A Revemped Vocabulary Lesson - Adapted to Online Teaching (Module 3: A CHANGE IS AS GOOD AS A REST)

Time: 2 hours

Modality: online

Objectives
By the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

- use paper or electronic dictionaries to check pronunciation and meaning of new vocabulary

- classify words into categories in a mindmap

- build one’s own vocabulary

- make a webquest

- use web 2.0 tools (coggle, voicethread, Onenote) to collaborate online.

- apply different learning strategies to different learning environments

- work in groups

- work in pairs

Vocabulary
stunning, renowned, pottery, blown glassware, lace, crafts, appreciation courses, tastings, gastronomic wares, culinary, scuba diving, cliffs, creeks, bays, coastline, rustic, pastoral, remarkable, amazing, unique

Pre- stage:

Students focus on a wordcoud and guess the topic it relates to knowing that the theme treated being "Travelling and Holidaying".

While-stage:

Task 1 : Let’s collaborate

A- Groupwork

Students make groups of 3
Choose a reporter to share their work in the group forum
Classify the words and expressions in the word cloud into the mind map they created following the model .
Instructions to be followed:

1- Log in to: https://coggle.it/

2- Create a mind map

3- Invite your classmates to collaborate on the mind map

4- Invite me in your mind map

5- Classify the words and expressions in the wordcloud into the mind map.

Every group share a link to their mind map into the forum

B- Feedback:

1- Visit at least 2 mind maps of the other groups. Edit your own mind map if needed.

2- Leave a comment on your classmates work in the forum

Task 2 : Let’s build your vocabulalry

3,2,1... GO!

- Define 3 words that you choose from the wordcloud. Write the definitions in the Glossary in Onenote

a- Use two of the words you've chosen into 2 sentences

b- Share your sentences in an audio comment via Voicethread

c- Challenge one of your classmates 1 (mentioning his/her name at the end of your audio comment in voicethread and inform him/her in the forum under the discussion thread.):
• to use the 3rd word in a sentence
• to share his/her sentence in a voicethread audio comment

The students who accept the challenge are awarded a digital badge

Task 3: Matching pictures with labels:

Post- stage:

Webquest:

a- Students make a web search about Gozo, it's geographical location, the spoken language, landmarks, monuments, activities, arts and crafts, traditional dishes, etc...

b- Make sure the students get ready to present their work in the next session

Evaluation

Quiz created by HAYFA MAJDOUB with GoConqr

Other Resources:

A Memory Game