Teacher’s Guide
ELI 80
Video – 20/20
Spring ’05, 1:10-56:30
“Myths, Truths and Looking Good Inside and Out”
Example Lesson Plan
Objectives (adapted from ELI 80 Goals and Objectives):
 Students will review pre-listening strategies (having discussions to activate prior
knowledge), during-listening strategies (note-taking, making inferences, getting
main ideas, getting details), and post-listening strategies (reviewing notes, having
group/class discussions) for listening comprehension of an investigative television
program.
 Students will become familiar with English pronunciation for comprehension
purposes by being exposed to a variety of accents heard throughout the program.
 Students will learn to evaluate the contents that they comprehended through
guided group discussions.
 Students will learn to use what they just heard in order to construct their own
opinions and actively express their opinions orally.
Pre-Viewing Discussion (20 minutes)
1. Give each student a copy of the Pre-Viewing Questions, with the list of 20/20’s
Top Ten Myths on back (or place on overhead transparencies).
2. As a class, discuss question one (refer to answer guide). – 2 min.
3. Read over the remaining two questions and ask if there any of them need
clarification.
4. Break into small groups (3-4 students) and discuss questions 2 and 3. – 8 min.
5. Share answers to questions 2 and 3 with class. – 5 min.
6. Class votes for one myth from the 20/20 list that they would like to learn more
about. Note: You may want to make note of the runner-up myth in case you
decide to watch a second segment in a later class.
7. Take a count of how many students are familiar with this myth and how many
believe it is true.
Viewing the Video (20 minutes1)
1. Give each student a copy of the Comprehension Questions and read over the
questions for clarification (refer to answer guide).
2. Locate the segment that the class has chosen to view (refer to Top Ten list for
location time on VHS counter).
3. Students should attempt to answer comprehension questions individually while
viewing the first segment (most last between 3-4 minutes, except myths #1 and
#8, which last almost 5 minutes each). – 5 min.
4. Give students an additional minute or two to finish answering questions after the
video has ended.
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If students need to watch the video a second time, this time will increase by five minutes.
ELI 80
Video – 20/20
Spring ’05, 1:10-56:30
Teacher’s Guide
5. As a class, discuss any problem areas that they noted in question one.
6. In small groups, share answers to comprehension questions 2-4 for the first
segment. – 5 min.
7. Optional: Watch the video a second time so that students can answer any
questions they may have missed the first time. – 5 min.
8. Go over the answers to the comprehension questions as a class (refer to teacher’s
guide for possible answers). – 5 min.
Post-Viewing Discussion (15 minutes)
1. Give each student (or group) a copy of the Discussion Questions (or could have
copied on other side of Comprehension Questions).
2. Read over as a class to check clarity (refer to teacher’s guide for examples of
possible answers) then discuss in small groups. – 8 min.
3. Share answers to Discussion Questions with the rest of class. – 5 min.
4. Take a new count to see how many students still believe in the myth investigated
by 20/20. Compare with pre-viewing count.
5. If students are interested, let them know that the television show, 20/20, airs on
ABC every Friday night at 9pm (Hawaii time). They can check the website to
find out what the show will investigate each week, http://abcnews.go.com/2020.
Lesson Closure/Materials Evaluation2 (5 minutes)
1. Ask students if they enjoyed the activity. Why or why not?
2. Give the students a moment to think about how this lesson might help them in
their academic life and outside of school. Have them share their thoughts with
the class.
3. Share some of the learning objectives of the activity and ask the students how
successful they thought the lesson was at meeting these objectives.
4. Note any suggestions for the improvement of this material that the students may
come up with on the Teacher’s Materials and Lesson Evaluation form.
Total lesson time = 60-65 minutes
Variations on Lesson Plan:
 If limited on time, do the pre-view questions in class the day before or as
homework.
 If have extra time, watch two segments and compare the investigation/evidence
presented in each and ask which was more convincing and why.
 Since some myths may be more interesting to one gender or the other, may
consider asking the females to vote for one myth and the males the other.
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May do this orally, through small or large group discussion, or may use material evaluation worksheet.