Karli Karli

Short Review
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson students will learn how to write a short review for a book or other piece of media by practicing writing summaries and describing what is good and bad about a piece of media.

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide process writing practice of a short reviews in the context of books

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide product writing practice of a short reviews in the context of books

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (2-3 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Students are asked to think about the last book they read and if they liked it. Students will be broken into breakout groups for two minutes to discuss amongst themselves.

Exposure (2-3 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading/listening

Teacher shows students an example of a short book review and briefly discusses with the students the parts of a review that will include an introductory statement, a summary, a positive/negative, and an opinion portion. A task is given for students to clarify the parts of a review.

Open Class Feedback (3-4 minutes) • To allow teacher to check understanding & students to share feedback on task

Teacher reviews the task and elicits responses from students about the answers.

Useful Language (4-6 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

Teacher then reviews parts of review and language around describing writing, using CCQs and visual aid of the Google slides.

Productive Task(s) (5-6 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

Students will be asked to write their own short review for the book they recently read. The task will be broken up into two parts: first students will be asked to write their opening and the summary.

Open Class Feedback (4-5 minutes) • To allow teacher to check understanding & students to share feedback on task

Students share the first half of their review with a peer who checks to make sure it fits the criteria, as well as looks for any grammar or spelling errors.

Productive Task (6-8 minutes) • To provide opportunity to practice target productive skills

Students will be asked to write their own short review for the book they recently read. The task will be broken up into two parts: the second part students will be asked to write their positive/negative and share their opinions on the story.

Open Class Feedback (3-4 minutes) • To allow teacher to check understanding & students to share feedback on task

Students share the second half of their summary with their partners and review, looking to see if it fits the criteria and checking for grammar or spelling errors.

Feedback and Error Correction (4-5 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

Students share some of their reviews with the class. Teacher does delayed error correction, eliciting any answers from the class

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