GRADE 8 – LESSON 2

WHAT AN ADVENTURE!

HELLO!
Time: 1 minute

1. Say Hello. How are you today? Encourage response.

2. Introduce yourself to the student if he/she does not already know you, and
prompt the student to introduce himself/herself.
3. Say Let’s get started!

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Warm Up

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WARM UP
Time: 2 minutes

1. Say This family is watching a movie on television. Ask What kind of movie is it?
How do you know?
2. Ask further questions such as Do the boy and girl like this movie? Do the mom
and dad like this movie? Why not? Encourage the student to talk about the
family members’ reactions and why they might be different.
3. Say Now let’s learn more about movies.

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Listen Up!

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exciting boring

LISTEN UP!
Time: 2 minutes

1. Say These children are watching movies.

2. Circle the boy and say His movie is ___. Elicit exciting.
3. Underline the word exciting as you say The movie is exciting. Mime being excited.
Have the student repeat the sentence and copy your actions.
4. Circle the girl and say Her movie is ___. Elicit boring.
5. Underline the word boring as you say The movie is boring. Mime being bored.
Have the student repeat the sentence and copy your actions.

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scary

LISTEN UP!
Time: 1 minute

1. Say This girl is also watching a movie.

2. Circle the girl and say Her movie is ___. Elicit scary.
3. Underline the word scary as you say The movie is scary. Mime being scared. Have
the student repeat the sentence and copy your actions.

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How was the movie?

It was really scary.

LISTEN UP!
Time: 2 minutes

1. Say The movie just finished.

2. Highlight the question and ask How was the movie? Have the student repeat the
question.
3. Highlight the response as you say It was really scary. Mime being scared.
4. Ask Is really scary a little bit scary or very, very scary? Confirm that really scary
means very scary.
5. Read the response again and mime being scared. Have the student repeat the
response several times and copy your actions.
6. Ask the question and have the student respond.

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Try It!

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sc_ry s_d

a e i o u

TRY IT!
Time: 2 minutes

1. Circle the zombies and ask What did you think of this movie? Was it funny?
Prompt the student to respond No! It was scary.
2. Underline the incomplete word scary and say There is one letter missing. Prompt
the student to draw a line from the correct vowel to the space.
3. Say Great! Let’s spell the word together. S-C-A-R-Y. Have the student spell the
word with you.
4. Say scary and have the student repeat it.
5. Repeat the process with the other word asking What did you think of this movie?
Was it exciting?
6. Mime one of the words and have the student guess what it is, rotating roles.

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exc_ting

a e i o u

TRY IT!
Time: 2 minutes

1. Highlight the photograph and ask What did you think of this movie? Was it
boring? Prompt the student to respond No! It was exciting.
2. Underline the incomplete word exciting and say There is one letter missing.
Prompt the student to draw a line from the correct vowel to the space.
3. Say Great! Let’s spell the word together. E-X-C-I-T-I-N-G. Have the student spell
the word with you.
4. Say exciting and have the student repeat it.

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How was the movie?

It was really ___.

TRY IT!
Time: 1 minute

1. Ask How was the movie? Have the student repeat the question.
2. Read the response, pausing at the gap. Prompt the student to suggest the answer.
Go to the next slide to confirm.

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How was the movie?

It was really sad.

TRY IT!
Time: 1 minute

1. Read the response and have the student repeat it.

2. Ask the question and have the student answer it, rotating roles.

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How was the movie?

It was really ________.

TRY IT!
Time: 1 minute

1. Ask How was the movie? Have the student repeat the question.
2. Read the response, pausing at the gap. Prompt the student to suggest the answer.
Go to the next slide to confirm.

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How was the movie?

It was really exciting.

TRY IT!
Time: 1 minute

1. Read the response and have the student repeat it.

2. Ask the question and have the student answer it, rotating roles.

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Your Turn

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YOUR TURN
Time: 3 minutes

1. Ask Is this an American movie or a Chinese movie? Elicit American.

2. Ask What American movies did you see?
3. Ask the student How was the movie?
4. Prompt the student to discuss more movies he/she saw with you.
5. Say Great work!

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At Home

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Write about a movie you saw.

AT HOME
Time: 2 minutes

1. Say Write in English about a movie you saw. You can write with a friend.
2. Encourage the student to write about a movie and to practice the words he/she
learned today.

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See you next time.

GOODBYE!
Time:1 minute

1. Wave and say That’s the end of our lesson. You did a great job today. Goodbye!
See you next time.
2. Encourage the student to wave and say goodbye.

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