TASK 3 - LESSON PLAN

September 11, 2009

Friday, 22332

“Venice Mask Carnival”

Level : Intermediate

Class : 4 Alpha

Theme : Values

Time : 80 Minutes

Language Content : Simple Past Tense

Aims : By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1) Practice their reading skills by identifying main ideas of each paragraph using information from the website.

2) Practice their writing reading skills and understanding of a reading text by doing answering comprehension questions using information from the website.

3) Practice their listening & speaking skills through group discussion.

4) Practice their writing skills by writing an essay describing the celebration of the “Venice Mask Carnival” using information from a video.

Technical Requirements:

1. Two students per computer

2. Internet Connection

3. Web Browser

4. Overhead Projector

Preparation:

1. Locate the “Venice Mask Carnival Website”.

2. Browse through the website to make sure it is suitable for the students and able to gauge their attention & interest.

3. Prepare worksheet based on the information in the website.

Website:

http://www.carnivalofvenice.com/argomenton.asp?cat=2

http://venicexplorer.net/carnevale-di-venezia/index.php

Procedures:

A) Set Induction (5 minutes)

1. Teacher recap previous lesson

2. Teachers introduces topic of the day.

B) Development (70 minutes)

Activity 1

1. Teacher asks students to choose a partner, seat quietly in pairs and ready for today’s lesson.

2. Teacher plays a video of “Venice Mask Carnival” and asks students to pay attention and enjoy the video. (5 minutes is allocated for this section)

3. Teacher asks students to describe what did they see from the video and their opinion regarding the celebration.

4. Teacher instructs students to browse the following website (http://www.carnivalofvenice.com/argomenton.asp?cat=2) for further information about the carnival.

5. Teacher instructs students to read the article from website and try to guess what the main ideas are. Next, teacher introduces and explains about main idea and distributes handouts (examples of main ideas) to the students.

6. Teacher allocates 15 minutes for students to complete the exercise 1 and teacher discusses the answers with students.

7. Next, teacher asks students to read the article on the website again for better understanding. Teacher distributes exercise 2 on reading comprehension for students to complete in 15 minutes. Then, teacher discusses the answers with students.

Activity 2

1. Teacher instructs students to form 6 groups and sit according to their respective groups.

2. Teacher plays the video for the second time and teacher instructs students (in group) to discuss / describe what they see from the video.

3. A representative from each group will then share their findings to the whole class and teacher asks the other students to jot down any ideas which interest them from the presentation.

C). Conclusion (5 minutes)

1. Teachers recap the lesson on the “main ideas”.

2. Teacher incorporates moral values.

Follow-up activity

Students are asked to write an essay about the “Venice Mask Carnival” using points they jot down during class period and teacher suggests students to visit http://venicexplorer.net/carnevale-di-venezia/index.php to give them more ideas and needed information for their essay.

Prepared by,

Nurul Farehah Mohamad Uri

2005755468, U8A

Part 8, Semester July/ November 2009

TASK 3 - LESSON PLAN (WORKSHEET)

TASK 3 - LESSON PLAN (Video)

CALL in reading - Hypertext

NELSON MANDELA
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918. His father was Chief Henry Mandela of the Tembu Tribe. Mandela himself was educated at University College of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand and qualified in law in 1942. He joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies after 1948. He went on trial for treason in 1956-1961 and was acquitted in 1961.After the banning of the ANC in 1960, Nelson Mandela argued for the setting up of a military wing within the ANC. In June 1961, the ANC executive considered his proposal on the use of violent tactics and agreed that those members who wished to involve themselves in Mandela's campaign would not be stopped from doing so by the ANC. This led to the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe. Mandela was arrested in 1962 and sentenced to five years' imprisonment with hard labour. In 1963, when many fellow leaders of the ANC and the Umkhonto we Sizwe were arrested, Mandela was brought to stand trial with them for plotting to overthrow the government by violence. His statement from the dock received considerable international publicity. On June 12, 1964, eight of the accused, including Mandela, were sentenced to life imprisonment. From 1964 to 1982, he was incarcerated at Robben Island Prison, off Cape Town; thereafter, he was at Pollsmoor Prison, nearby on the mainland.During his years in prison, Nelson Mandela's reputation grew steadily. He was widely accepted as the most significant black leader in South Africa and became a potent symbol of resistance as the anti-apartheid movement gathered strength. He consistently refused to compromise his political position to obtain his freedom.
Nelson Mandela was released on February 11, 1990. After his release, he plunged himself wholeheartedly into his life's work, striving to attain the goals he and others had set out almost four decades earlier. In 1991, at the first national conference of the ANC held inside South Africa after the organization had been banned in 1960, Mandela was elected President of the ANC while his lifelong friend and colleague, Oliver Tambo, became the organisation's National Chairperson.