«The healing power of ancient Greek Drama:
Utilizing visual and textual illustrations to enhance listening comprehension
skills».
Lesson Plan
Dimitra Dertili
31 March 2015
Part 1:
Class: 3rd grade
Junior High School, a mixed ability class of 27 students
English level: B2-C1
Overall duration of lesson: 1 teaching hour
Brief description of lesson: the lesson explores the
connection between theatres as part of the healing process promoted by the asclepieia
(healing centres) in Ancient Greece and the latter's impact on freudian
psychoanalysis.
Materials and handouts: three short videos, a
powerpoint presentation, online exercises and worksheets.
Equipment and technology: interactive board, the
internet.
Classroom layout and
grouping of students: The students will be working both
individually and in pairs.
Part
2:
Lesson Goal
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Lesson Objectives
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Assessment
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To reinforce students’ language skills and critical thinking
abilities via texts of spoken and written English that promote
an understanding of the purpose of the
asclepieia, their connection to ancient Greek theatres in addition to their
impact on 20th century psychoanalysis
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Learn new vocabulary
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Vocabulary videos
(Reading and Listening)
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Practice listening
comprehension skills
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A listening activity based
on authentic material
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Practice reading
comprehension
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A gap-filling
exercise based on authentic material
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Practice writing skills
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Essay writing (homework)
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A critical understanding
of the purpose and impact of practices of the ancient Greeks.
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Reading Comprehension
Questions,
Online reading
comprehension quiz
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Part
3: Lesson procedure
Teacher action
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Students (anticipated response)
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Materials/equip.
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Time
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Warm-up
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Students are introduced
to new vocabulary via a video that presents both term and meaning
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Students try to remember
the spelling of the term and its Greek meaning (memory enhancement)
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Vocab video, interactive
board.
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3 mins
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Students once again watch
the vocabulary via the video without its meaning
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Students must recall the
words' meaning as the words appear in groups in the video.
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Vocab video, interactive
board.
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3 mins
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Body
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Students
watch and listen to a video regarding the relation of the ancient asclepieia
to ancient Greek drama and contemporary psychoanalysis. The texts that
accompany the images constitute a gap-filling exercise
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Students
provide either one or two missing words for each text on a worksheet
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Video, interactive board,
worksheet
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10 mins
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Teacher asks different students to read the texts without the gaps in a series of
powerpoint slides that compose the video
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All
students try to identify the previously missing word(s), while checking their
answers
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Powerpoint presentation,
interactive board, worksheet
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14 mins
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Teacher introduces Reading Comprehension
Questions and an online quiz to check whether students have understood the
texts
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Students work in
pairs in order to answer the reading comprehension questions and worksheets
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Online quiz, interactive
board, worksheet
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14 mins
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Review
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Teacher provides a
handout concerning a writing activity for homework
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Students hand in their short
essay the following lesson
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1 min
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Part 4:
Student products: For homework students must find a
dialogue in Euripides’ work Helen
that has stirred their emotions and
state why.
Assessment: Student have to skillfully employ all four
skills in various combinations. The outcome is assessed in equally various
ways, depending on student participation, their activity results and essay
writing.
