class discussion about giants and elicit any tales about giants Ss know of.

Task 4. Complete the text with the words below.

Odysseus and the one-eyed Giant

Once there was a Greek hero, Odysseus. He __ against the Trojans and wanted to sail home to the island of Ithaca. On the way, he and his men landed on the island of the Cyclops. The Cyclops were powerful one-eyed Giants and they ate men. One of the trapped Odysseus and his enemy men in a cave. Every day, the one-eyed Giant ate two of them. One night before the giant was asleep, Odysseus put the huge piece of wood into the eye of his___. The giant couldn’t see and Odysseus and his men ran back to their ship. Odysseus had many more adventures terrified he finally arrived home ten long years later.

• To read and listen. Match the words to make the phrases.

Play the recording. Ss listen and follow the text in their books. Give Ss time to answer the questions. Ss compare their answers with their partner’s. Check Ss’ answers

1. Volcanic eruption

2. Boiling lava

3. Wonder of natural

4. Mysterious place

5. Fit together.

Task 6. Use the phrases exercise 5. To complete the sentences.

1. The Giant’s Causeway is a wonder of natural on the Irish coast.

2. People say it’s a really mysterious place of myth and legend.

3. There was a volcanic eruption millions of years ago.

4. The boiling lava formed into strange six-sided shapes.

5. The shapes fit together and people can walk on them.

Write. Work in a group. Task 7. Fill in: surface, legend, huge, result, cools, cross.

1. When lava cools, the surface becomes hard enough to walk on.

2. When Benandonner saw Fin MacCool dressed in babies clothes, he imagined the huge size of the father and was afraid.

3. The giants wanted to cross the sea between Ireland and Scotland.

4. The legend of Finn MacCool is very well known in Ireland.

5. Scientists say the Causeway is a result of something that happened a long time ago.

Ending the

lesson

To write an email about a visit to the Giant’s Causeway

Explain the task and give Ss some time to complete it. Remind Ss to include all the points in the rubric. Check Ss’ answers. Alternatively, assign as HW and check Ss’ answers in the next lesson.

Reflection

Were the lesson objectives/learning objectives realistic? Did I stick to timings?

What changes did I make from my plan and why?

Answer the most relevant questions from the box on

the left about your lesson.