My Dating Profile
Teacher: Hailey Chen
Level: Upper-Intermediate 1 Date/Time: Wednesday, Sep. 25th, 2024
In this fun and engaging lesson, students explored adjectives to describe personalities through a creative 'dating' activity! By crafting their own identities and searching for 'matches,' they practiced fluency and accuracy in a meaningful, interactive way. With three rounds of practice and incremental authentic input, students gained confidence and improved their language skills while having a great time connecting with classmates!
Theme: My Dating Profile
Goal:
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Describe their own and others’ personalities by using personality adjectives with concrete examples
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Identify different verb forms (i.e., gerunds and infinitives) followed by specific verbs, such as enjoy, avoid, pretend, expect, etc.
Objectives (SWBAT):
Students Will Be Able To ...
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Talk about personal traits and ask questions about traits shared between speakers
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Determine when to use the gerund form after certain verbs and produce meaningful expressions that contain gerunds and prepositions together.
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Conduct conversations with formulaic expressions in a dating scenario using their made-up identities.
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Knowing:
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Discourse knowledge - Identify what topics/subjects and word use would be suitable for dating scenarios
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Doing:
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Interaction management - Being able to initiate, maintain (i.e., offer turns), and end conversations
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Strategizing:
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Cognitive strategies - Use the provided formulaic expressions to conduct conversations within a specific context
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Metacognitive strategies - Self-evaluate their speaking confidence and skills before and after the activity
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Activity 1
Personality Survey
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Students learn and share words to describe personalities.
Activity 2
Grammar - Gerund
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Students learn gerund and infinitive verbs through drawing and making sentences.
Activity 3
Speaking -- My Dating Profile
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Students learn how to initiate, maintain, and end the conversation fluently through an interesting, engaging, and meaningful "dating activity."