Activity: "Inspirational Video"

Begin the class by showing a short video from YouTube that discusses environmental

conservation. This will capture the students' attention and generate interest in the topic.

After the video, hold a quick discussion about what they saw and how they feel about it.

Material:

https://youtu.be/ajk-

pvm5vfQ?feature=shared

Projector or screen to display the video.

Main activities

1. Interactive Reading (20 minutes):

Provide students with an article about environmental conservation. Conduct a forum where

students can comment and ask questions directly.

After reading, discuss the main ideas and their impressions in small groups.

Material

Printed article

2.Online Debate (30 minutes):

Use a tool like Padlet or Jamboard for students to post their opinions on how to improve

environmental conservation. Each student should comment on at least two of their classmates'

posts.

Facilitate a class debate based on the posts, where each group defends their viewpoint.

Material

Padlet or Jamboard platform.

https://es.padlet.com/

https://edu.google.com/intl/es-

419_ALL/jamboard/

3. Creative Presentation (15 minutes):

Students will create a digital infographic using Canva or Piktochart about a specific aspect of

environmental conservation. They should include the target vocabulary and appropriate

grammatical structures.

Each group will present their infographic to the rest of the class.

Material

Access to Canva or Piktochart.

https://www.canva.com/es_419/

https://piktochart.com/

Practice or Assessment

Methods:

Observation during group activities and the debate.

Evaluation of the infographics and presentations using a rubric that considers clarity,

vocabulary use, and grammar.

Material: Evaluation rubric.

Closure

Activity: "Final Reflection"

Students will write a brief reflection in a shared document about what they learned and how

they can contribute to environmental conservation in their daily lives.

Review the key points of the lesson and ensure that all students have met the learning

objective.

Material: shared document

Homework/Follow-up Activity

Activity: "Conservation Project"

Students should design a small project that promotes environmental conservation in their

school or community, which they will present in the next class.

Objective: Improve reading comprehension and the ability to identify and use the simple past and past continuous tenses in narrative contexts.

Students’ level: (MCRE)  A2

Target skill: Reading

Target vocabulary:

-Past simple:I went, did, saw, ate, played, etc.

- Past continuous: I was doing, I was watching, I was eating, I was playing, etc

Students’ age: 14-16

Target grammar: use of the past simple and past continuous

Warm-up activity:

A brief activity to engage students and introduce the lesson topic

Read the following short text:

Last year, I went to a concert with my friends. We listened to live music and danced a lot. It was an amazing night.

Answer the questions:

Where did the narrator go?

Who did they go with?

What did they do at the concert?

Main activities

1.Pre-stage: Introduction to Grammar

   - Explain the differences between the simple past and past continuous tenses.

Students engage in role-playing activities that help them reinforce their knowledge of the simple past and past continuous tenses.

Material: (mandatory)

https://www.lingoda.com/blog/en/past-simple-versus-past-continuous/#:~:text=Past%20simple%20and%20past%20continuous,at%20the%20time%20of%20speaking.

Role playing

-       https://wordwall.net/es/resource/8108151

2. During Stage:

Read, Identify, and Underline

Read, identify, the simple past tense verbs with green and the past continuous tense verbs with blue in the reading titled "The Brave Tin Soldier". I can use dictionary

3. Post-stage:

Each student must write about a personal experience using the simple past and past continuous tenses. For example: how their last birthday was, how they felt, who attended, what happened. Once finished, each student will read their experience aloud

-       reading sheets

Practice or Assessment

The students will complete two quizzes from the Wordwal website, where they will be able to identify and construct sentences in the past tense according to the available options and words

Material: (mandatory

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/14915551

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/6582357

Closure          

Students will swap their personal experience worksheets from point 3, read and interpret them, and then give feedback to their assigned partner based on their understanding of the topic.

Homework/Follow-up Activity

Student should create a video where they talk about an experience or story about a family member,  using the topic discussed in class. They must upload the video to YouTube or any platform that allows viewing it, and provide the video title, the username of the person who posted it, and the link to the video.
-YouTube

Supporting Structures:

3. Using Wordtune: - After writing their paragraph, students will enter their text into Wordtune. They will use the rewriting suggestions to enhance their writing, selecting the options they find most suitable.

4. Review and Comparison: - Students will compare their original text with the rewritten version using Wordtune. They will reflect on the improvements made and how these changes impact the clarity and style of their writing. Additionally, they will provide feedback to their classmates during a sharing session about their written pieces.

5. Presentation: - Each student will present their rewritten text to the class, explaining the choices they made when selecting specific suggestions from Wordtune.

Activity Structure:

1. Practice: - Students will practice rewriting with Wordtune, allowing them to apply vocabulary and grammatical structures in a practical context.

2. Feedback: - Wordtune will provide instant feedback on the rewriting suggestions. As the teacher, I will also provide comments on vocabulary use and sentence structure at the end of the activity.

Reflection Questions:

• What changes did you make to your text and why?

• How did using Wordtune improve the clarity of your writing?

• What did you learn about rewriting and word choice?