Poster Presentation - Current Affairs

 Watch the Video and Make a Poster

 Duration : 1 hour 40 minutes
Level: Beginner to Advanced
 

 
Group Activity 1

Watch the video and make a poster with interesting pictures/ objects from your immediate environment, on the topic ‘Environmental Pollution’ (40 minutes). If you pick up any litter to exhibit during the presentation make sure you use safety precautions.

Activity 2
Present the poster to the class (10 minutes). Each member has to speak for 1 - 2 minutes without a paper. In your presentation discuss the:

·         causes

·         consequences of environmental pollution

·         and suggest what you can do to conserve the environment (eg. recycling , carpooling, etc). 

Peer Grading

Select the best presentation and say why you think so.

Post Teaching Reflections

This activity was a success irrespective of the students' proficiency level. There was 100% student participation.  Specially the beginner level class showed explicit enthusiasm as they prepared themselves for the individual speeches. During the activity for a moment I thought I should give the beginner level class the option to choose two members from the group to present the poster assuming the task would be too difficult for them. But I was glad that each student strived hard to express the information with the limited language skills they had.

Songs and grammar

You will find some of the songs I've used to teach grammar structures.

1. If I had a Million Dollars

 This is an ideal song to teach the conditional clause - type 2.

Eg: If I had a million dollars, I would buy you a house.

 

 Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MdRNAOHrTDI#!

Lyrics
 

If I had a Million Dollars- by Barenaked Ladies


If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
I'd buy you a house (I would buy you a house)
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
I'd buy you furniture for your house
(Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman)
And if I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Well, I'd buy you a K-Car
(A nice Reliant automobile)
If I had a million dollars I'd buy your love

If I had a million dollars
I'd build a tree fort in our yard
If I had million dollars
You could help, it wouldn't be that hard
If I had million dollars
Maybe we could put like a little tiny fridge in there somewhere
You know, we could just go up there and hang out
Like open the fridge and stuff
There would already be laid out foods for us
Like little pre-wrapped sausages and things

Lesson Plan

Grammar focus – Conditionals Type 2 

Level :  Intermediate

Duration :   45 minutes

Materials: cassette player, handouts of the song, Over head projector or white/ chalk board

Procedure:

1. Do a quick brainstorm of conditional clauses in general.

2. Give out the handouts of the song to all.

3. Play the song and get the students to sing along with the singer.

4. Discuss the grammar structure as follows:

Different forms can be used to convey the same idea. Think of three other model auxiliary verbs you can use instead of 'would' in the following sentence.

If I had a million dollars, I would buy you a house.

                                           could

                                           might

                                           should

5. Engage the students in the activity given below.

Chain story : The first student begins a sentence using conditionals type 1. The second student develops the idea of the first student by taking the verb of the main clause, and transforming it to the (simple past) verb of 'if clause' in his/ her original sentence. This process continues and everybody makes sure the outcome is a story.

If the man played well, his team would win the game. 

If the team won the game, they could become famous.

If they became famous, ……………………………………

6. Wrap up.