SAMR Model

LESSON PLAN MODIFICATION

          Hello readers! Here, I would like to write my-really-last post before the final term test of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) subject. Below, I will attach a modification of a lesson plan I have made. The original one is from BBC teaching English. However, I have revised it as well as what should be done in this unit. In my lesson plan, the students will analyze a film review based on the questions prompts given, create their own film reviews, vote the most interesting reviews, and tell their review to their friends in front of the class. I have also tried to relate it with online tools. Okay, without spending more time, let’s see it!

Lesson Plan

Topic               : Film Reviews

Skill(s)             : Writing and Speaking

Aims                :

·      To encourage the students to join in a discussion.

·      To develop the students’ writing skills.

·      To train the students to spend time planning before they write.

·      To train the students’ speaking skills in telling something.

Age group       : Teenagers and young adults.

Level               : A2, B1, and B2

Time                : 60 minutes +

Materials         : Film review work sheet

Procedure        :

1.	Warmer (5 – 8 minutes)	·   Put the students into pairs and ask them to think of a film they have both seen. Give the students time to think and discuss their choices and then ask each pair to tell you which film they have chosen. ·   Ask the students to decide who the leader of their pairs is. ·   Ask the leader to create a-shared-document in Google Docs. ·   Ask the leader to include their pairs’ email and the teacher’s email so that later the teacher can monitor the students’ progress in creating the film review.
2.	10 – 12 minutes	·   Write these questions: 1.   What is the title of the film? 2.   What genre is it? 3.   What is it about? 4.   Is it based on a book? 5.   Where is the film set? 6.   When is the film set? 7.   Who stars in the film? 8.   Who plays the main role(s)? 9.   Who is your favorite character in the film? Why? 10.  What kind of person would like this film? ·   Make sure the students understand all of the questions. ·   Ask the students to discuss and answer the questions based on their film choice. ·   Ask the students to write the answers in the Google Docs. ·   Monitor the students’ work by the Google Docs. ·   Give some questions and/or comments to the students’ work to make sure the students write the right one.
3.	10 – 12 minutes	·   Give the students an example of film review and the questions of the review through their Google Docs documents. ·   Ask the students to answer the questions based on the film review they will have read. ·   Let the students to analyze the film review (how the review can be organized in 3 paragraphs).
4.	15 – 20 minutes	·   Give the students the following exercise. ·   Ask the students to choose different films from the film they have chosen in the beginning of the class. ·   Ask the students to start doing the exercise individually by writing it in the Google Docs in different page (e.g. students A write on the page 2 and students B write on the page 3). ·   Monitor the writing progress of each student through the Google Docs to make sure the students are following the steps.
5.	10 minutes	·   Display all of the reviews on the LCD projector. ·   Ask the students to vote which film is the most interesting one. ·   Ask the owner of the review chosen to come in front of the class and tell his/her friends about the film.

       ASSESSMENT

Film review

The Theory of Everything

Biographical drama, 2014

The Theory of Everything is about the scientist Stephen Hawking. The film is based on a book, ‘Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen’ by his wife, Jane Wilde Hawking. The film is set in England and starts in the early 1960s. It tells the story of Hawking’s relationship with Jane, the diagnosis of his motor neuron disease and his success as a physicist.

I love the acting in this film. Eddie Redmayne stars as Hawking and Felicity Jones plays the role of Jane. My favourite character is Stephen Hawking because he is very clever and brave.

I think this is an ideal film for people who like true stories. It is a bit sad at times but the story is very interesting and there is a lot of action. I give The Theory of Everything

★★★★. Go and watch it soon!

★★★★★Fantastic!

★★★★Really good!

★★★      OK

★★ Bad

★ Terrible!

1. Read the film review. Does the writer answer all these questions? Check and

1.      What is the title of the film?

2.      What genre is it?

3.      What is it about?

4.      Is it based on a book?

5.      Where is the film set?

6.      When is the film set?

7.      Who stars in the film?

8.      Who plays the main role(s)?

9.      Who is your favorite character in the film? (Why?)

10.  What kind of person would like this film?

2.  Follow the steps to write your own film review.

1.      Think of a film you have watched.

2.      Make notes for each of the questions in Activity 1.

3.      Write your review using the notes and the model text. Write between 100 and 150 words.

That’s all about my lesson plan modification. If you have any suggestion, give it through the comment box below.

Thank you, and Jesus bless you!