Teaching in Second Life

Reflections of a language teacher

Lesson 5

Telling stories

Level: Elementary/Pre-intermediate

Type: General English

Skills practised: Speaking, listening (writing, reading -> homework)

Language/Systems: Past Simple – practising question form and use

Material: Lesson overview, simple objects (cube, sphere, etc) with hovering text (dates)

Tools: notecard displayer

Location/LMs: A garden, a house or other place with a nice atmosphere with two parcels for group work

Summary: A short word dictation activity followed by practising asking yes/no questions in the past to find out about the teacher‘s and classmates‘ important live events. Making up and telling a story based on some realia.

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