Beholding Beauty CEP Lesson Plan Teacher/s: Monica Zhang Level: A2 Date/Time: 10/17/2013

Goal: use online media to better understand intonation and writing. Objectives ( !B"#$: tudents !ill Be "ble #o 1! recogni"e rising and #alling intonation 2! understand ho$ %uestions are as&ed in the rising and #alling intonation 3! read and understand the main idea o# an online article '! $rite an essa( $ith clear thesis statement) introduction and su**orting *aragra*hs Theme: +eholding +eaut( ,-tensions: .li* #rom /itcom) 01 Times Article on +eaut( "im% &ill%'icros&ill for homework, we researched one cosmetic product, we are going to come back to this. Activity 1: "ctivity%Procedure% tage - homework answers are up on the board, students check and ask questions (nteraction ss-t #ime 2 mins

1.1 re-!tage: te-tboo& *age 7'3 students ma&e *redictions about rising and #alling intonation and chec& their *redictions

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20 mins

1.2. "uring !tage: video cli* #rom 45riends63 students Transition to #2: lets go listen #or rising/#alling intonation $hen back to what we researched as&ing %uestions) students loo& #or the for homework and talk about *attern! cosmetic products 1.# ost-!tage: students *la( the s$a**er game to *ractice rising and #alling intonation! Tangible $utcome % T. feedback&peer feedback:

/tudents demonstrate their understanding b( *la(ing the game on riding and #alling intonation $here the( have to recogni"e the three di##erent tones! Activity 2: 2.1 re-!tage: share $ith a neighbor and tell them about the cosmetic *roduct (ou researched! Do (ou recommend it7 8h(7 2.2. "uring !tage: 9be#ore (ou $rite (our o$n *a*er on cosmetic surger() let6s loo& at the organi"ation o# this article! Tr( to *iece the *a*er together $ith a *artner!: /tudents receive 2 sli*s o# *a*er and the( have to *ut the article in order #rom introduction to conclusion! 2.# ost-!tage: students chec& their ans$ers and as& #or an( vocabular( in the article the( did not understand! Tangible $utcome % T. feedback&peer feedback: /tudents underline the thesis statement o# the article and underline the to*ic sentence in each *aragra*h! #.1 re-!tage: ss3T based on the e)amples that we*e alread( done, write about the cosmetic product of (our choice. +emember to write at least 2 supporting paragraphs and one introduction with a clear thesis statement. #.2. "uring !tage: outline (our paper with intro, thesis statement, supporting paragraphs, and conclusion #.# ost-!tage: share students $or& on doc cam) tal& about ho$ the *aragra*hs are related to the thesis statement /s /s3T 20 mins

Transition to ##: 'ow, it is time to write (our own article on the cosmetic product of (our choice.

Activity 3:

20 mins

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Tangible $utcome % T. feedback&peer feedback: /tudents give one another #eedbac&) strengths and im*rovements /e will use the last 10 minutes of class ss3T as a time to celebrate ,auras birthda(

12 mins

Antici*ated <roblems = /uggested /olutions: 3/tudents $ill #ocus too much on the vocabular( o# the article and not enough time actuall( understanding the big *icture .ontingenc( <lans >$hat (ou $ill do i# (ou #inish earl() etc!?: 3$or&boo& *age! '@) intonation *ractice