Lesson Plan

1.

Szegedi Anita Brigitta

Teaching British Literature
Level: intermediate

Aims and objectives: develop listening skills

develop reading skills
develop speaking skills
develop vocabulary
develop pair work skills

Topic: Tonight with Ylvis

Lesson plan:
I. Lead-in (3 minutes)
II. Warmer (6 minutes)
III. Pre-reading (2 minutes)
IV. While-reading (15 minutes)
V. Post-reading, pre-listening (3 minutes)
VI. While-listening (12 minutes)
VII. Post-listening (3 minutes)
VIII. Homework (1 minute)

Materials: hand out, board, printed pictures

 Stages Aims and objectives Procedure Material Interaction Time

The teacher writes this on the board:

SFAMEAMOVIERSONGTBRIGHT
- to raise interest
The students need to find several English
- to create a teacher -
I. Lead-in words from that and they have to cross board 3 min.
relaxed students
them out. From the remaining letters
atmosphere
(SART), they have to make a proper
English word. The solution for the
exercise is star.
The teacher asks the students to discuss
the following questions in pairs: Can you
tell me some stars? When can we call pair work
- to set the somebody a star? When can we call
students mind somebody a celebrity? After that, the teacher
II. Warmer - 6 min.
teacher asks the students to give feedback students
on topic about their partners answers. The teacher
also asks the following questions: Do you
have a favorite star / celebrity? Do you
want to be a star / celebrity?
The teacher shows some pictures about
- to check the
the Ylvis. The teacher asks who they are. printed teacher -
III. Pre-reading students 2 min.
Probably, some of the students have pictures students
knowledge
already heard the What does the fox
 say? song. If yes, the teacher asks
whether these students like that song or
not. The teacher asks to guess the mens
original job. If the students did not find
out that they are comedians the teacher
will tell them. The teacher also tells the
students that these two men are the host
of the Tonight with Ylvis.
How did they become the host of the
Tonight with Ylvis show? The students
get a sheet of a paper on which it will be
reading.
individual
- to develop For the first reading, they have to
teacher 5 min.
reading skills underline the shows / performances in
student
- reading for which they appeared.
IV. While-reading hand-out
specific
individual
information Second reading: some sentences have
10 min.
been removed from the text and the
teacher -
students have to choose the most suitable
student
part from the list for each gap.

The teacher and the students check the

answers together after each exercise.
 The teacher asks the students whether
they know the following words: viola,
violin, orchestrate, broadcast. If they do
not know then the teacher will explain
- to teach new
them. After this CCQs. The teacher asks
V. Post-reading, words board teacher -
if there are any unknown word in the text. 3 min.
Pre-listening - to introduce the notebook student
listening topic
After discussing the words, the teacher
tells the students that in the remaining
time they will talk about the Tonight with
Ylvis show.
How does the Tonight with Ylvis usually 2 min.
begin? The students watch the following
video and they have to find out the title
and the original singer of the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z2F
ME0YP0s
laptop individual
After this, the teacher tells the students
- to develop
VI. While-listening that besides some guests, who are invited,
listening skills teacher -
the two brothers usually make funny 5 min.
notebook student
videos and these videos are also presented
in Tonight with Ylvis. The students are
going to watch a video which was made
for Tonight with Ylvis. Their task is to
tell who are scammed. Here is the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0N
XFUSYZxc
 For the second watching, the students
have to match those who were cheated
with the following:
1. hand gestures 5 min.
2. regular or quiz elevator
3. hurry
4. photo shoot
5. one, two, three, four, five,

These are written on the board by the

teacher.

After each exercise, the teacher and the

students discuss the answers together.
The students have to discuss with their
- to develop partners which is their favorite scam.
VII. Post-listening - pair work 3 min.
speaking skills After this there is a feedback from the
students about their partners answer.
The students task is to watch the What
- to develop
does the fox say? video. After this, they
listening skills
have to answer the following questions:
VIII. Homework - to develop notebook individual 1 min.
What do you think about the song? What
critical thinking
do you think about the video? Is this song
skills
a children song?
Lesson Plan
2.

