by Ramin Hosseinpour Milaghardan |
A Haunted House
The story is about a haunted house. The activities are for pre-intermediate learners. The Lesson includes:
a reading test, a vocabulary activity, a reading comprehension true and false activity, describing different rooms in a house, creating an ending to a story, making a poster, and a fun game.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Audience: Elementary, Teacher Training
Audience Language Proficiency: Beginner
Duration: 90 minutes
Materials And Technology:
- Lesson plan
- Worksheet
- Link to video clip
- Smart Board
- Computer
Objective:
- To use English language literature for language learning.
- To familiarize learners with short stories.
- To work on antonyms in the English language.
Outcome:
As a result of this lesson, students will:
Identify and define vocabulary related to ghosts and ghost stories.
Discuss their opinions about the existence of ghosts and similar creatures.
Read a short story about ghosts and discuss it.
Write a short paragraph about ghosts.
Make a poster about ghosts.
Language Skill: Reading
Content Area:
The learners will get to know about a literary genre. This lesson will help the learners to improve their general knowledge about the English language.
Procedure:
1.Activity 1: Answer the questions. Then say the name of your favorite film or book about ghosts.
2.Activity 2: Preparation: Read the text and then match the highlighted words in the story with their opposites bellow.
Activity 3: Read the story again. Mark the sentences (true) / (false).
Activity 4: Find the furniture and rooms in the story.
Activity 5: Use each word to describe a different room, place, or thing in a house.
Activity 6: Write your own ending to the story. How do you think the story ends? Use the following ideas.
Activity 7: Write two or three sentences that transfer horror to the audience. Draw pictures which reflect the same sentences. (Making a poster)
Please see the attachment for the full lesson plan.
Assessment:
The assessment is done by doing a simple game. It will help the teacher to monitor if they have understood the concept of antonyms. The teacher can observe their process of answering True/False questions which will provide clues on their scanning skill.
Differentiation:
A good activity is watching different clips of age-appropriate ghost stories with English subtitles and working on them as an extension of learning new words.
Useful Link:
Supporting Files:
A Haunted House.pdf
TESOL Interest Section: English as a Foreign Language, Nonnative English Speakers in TESOL