Summary
This lesson examines how modern "productivity culture" impacts our hobbies. Students learn vocabulary related to hustle, downtime, and side hustles, and practice using the present perfect vs. past simple to describe their hobby journeys. Through a video analysis and discussion activities, the class explores how social media has shifted our view of leisure. The lesson culminates in a critical discussion and a writing task where students create a personal manifesto on work-life balance.
Activities
A warm-up discussion prompts students to share their personal experiences with hobbies, leisure time, and the pressure to be productive.
Vocabulary exercises introduce words and phrases to describe modern work ethics, such as hustle culture, side hustle, and doing things just for the sake of it.
Grammar practice focuses on distinguishing between the present perfect and past simple to talk about past and ongoing activities, along with expressions of duration and frequency.
A video comprehension task analyzes how hobbies have become work-like in modern society, prompting students to answer questions about the speaker's main arguments.
Students practice using modal verbs (should, could, might) to give advice and express opinions on how to maintain a healthy relationship with hobbies.
Speaking and writing activities guide students to critically discuss productivity culture and write a personal manifesto about their ideal approach to leisure and enjoyment.
Vocabulary focus
This lesson introduces vocabulary for discussing modern work and leisure attitudes. Key terms include hustle, side hustle, downtime, recreation, frivolous, and productivity mindset. Students will also learn descriptive phrases like just for the sake of it versus tracking progress and building towards something.
Grammar focus
The main grammar point is the distinction between the present perfect (for experiences connecting past and present) and the past simple (for completed past actions). The lesson also covers the present perfect continuous for ongoing activities, expressions of duration like for and since, and using modal verbs (should, shouldn't, could, might) to give advice and express opinions.
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