Writing about my favorite film/movie.
pre-intermediate level
Description
Main Aims
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To provide product writing practice of a short review in the context of films or movies.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide review of vocabulary related to target language in the context of movies.
Procedure (39-47 minutes)
In the lead-in section, the teacher is going to show learners a couple of pictures related to films, and they are going to share their ideas and opinions. Learners are also going to answer the following questions. Do you love watching films? What kind of movies do you like watching? Then, the teacher is going to ask learners to ask the following questions among them. What was the last movie you watched Was it good or bad? Who is your favorite character? They are expected to share their ideas and points of view regarding the topic mentioned.
In this stage, the students will read a sample writing review about "Spider-Man: No Way Home," and they are going to try to understand and comprehend the target language that is going to be used. The following is a sample writing: I watched Spider-Man: No Way Home last weekend. It was exciting and funny. The characters Peter Parker and Doctor Strange were excellent, and the action scenes were amazing. I really recommend this movie because it is entertaining and emotional. For the layout stage, the teacher is going to ask students to highlight some specific parts of the sample writing, such as the movie title, opinion (adjectives), characters, movie genre, and recommendation. They are going to highlight the text, taking into account the colors suggested for this activity. Once the students finish this activity, the teacher is going to continue with the language stage. Learners are asked to identify parts of speech in the following exercise; they are going to match the definitions with the examples. Adjectives ----- Last week, last month, yesterday, two days ago. Verbs ----- comedy, action, romance, horror films. Nouns ----- actors, movie, scenes. Movie genre—Watch, recommend, was/were Expressions about the past ----- Exciting, funny, amazing, emotional. After this task, the teacher is going to share some exercises, and the students are going to identify the target language in context and will identify in sentence 1 the verb, in sentence 2, the noun, in sentence 3, the movie genre, in sentence 4, expressions about the past, and in sentence 5, the adjective, as follows. I watched an exciting comedy movie last night. She enjoyed a very funny action film yesterday. He saw an interesting horror movie last weekend. He liked the emotional romance film two days ago. We watched an amazing science fiction movie last Friday. The students are asked to match and identify the target language explained. Then, the teacher is going to ask some CCQs regarding the topic described.
In this stage of the class, the teacher is going to remind his pupils of some useful language to take into account before the writing activity, as follows. I watched… The movie is called… Last weekend, I watched… It is a/an _____ movie. The characters were… The story was… I recommend… This useful language will help the learners guide their writing exercise by including the guidelines suggested.
In this stage of the class, the teacher is going to ask his learners to develop their own writing about their favorite movie. Before starting with this activity, the teacher is going to remind them of some guidelines to take into account, as follows: Your writing has to include the following information. Movie title Opinion (adjectives) Characters Movie genre. Recommendation The teacher is also going to tell his students the number of words for their writing, which is from 35 to 45 words.
After the development of the writing stage, the teacher is going to ask students to focus on another classmate's writing and identify whether they wrote down the text with the guidelines required for the activity. OCFB. Then, the teacher is going to give OCFB on students' writing performances and DEC. The learners are expected to reflect on their learning process and incorporate the target language in their real-life contexts.
