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Lesson Plan

 

Get passive vs. Be passive. Using Crime scenes

Target audience level: high beginning level

Target audience age: any

 

 

Lesson Goal

  1. Students will learn the grammar rules regarding the two different passive verbs
  2. Students will know variety of laws

 

 

Lesson Objective

  1. Students will be able to distinguish between get ________ vs. be _______
  2. Students will learn different situations in which be should be used and situations where get must be used
  3. Students will increase awareness of what kind of crimes are out there and the consequences of each/

 

 

Activities

  1. Introduction

a.       bring a short article with pictures regarding crimes to share with the class

b.      explain different kinds of crimes: shoplifting, robbery, vandalism, etc.

  1. Lesson

a.       Introduce vocabulary regarding crimes and punishments

b.      explain the difference between using “get passive” and “be passive”
ex: people who speed don’t usually get arrested vs. some murderers get sentenced to only 10 years.

c.        

  1. Group activity: groups of 3

a.       cut out newspaper articles on opinions from readers regarding how some crimes should be punished. Then give a series of questions for the students to match with readers’ opinions.
ex: reader’s opinion: “breaking into someone’s home is serious. But first time burglars should be just put on probation” questions to be answered: “what should happen to someone who is convicted of burglary?”
After 5~10 minutes of group work, each group will go around and share a few answers

b.      Prepare fill in the blank sentences. The blanks should be filled in with either get or be plus the verb.
they will work on this activity for about 10~15 minutes.

 

Homework: Write a page of diary, acting as if you are a criminal who was just convicted. Try to be creative, but appropriate at the same time.