Szegedi Anita Brigitta

Teaching British Literature
Level: intermediate

Aims and objectives: develop listening skills

revision of future simple
develop speaking skills
develop vocabulary
develop pair work skills

Topic: I will never be a star

Lesson plan:
I. Homework checking (3 minutes)
II. Warmer (2 minutes)
III. Pre-listening (1 minutes)
IV. While-listening (12 minutes)
V. Post-listening (10 minutes)
VI. Vocabulary building (3 minutes)
VII. Revision of Future Simple (2 minutes)
VIII. Exercises related to Future Simple (11 minutes)
IX. Homework (1 minute)

Materials: hand out, board, printed pictures

 Stages Aims and objectives Procedure Material Interaction Time

- to develop The teacher asks the students

I. Homework speaking skills opinion about the song, whether they teacher -
notebook 3 min.
checking - to develop critical like it or not. What is more, they students
thinking skills discuss the questions together.
- to set the The teacher asks a few questions
students mind on about the reading and about the video
topic which they have seen in the previous teacher
II. Warmer - 2 min.
class. The teachers aim is to check students
- to create a relaxed what the students remember about
atmosphere these.
The teacher tells the students that
there is a third brother or sister, but
s/he is not famous. The teacher also
- to develop critical
III. Pre-listening tells the students that they are going - teacher 1 min.
thinking
to listen to a song and their first task
is to find out why s/he is not so
famous.
Here you can find the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7
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vRzJ87ZQzI individual
- to develop
IV. While-
listening skills hand-out 12 min.
listening The students are going to listen only teacher
1:10 minutes from the song. After student
notebook
this, they discuss why he is not
famous.
 Now the students have to guess how
this song continues. They have to
write their predictions in their
notebook and then they listen song.
After this first listening, they talk
about the students predictions and
how the song actually continues.

The students get a hand-out and they

have to do the tasks during the
second listening. After this, they will
check the answers together.
The students in pairs get a picture
and they have to describe it. These
pictures are from the video. After
this, the teacher asks a few students
to talk about the picture.
pair work
Then, the teacher asks the following
- to develop printed
V. Post-listening question from the students: How do teacher - 10 min.
speaking skills pictures
you behave in front of an audience? student

Thereafter, the students have to

finish the following sentences, but
this ending has to be related to their
life: I never / always wanted to be
. .
 The teacher asks the students what
spin and shiver mean and if they do
not know then the teacher will
explain it.
- to teach new
VI. Vocabulary board
words, idioms, teacher - 3 min.
building The teacher also asks the students notebook
etc. student
what listen up, live up and up my
sleeve mean, and if they do not know
then the teacher will explain it. These
are all related to up.
The teacher asks the students what
tense is used in the title of the song (I
VII. Revision of - revision of Future will never be a star). Thereafter, they teacher -
- 2 min.
Future Simple Simple talk about the Future Simple student
together: how it looks like, when it is
used, etc.
Controlled practice: the students get
a hand-out (Future Simple hand-out)
and they do it together.
- practice of Future
Simple from teacher
VIII. Exercises Less controlled practice (role play):
controlled hand-out student
related to The students are going to work in 11 min.
practice to less notebook
Future Simple pairs. One of them is a fortune teller
controlled pair work
and the other one will go to the
practice
fortune teller. The fortune teller tells
something about the other students
future. A few minutes later (the
 teacher will say when), they are
going to change roles.
The students have to think about the
following question: What will the
world be like in 100 years? After
- further practice of
IX. Homework this, they have to write down a few notebook individual 1 min.
Future Simple
ideas in their notebook, because they
are going to talk about this at the
beginning of the next class.
 Materials used in Lesson 1.

