THEMATIC+UNIT+PLAN

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 * __ Thematic Unit Plan __**
 * __ Lesson 1 Listening Activity __**

//Aims:// Students listen to the text and try to locate specific information.

//Teacher Instructions:// - Introduce the concept of Halloween and elicit student responses - What do they know? - Explain the activity and provide individual help as they complete it.

//Student Instructions:// - Go to the website and complete as many of the parts of the activity as you can. - Finish the rest at home. - Ask for help if there is something you don’t understand. //URL:// __[]__ __[]__ //Aims:// The students will practice their speaking skills and must also demonstrate a good knowledge of the Target Culture in order to participate in and understand the cultural discussion about Halloween costume stereotypes.
 * __ Lesson 2 Speaking Activity __**

//Teacher Instructions:// - Ask students to talk about costumes they have worn in the past (maybe for carnival) at the beginning of class so that they can become comfortable speaking (students tend to prefer talking about their own experiences). - Explain the Activity. - For ideas about the discussion visit: [] - Lead the discussion probing the students to discuss stereotyping.

Student Instructions: - Go to the first website above to view an online catalogue and search for ‘Halloween.’ - Browse through the catalogue for 5 minutes, thinking about what type of people you think would pick particular costumes. - Next take 10 minutes to visit and read through the second website. - Look at the costumes your teacher has projected. - As a whole class, talk about what kinds of stereotypes are promoted by certain kinds of costumes

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 * __ Lesson 3 Vocabulary Activity __**

//Teacher Instructions:// Explain the activity and give individual help while students complete it.

//Student Instructions:// Go to the website and fill in the blanks using the appropriate word. []
 * __ Lesson 4 Reading Activity __**

//Aims:// - For students to practice their reading comprehension skills and for the teacher to assess them. - To introduce material that will be used in different ways later in the unit.

//Teacher Instructions:// - Introduce Oscar Wilde. - Explain the activity. - Offer individual help where needed. - Explain unknown words. //Student Instructions:// - Got to the website and read the scary story ‘The Canterville Ghost’ by Oscar Wilde. - Answer the questions on the handout given to you be your teacher for each chapter. - Finish what you did not complete in class for homework as we will be using this short story in future lessons.


 * __ Lesson 5 Writing Activity __**

__[]__ //__Aims:__// To assess whether the students can identify and reproduce atmosphere/tone creating techniques in written language. //__Teacher Instructions:__// - Introduce the concept of writing techniques to evoke different atmospheres in a text (such as a scare atmosphere). - Ask them if the can identify instances in the text where Oscar Wilde uses literary devices to create tension and fear. - Have them visit the website and use the information to write their own short story. //__Student Instruction:__// - Go back to the reading material we used in Lesson 4 - What elements in Oscar Wilde’s story make it scary? - Visit the website provided for this lesson. - Write your own scary story using the devices described (1/2 – 1 page long). - Finish the task at home if you need to.

//__Aims__////:// This lesson will aim to assess and improve the students’ pronunciation.
 * __ Lesson 6 Pronunciation Activity __**

//Teacher Instructions:// - Have the students give the story they wrote for Lesson 6 to someone else in the class. Each student must read the story and choose a small section which they like to read out to the class. - Provide a personal anecdote in which you mispronounced something to put the students at ease. - They must explain why they chose it. - Monitor the discussion closely. - Stop the activity at certain intervals. - Do some error correction. - Consolidate pronunciation.

//Student Instructions:// - Swap the story you wrote during the last lesson with someone else in the class. - Take 5 minutes to read it a chose a section to read aloud. - As you read focus on pronouncing words correctly. - Do you think you mispronounced something? - As your classmates read, write down any pronunciation errors you think they have made so we can discuss them. - Don’t be embarrassed – even native speakers mispronounce words!!

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 * __ Lesson 7 Grammar Activity __**

//Aims:// - Students will practice some previously taught grammar structures in the context of the story they read in Lesson 4.

//Teacher Instructions:// - Make sure all students have already been taught the set grammar structures. - Clarify them. - Ask students to identify one of each grammar item in the text (e.g. one instance of passive voice etc.). - Ask students to complete the activity on the PDF document.

//Student Instructions:// - Go to the website and answer all the questions. - You will have to refer to the story you read in Lesson 3. - If you do not complete the task in class, finish it at home.

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 * __ Lesson 8 Culture Activity __**

//Aims:// - Students will learn about the history and modern day practices of Halloween (the culture of Halloween), and will also orally reflect on the course. This helps them practice their speaking by giving them a personal matter to talk about (their feelings about the topic) and gives the teacher course feedback.

//Teacher:// - Ask students what they have learned about Halloween during the previous classes. - Have them visit the set websites in order to gain to deeper understanding. - Elicit discussion.

//Instructions:// - Go to the websites to learn about the history of Halloween and how it is celebrated today. - If you have unknown vocabulary, look for the meaning on the web. - As a whole class, talk about how you would celebrate Halloween and what you think about it. -What have you learned about Halloween in the past 4 weeks?