Thursday, March 17, 2011

TASK 3: WEB BASED LESSON PLAN

Level        : Form 2 (Intermediate to Advanced)

Time        : 30 minutes

Topic        : Celebrities

Language
Content 
   :  Adjective, Nouns (Descriptive verbs) and Prepositions.

Previous
Knowledge
    : Students were exposed to different kinds of verbs including descriptive verb.

Aims        : By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
                  1)    write short paragraph describing their favourite celebrity, with the correct tenses
                         and adjectives.

Technical
Requirements: 1)    A computer for a pair of students.
                        2)    A big white screen and projector.
                        3)    Internet connection for each computer.
                        4)    Web browser for each computer.


Preparation    : 1) Teacher prepares the information chart and exercises.
                          2) Teacher then needs to check all technical requirements in the 
                              computer lab before starting the lesson.
                          3) Lastly, teacher also makes sure all links are function.


Procedure    :

Set induction (10 minutes)

1)    Teacher  shows  pictures of famous celebrities on the white screen to students and asks what do they know about the celebrities, eg. Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Jessica Alba and Johnny Depp





2)    Teacher asks students to tell their partners what they know about the celebrities.
3)    Teacher then explains that they are going to search informations about their favourite celebrities.

Development (20 minutes)

1)    Teacher gives instructions:

         a)    You are going to complete some information about an actor or actress that you talked about
                 before.
         b)    To start this activity, click on the button.








2)    Teacher asks students to complete the exercise with the help of a webpage,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page or http://www.imdb.com/

3)    Teacher walks around to monitor and assist students.

4)    Teacher then stops students, and starts discussing the answers. Teacher also stresses on the verbs and tenses, and asks questions to test students’ understandings.

5)    Next, teacher asks students to go to the link from the picture, and complete the exercise.

 


6)    Teacher asks students to write a paragraph about the celebrity that they like. They can use
       Health Ledger's biography as a model to write about their star. Teacher asks students to send
       the biography vie email.

7)    Teacher concludes the lesson, by asking students what they have learned in class.


ps: This lesson plan is done with the hope that it will encourage students to enjoy completing exercise based on writing.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Mahatma Gandhi


Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India, on October 2nd 1869. His father died when he was still a teenager. At the age of 13 he married Kasturba Gandhi who was three years younger and the marriage lasts for 62 years until her death in 1944.

As a young man Gandhi left India to study law in London. Then he spent two decades working in South Africa securing rights for Indian expatriates. It was during this time that his political reform through non-violence which he called Satyagraha was born. This movement meant resistance of tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa, total non violence, which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. This way, when he returned to India, Mohandas Gandhi emerged as a political and religious leader in the fight for independence from Great Britain and was accorded the country's Father of the Nation. India freed itself from Britain on August 15th, 1947. Five months later, on January 25th, 1948 Gandhi was shot by a conservative Hindu.


                 
A video on how Gandhi was shot