LESSON PLAN
Aim
Level
Content - Subject
Understand the human digestive process.
Learn how to use relative pronouns in defining relative
clauses.
Language level (B1) - secondary school biology students
healthcare students
Human biology – the functioning of the digestive system
Communication –
Language
- names of the human body parts involved in the digestive
process
- relative pronouns and relative adverbs: who, which, that,
whose, when, where
- defining relative clauses: when the relative pronoun can be
omitted
Approx. time
overall
2 – 2.5 hours, plus homework (e-learning, 30 minutes)
Plan
Short Description
Links to Activities and
worksheets
Stage 1
The parts of the body involved in the
digestive system and how they
function.
Digestive System animation
40-50 minutes
Activity 1
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 1a
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCn
5uvvc3WE
Stage 2
Relative pronouns and defining
relative clauses
50-60 minutes
Activity 2
Worksheet 2
Stage 3
Pairs crossword on digestive system
body parts
30-40 minutes
Activity 3
Worksheet 3ab
Stage 4
CLILstore unit to do as homework
10 minutes explanation time + 30-40
minutes homework
Activity 4
http://multidict.net/cs/1657
Evaluation
Successful completion of homework
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Activity 1
Procedure
Approx. time
Learning outcome
Choose only 2 or 3
Indicators
Choose only 2-4
indicators
Materials
Brainstorm, in Language Learners’ (LLs) own language, for names of
body parts.
Ask LLs which parts are involved in the digestive process. Do they
know what any of them are called in English?
Give LLs Worksheet 1, which they do first individually before checking
their answers with their partners. Then check answers with the whole
class.
In pairs, one LL covers her/his activity sheet so that only the pictures
can be seen, and the other LL points to pictures and asks the first LL
to name them. Then they switch roles.
Give LLs Worksheet 1a, which they should complete individually,
without referring to Activity 1. They then check their answers in pairs,
before class feedback.
The key vocabulary items are reinforced by watching a short youtube
video (2:24) that explains the digestive process and the body parts
involved. The LLs will not understand everything at this point, but will
do more work on this video later, as homework:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCn5uvvc3WE
40-50 minutes
- identify the names of body parts
- identify some functions of body parts
- list the different stages of the digestive system in order
-LLs can name body parts from pictures
-LLs can place body parts in the order of their involvement in the
digestive process
-LLs enjoy competing to see who can name the most parts and/or
finish most quickly
Internet connection
Overhead projector
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 1a
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Activity 2
Procedure
Approx. time
Learning outcome
Indicators
Materials
Give LLs Worksheet 2 (4 pages)
Page 1:
The teacher asks LLs to look at pictures. What can you see?
What is the text probably about?
LLs read text quickly (3 minutes) to get the gist. Tell them they
don’t have to understand every word.
Page 2 and 3
Part A: Write sentence on board, drawing attention to the
highlighted words. Tell LLs that this is a “defining relative
clause”. LLs then look for other examples in the text.
Parts B and C: Referring to the text, LLs do the exercises
individually, before checking answers with partner. Teacher
monitors activity, then checks with whole class, focusing on
any problems noted.
Part D: Do together with the class, eliciting the correct option
for the rule.
Part E: Putting the rule into practice. LLs do this in pairs.
Part F: LLs all write sentences using relative pronouns and
relative adverbs. Teacher monitors and corrects individually,
closing the activity by eliciting sample sentences and writing
them on board.
50-60 minutes
Understand the use of relative pronouns and relative adverbs
(who, whose, that, which, when, where)
Know how to use these relative pronouns and relative
adverbs in defining relative clauses.
Identify when a relative pronoun can be omitted from a
defining relative clause.
LLs can find relative pronouns in texts.
LLs can match relative pronouns to their types of usage.
LLs can construct meaningful sentences using defining relative
clauses.
LLs can omit relative pronouns when possible.
Overhead projector
Worksheet 2
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Activity 3
Procedure
Approx. time
Learning outcome
Indicators
Materials
Divide LLs into pairs. Give each pair one of the halfcrosswords (A or B) Worksheet 3ab. The LLs work together to
write clues for the words that they see on their crossword.
For example “The stomach is the place where .......”. If
necessary, do one example together with the class.
When all the pairs have written clues for all their words,
divide the class up again, so that 1 student with clues for
Crossword A works together with 1 student who has clues for
Crossword B. These new pairs must now complete their
respective crosswords, based on the clues they give to each
other.
30-40 minutes
Write definitions of body parts using relative pronouns and
adjectives.
Recognise body parts from definitions given orally.
SS complete the crosswords.
Overhead projector
Worksheet 3ab
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Activity 4
Procedure
Approx. time
Learning outcome
Indicators
Materials
Show LLs the Clilstore unit www.multidict.net/cs/1657 (film,
transcript, multidict, exercises). The text of the video is
transcribed in the bottom left part of the page, and all the
words are linked to an online dictionary shown on the right
side. LLs can therefore watch the video as many times as they
want, reading the text and clicking on any unknown words,
until they are sure that they have understood everything. They
will then be ready to complete the related Hot Potato
exercises, accessed by clicking the “Go to exercises” button at
the bottom of the page.
10 minutes in class, then unit completed as homework
(approx. 30 - 40 minutes).
LLs can watch a film, read the transcript and discover the
meaning of any unknown words
LLs understand the digestive process and can identify and
name the body parts involved in the various stages of the
process.
Homework is completed successfully
Overhead projector with internet link
www.multidict.net/cs/1657
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