'Glory' by Common & John Legend
padlet board
ppt question game
the race about race game
Talking about racism
Overview
This lesson plan is designed for a 90-minutes-long class with a social struggle issue: racism. Objectives are in alignment with Colombian policies for teaching English as a foreign language and the ICT National Standards for teachers.
Presentation of the plan lesson
LESSON PLAN FORM
Class/grade: 11th | |
Date: | Time & Length of class: 1 hour, 30 minutes. |
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Lesson objectives (At the end of the class Students will be able to):
| Resources and materials ICE BREAKER Lyrics training exercise ‘Glory by Common and John Legend’ PRE ACTIVITY Powerpoint game Racism.ppt (to download) WHILE ACTIVITY
POST ACTIVITY Padlet board: Racism
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Skills Focus: Listening, reading, writing, and speaking. | Language Focus: Discussion and interaction about racism. |
Ice breaker activity
Time | Stage of lesson | Procedure: Teacher and student activity | Interaction |
10 min. | Ice breaker | The ST will explain how the lyrics training app works, then will indicate the Ss to play the song Glory to provoke thoughts about racism in the students. Skill focus: Listening | ST- Ss |
pre-activity
Time | Stage of lesson | Procedure: Teacher and student activity | Interaction |
10 min. | Pre-act | Later, the ST introduces the topic of racism a PowerPoint game about general notions about racism. The ST will show the game and will ask the Ss to vote to choose the option they believe is correct. Skill focus: Speaking | ST- Ss Ss- ST Ss-Ss |
While-activity
Time | Stage of lesson | Procedure: Teacher and student activity | Interaction |
30 min. | While-act | The ST will break down the class into four groups to play a board game in Genially called ‘the race about race’. Ss will choose a leader for each group who will throw the dice and move their piece on the board. They will find some question boxes. Those questions can be answered by one integrant of the group, or the whole group. The ST will intervene in case of doubts or need for clarification. This activity aims to analyze the ways racism is part of our lives even when it’s subtle. Skill Focus: Speaking. | ST- Ss Ss- ST Ss-Ss |
15 min. | The ST will share an Educaplay activity with the Ss. They will read a short paragraph about actions taken by some companies in the Colombian territory to combat stereotypes. After completing the exercise, Ss can share their comment on the reading. Skill Focus: Reading. | ST- Ss Ss- Ss |
Post-activity
Time | Stage of lesson | Procedure: Teacher and student activity | Interaction |
20 min. | Post-act | Finally, after talking about international and national racism, Ss are going to learn what to do when they are facing racist action, and what the consequences of doing them are. To make this activity possible. First, the ST will ask Ss to write on a padlet board, what they possibly can do or what they think is the correct way to deal with racism. Then, the ST will give feedback according to the United Nations Human Rights about the actions we can take to fight this issue, thus, finishing up the lesson. Skill focus: Writing | ST- Ss Ss- ST
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