Week 2 Assignment

Week 2 Assignment

Level: A2+ (I am not entirely sure how to apply the CEFR word profiler findings. I have put my results at the end of the activity. Is it best practice – in input+1 – to choose the next level up then?)

Student profile: 12-13 year olds. I don’t usually teach young learners so I wanted to challenge myself to think outside my usual repertoire.

Objective: I have been heavily trained in task-based learning so I always find myself leaning this way. I am also constantly thinking about what kind of knowledge my students may not be exposed to in their daily lives but will definitely need in the future.

For example, this activity mostly explores the ideas of emotional intelligence and handling confrontation. They are learning how to navigate these situations in English but many of them are learning how to navigate these situations, period.

Also, I find that the more things I can relate to football, the easier it is for them to understand. ☺

Material: See activity. If I were to do this in a class, I would bring in a soccer ball for the role-play activity.

Teacher Notes:

Warm-up question: Who do you think is the best soccer player in the world?

Organize students in pairs and ask them to read the story out loud to their partner and complete activity A.

Correct activity A as a class and then write the refrain on the board. Answer discussion questions (Activity B) as a group so that students can get more perspectives. Ask for examples of when they were involved in a confrontation and what happened.

In pairs, students can complete Activity C.

Correct Activity C as a group and then tell the students they are going to do a role-play, using the different responses from their list. One person will be Ronaldo’s son and the other person will be a friend. Each pair will choose one response to act out as a role-play.

Bring the student pair to the front of the class and give “the friend” the ball. If he/she is going to say something from the “Foul Play” list, he will say it and then (gently) throw the ball at “Ronaldo’s son.” If he/she is going to say something from the “Good Play” list, he will set the ball on the ground and pass it to “Ronaldo’s son.” Students can use the examples from the list or use their own sample response.

The use of the ball is intended to model how the kind of language we use might make a person feel.

????? When I was making this activity, I had a specific doubt. In some English books, verbs (when isolated) are listed as "walk, drink, talk" while others appear as "to walk, to drink, to talk". What is the norm?

Thank you for all your help!

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