Writing (Biography)
Pre-intermediate to intermediate, level 6-8 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide process writing practice of a Text in the context of Biography
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide gist and detailed reading practice using a text about Matt Daemon in the context of Biography
Procedure (17-20 minutes)
In this stage I am going to ask the students if they know what a biography is? and Can they tell what kind of information do we usually find in a biography? and If they can name some famous people who have biographies written about.
In this stage after clarifying the words "divorce" and "finance", I will ask two questions about the model text from the book (Who is the biography about? and what do you think is his profession?). Then I will write three questions on the board and want them to read the text in detail and find the answers (When did his parents divorced? / What was the name of the movie that he starred in with Ben Affleck? / In how many movies has he appeared?). Finally, I will check the answers with them and give them feedbacks on their answers.
In this stage, I will ask the students to tell me how many paragraphs they saw in the text and what each one of them is about, then I will show them the layout for a typical biographical text which consists of 3 paragraphs. Moreover, I will clarify the most common tenses that we use in a biography for both dead and alive famous people. Finally, I will clarify the most common expressions, phrases and vocabulary regarding biography and describing people’s lives from birth to death using a table.
In this stage, the students are going to write a biographical text about their favourite famous person using the layout that they have been taught and the expressions and vocabularies.
In this stage, after students finished their writings, I will collect them and give each students a writing that their classmates wrote and want them to just write a quick summary of what was done well and what could have been better about the text that they have given. Finally, I will collect the writings and give write some feedbacks for students individually.
