Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson plan for English teachers helps C1 students discuss TV shows. This ESL class material includes vocabulary, grammar, and speaking activities to review and recommend series like a pro, making it a perfect addition to your lesson library. This advanced English lesson equips students to discuss TV shows with sophistication.
Activities include a warm-up on viewing habits, vocabulary matching for critical reviews, a listening comprehension task based on a YouTube video, and an idiom gap-fill. The lesson culminates in a speaking activity where students pitch their favorite shows to their classmates, using the newly acquired language and grammar structures to give compelling recommendations or critiques.
Activities
- Warm-up and vocabulary: Students begin by discussing their TV viewing habits. They then learn and practice advanced vocabulary for describing shows, such as "gritty," "ensemble cast," and "slow burn," through a matching exercise.
- Video comprehension: Learners watch a YouTube review of new TV series and answer detailed comprehension questions about the plot, themes, and the reviewer's opinions, enhancing their listening skills for authentic speech.
- Speaking practice: The lesson concludes with a dynamic speaking task where students prepare and deliver a pitch for a TV show. They must use target vocabulary and grammar, including inversion for emphasis, to persuade their peers.
Vocabulary focus
The lesson introduces advanced adjectives like 'gritty', 'introspective', and 'unsettling' for describing shows. It also covers key terms such as 'ensemble cast', 'slow burn', and 'saga'. Idiomatic phrases like 'set its hooks in', 'blew me away', and 'in the same vein as' are practiced in context to help students sound more natural when giving reviews.
Grammar focus
The grammar section concentrates on using inversion for emphasis, a key feature of advanced and formal English. Students learn to restructure sentences starting with negative or limiting adverbials like 'Rarely...', 'Not only...', and 'Under no circumstances...'. They practice this sophisticated structure through a sentence transformation exercise.
