Introduction
The lesson begins by asking students to think of well-known people that they consider to be heroes. It is likely that many of these will be men, so the students then go on to learn about 5 remarkable women in a jigsaw reading activity.
The students discuss these women’s achievements, and learn some useful vocabulary for talking about social issues. There is then a focus on relative clauses, before the final task of writing about another female hero, using the vocabulary and relative clauses where appropriate. For a 50-60 minute class the writing stage could be done at home.
Learning outcomes:
- Learn about some relatively unknown remarkable women, for International Women’s Day
- Develop reading and speaking skills through a running dictation
- Build vocabulary related to social issues
- Revise relative clauses
Age and level:
Aged 13-17 and adults (CEF B1+)
Time:
75 minutes. This can be done over two shorter lessons.
Materials:
The lesson plan and student worksheets can be downloaded in PDF format below. There is a presentation that can be used for a low copy lesson.
Comments
Answers
Hi Alberto
I have updated the lesson plan to include the answers for the tasks on Worksheet 2. Students can check the answers for the task on Worksheet 3 from the original texts (worksheet 1).
Hope that helps and that you enjoy the lesson.
Thanks,
Cath
TE Team
Where are the answers?