Unsung heroes

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.

Aims:

• To raise awareness of some relatively unknown remarkable women, for International Women’s Day.
• To develop reading and speaking skills through a jigsaw reading activity.
• To build learners’ vocabulary related to social issues.
• To revise relative clauses.
   

Age: 

Older teenagers and adults

Level:

CEF level B1+

Time: 

50-60 minutes

Materials:

The lesson plan and student worksheets can be downloaded in PDF format below.