TP8 Passive vs Active
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To enable students to recognize or identify and correctly use passive voice with the help of text that describes generations and general facts.
Subsidiary Aims
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To develop reading for gist, creating and using TL and reworking sentences from active to passive and vice versa
Procedure (32-44 minutes)
T to display picture of a group of young people riding scooter taken circa mid 1960 It represents a generation. T to ask the following questions: Q When do you think this picture was taken? A In mid 1960 Q Do you think they are worried or having fun? A They look like having fun or not working Q What else do you see in the picture? A a city, no helmets, care free, all riding vespas some with passengers lots of vespas
T to show the text to students. Instructions to follow are as follows: Take 2 minutes to read the text Work alone T will pose the following open ended answer questions: Q What would be the best title for this story Q The best time to live Q How the young found their voice Q New Generations, new names Finally to ensure understanding T is your generation talked about in the text?
T to ask student to reread the text. This time to be more detailed and underline all instances of passive verbs they can find. T will provide an example of the before sending them to BOR. T has broken the text into 2 sections in case we have multiple students they can work in pairs and each will have a different part of the text assigned to them. After they have underlined T will reveal the sentences where there are examples of passive voice.
Form: T will present a slide with the form structure of the TL. T will explain the main pattern There will be examples where the Ss will read off the examples and identify the form according to the example Meaning: T will use the following examples Passive the object receives the action A Generation was born after World War II Q What is the focus? A Generation Q What is the action? A Being born QWho is doing it? AWe don’t know Not mentioned In contrast to massive voice there is also an example of active voice Active Shows who did the action People gave birth to a generation after Worl Word II Q What is the focus? A The people Q What is the action? A Gave birth Q Who is receiving the action? A A new generation There is a short discovery excercise that the students should be able to answer prior to going to work on the next task Pronunciation: T will show example if where the stress level is for an example and also show where there is the intonation and if there are any linking between words Finally to ensure the Ss have understood the concepts a google form will be used that has multiple examples of passive form and the students are to fill out the forms that will be used in the net state
T will request Ss to use google forms that have been designed multiple examples of passive form and the students are asked to complete the form before returning to the main classroom the instructions are as follows : Take 5 minutes Work alone Complete the google form Report back to the class
T will ask Ss to work in pairs to produce the target language. T will ask to produce between 2 to 4 different sentences using passive voice. Ss will need to present these in later in the class SS need to indentify the pattern and be able to convert it in to active voice. Ss will use google slides so T can monitor and she them for feedback later
T will use SS created sentences and look for any errors and provide feedback or to help the student complete the task of converting the sentences from passive to active voice.
