GRADES 3-5; 6-8; 9-12
OBJECTIVES
Students will:
- practice the new vocabulary words in a Word Sort activity.
- listen for passive sentences in the movie It Was Invented (L3U1L2), and ask and answer questions about inventors and inventions.
- Use the new vocabulary and the past simple passive to talk about inventors and inventions.
VOCABULARY
also (adv)
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protect (v)
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create (v)
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case (n)
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delicious (adj)
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past (n)
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chip (n)
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dim (v, adj)
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present (n)
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bake (v)
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dry (adj)
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light bulb (n)
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mean (v)
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wet (adj)
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wheel (n)
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MATERIALS
- BrainPOP ESL
- Pictures of: Thomas Edison, a wheel, a light bulb.
- Images of famous inventors, artists, authors, or composers.
- Words for the Closed Word Sort
- Index cards and paper clips.
- Card with a list of commands.
- Verb Word Search
- Interactive white board (optional)
LESSON PROCEDURE
Vocabulary
- Watch the Vocabulary movie to introduce the new words, using any additional visuals you may have. Stop to ask questions, give examples, and ask students to make connections to the words.
- Project the picture side of Flash Words onto the board or interactive white board. Students label the words they know and then flip the pictures to check if they are correct.
- Divide the class into pairs to do a Closed Word Sort with the words listed above in the Preparation section. Project or write the words on the board, or make sets of the words for each pair of students. Students must find pairs of words and sort them into Synonyms or Antonyms.
Grammar
- Use pictures of famous inventors and inventions, artists, authors, or composers to introduce the difference between the past simple in active and passive voice. For example:
a. The Wright Brothers invented the flying machine.
The flying machine was invented by the Wright Brothers.
b. Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet was written by Shakespeare.
- Watch the Grammar movie.
- Challenge question: Write a sentence on the board with an intransitive verb (one that doesn’t take an object). For example: The accident happened yesterday. or It rained a lot. Can the sentences be changed to passive? Why not?
Movie
- Watch the movie. Students listen for passive sentences.
- On a second viewing, students work in pairs to complete the Inventions and Inventors table.
Students practice asking and answering questions using the information in their tables and prompts, such as:
Name an inventor from the movie. What was invented by him/her?
(Example: The light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison.)
- Students watch the movie again, and write answers to the following questions, using the past simple passive.
What happened:
a. on February 11, 1847? (Edison was born.)
b. in 1879? (The light bulb was invented.)
c. on October 18, 1931? (Lights were dimmed.)
d. in 1891? (The game of basketball was invented.)
Features
- Watch Hear It, Say It. Students may listen and repeat sentences from the movie, or record their own voices and listen back.
- Students do the remaining interactive features of the lesson: Play It, Warm Up, and You Can Do It.
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