I have used Mind Matter from Eric Cohen for many years. I have to keep updating myself with this book and come up with new ways of presenting the lessons and using the material in the book. Here is a lesson plan that I use to finish Unit 3. Good Luck!
Rachael Orbach
Lesson Plan Outline
Level: Intermediate 3rd Stage Grade 8th Date
May 24
Lesson 4 This
is a double class period lesson to finish the unit.
Domains:
Access to Information, Presentation and Appreciation of Literature
and Culture
Benchmarks:
Understand the structure and conventions of a trivia
quiz.
Use additional information tools, such as reference
and the Internet.
Present information taken from different sources.
Materials: Mind Matters course book, Extra paper,
writing materials.
Stage:
Set Induction:
5 minutes
Teacher asks the class:
What is a trivia quiz? We turn to page 65 in the course book, and do
the quiz out loud as a game with two teams.
Practice:
15 minutes
Pair work: The students use the Internet and
encyclopedias to make up 20 musical questions.
The students write their questions and answers in their notebooks.
Production: 15
minutes
The same two
teams that were used in the beginning of class now play 20 questions with the
trivia questions that the pairs of students wrote. Points are awarded to the side that answers
in the shortest time period.
Each pair in the class takes turns running the
game.
Closure 5 minutes
Homework is given: Students write 5 sentences about
the most interesting trivia fact from their own questions and hand in the work
the next class meeting.
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