English 2

Unit 3: Emotions
Online session 2

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Unit 3: Emotions

Session 2 communicative objective

•By the end of this session, you will be able to give details about what you and
other people were doing when some important events happened.

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 My emotions today
• How do you feel today? Think about your three most common emotions in a day.
• Don’t tell them. Draw them instead! Your classmates will guess your emotions.

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5-7 minutes
Warm up
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 Comedy or drama?
Pre • Watch a video twice. Here is the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQBAoVeUvh4 (Stop at
production 1 3’26”). There are 19 clips, take notes of what people were doing when the accidents happened.
• Share some of your notes with the class.

Clip 1

In clip 1, the man was pushing his car

when he slipped and the car went down
the hill.

8 minutes

whole class

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 Comedy or drama?
 Work in pairs. Keep talking about the video clips you have watched.
Production 1  Ask and answer questions about what people were doing when the accidents happened.
 Use the notes you used in the previous activity. Make comments.
 Decide whether it is comedy or drama. Explain why.

A: What was the man doing In clip 1?

B: Oh! He was pushing his car when he fell down.
A: Right! And the car went down the road.
B: Yes! And he was running after his car.
A: Ha-ha. That’s funny!
clip 1

15 minutes

pair work
clip 2 clip 3 clip 4 clip 5
You can talk about more clips if time permits. 5
 Comedy or drama?

What can you say about this clip?

Feedback

3 minutes

whole class

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 Important events
Do you remember what you were doing when these important events happened?

Pre
Important events
production 2
a. on November 15th, 2017: the day Peru Soccer team qualified to the FIFA 2018
What were you doing
World Cup when these
b. on August 15th, 2007, when there was an earthquake in Pisco important events
c. when you first heard the news about the spread of Covid-19 in China happened?

d. when you heard the news about ex-President Garcia shooting himself ahead
of arrest on April 17th 2019
e. on September 30th 2019 when you learned that President Vizcarra had
dissolved Congress and decreed new elections
5 minutes f. On March 15th 2020 when President Vizcarra declared a national state of
emergency and decreed social isolation due to the coronavirus outbreak
whole class

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 Important events
• Work in pairs. Talk about what you were doing when these important events happened.
• Make comments and ask extra questions. Use reaction phrases.
Production 2
Important events
a. on November 15th, 2017: the day Peru Soccer team qualified to the FIFA 2018 World Cup
b. on August 15th, 2007, when there was an earthquake in Pisco
c. when you first heard the news about the spread of Covid-19 in China
d. when you heard the news about ex-President Garcia shooting himself ahead of arrest on April
17th 2019
e. on September 30th 2019 when you learned that President Vizcarra had dissolved Congress and
decreed new elections
f. On March 15th 2020 when President Vizcarra declared a national state of emergency and
decreed social isolation due to the coronavirus outbreak

Reaction phrases
I’m not surprised.
A: What were you doing on …? I can imagine!
14 minutes B: Oh! … I was watching the game with my family. What How odd!
What a nightmare!
about you?
Sounds awful/terrible!
A: Let me see… I was listening to the radio..
pair work Wow, that’s amazing!
Oh, I see what you mean.
Lucky you!
Oh my God! 8
So, what happened?
 Important events

Share some ideas here.

Feedback

(Partner’s name) said

he/she was… when…

He/She also told me

that…

3 minutes

whole class

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Summary
Now I can…
√give details about what other people and I were
doing when some important events happened.

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Preparation for
next class

Reinforce Unit 3.
Do Grammar Practice component exercises.
Work on the Enrichment Practice component.

Study the Use of English file.

Check out the Practice Resources folder.

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Sources

 https://thenounproject.com/
 https://www.shutterstock.com/
 English Discoveries Student platform

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