Reading

Read the following text. Parts of some sentences have been removed from the text. Choose the
most suitable part from the list for each gap in the text. Write your answers in the gaps.

YLVIS

Ylvis is a Norwegian comedy duo consisting of brothers Vegard and Brd

Ylvisker. They debuted as professional variety artists in 2000 and have
since appeared in several countries in variety shows, (1) ________. They
are currently the hosts of the Norwegian talk show I kveld med
Ylvis (Tonight with Ylvis). Written and filmed for the talk show, their song
and music video "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)"
went viral on YouTube in September 2013 with over 566 million views as
of December 2015.
Vegard (born 19 May 1979 in Trondheim) and Brd (born 21 March 1982
in Bergen) Urheim Ylvisker (2) ________, the older two of three brothers. Their early childhood years were spent
in Angola and Mozambique, where their father was an engineer during the civil wars there. After a few years
in Africa, the family moved back to Bergen, where the brothers received a musical upbringing and were trained in
classical instruments. Vegard played the viola and Brd the violin. However, both quit during their youth, (3)
________, and Brd on guitar, voice, comedy and acrobatics such as aerial silk.
While attending high school at Fana gymnas, they were heavily
involved in school and variety shows as well as the school choir. During
a performance, they were spotted by impresario Peter Brandt, (4)
_______ at Ole Bull Teater in Bergen in 2000. Their debut show was
called Ylvis en kabaret (Ylvis: A Cabaret) and was followed in 2003
by Ylvis en konsert (Ylvis: A Concert). In 2006, the brothers signed a
management contract with the live production company Stageway.
They also debuted as hosts on national broadcasting with the radio
show O-fag on NRK Radio.
In January 2007, they appeared onstage at Ole Bull Theater with a new
variety show, Ylvis III. They toured with the show for almost three years, the last show being played in Odda in
western Norway in December 2009. The show was also recorded and published on DVD. Also in 2007, (5) ______
with the show Norges herligste (Norway's Most Wonderful), a version of the Swedish show 100 hjdare (100 Highs).
This was released on DVD as well as broadcast on Swedish TV.

(6) _______ a second series of the radio show O-fag and also a new TV show based on their Ylvis mter veggen stage
show on TVNorge, a game show concept inspired by the "Brain Wall", a feature in the Japanese game
show Tonneruzu no Minasan no Okage deshita on Fuji TV.

This was followed up by another game show, Hvem kan sl Ylvis (Who can beat Ylvis?) in 2009, based on the German
show Schlag den Raab (Beat Raab). Members of the public were invited to (7) ______, with a reward of up to one
million Norwegian kroner.
In 2010, they hosted "Nordens herligste" ("The Nordics Most
Wonderful"), a pan-Nordic version of the show. In 2011 they reprised their
variety stage show with "Ylvis 4", premiering at the Ole Bull Theater with
the entire run sold out before opening night. That year, the brothers also
launched a comedy talkshow "I kveld med Ylvis" ("Tonight with Ylvis")
on TVNorge. A number of (8) ______, either originally featured on "I
kveld med Ylvis" or used to promote the show, have been released onto
YouTube.

A. were born to parents from the Sogn district of western Norway

B. comedy concerts, television shows, radio shows and music videos
C. in 2008 they released
D. they debuted as hosts on national television
E. comedy and parody music videos
F. try to beat the brothers at various tasks
G. Vegard instead focusing on guitar, voice, piano, double bass and comedy
H. who orchestrated their debut as professional variety artists

Listening
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z2FME0YP0s

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0NXFUSYZxc
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 Materials used in Lesson 2.

Listening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRzJ87ZQzI

1. Listen to the first part of the song and tick the words when you hear them.

a. talented
b. God
c. YouTube
d. wonderful
e. Google
f. amazing
g. brothers

2. Listen to the second part of the song and number the lines as they appear.

a. I will never be a star

b. I will never be a star
c. Never perform with an audience
 d. I wouldnt have the nerve to do it
e. Guess I would fuck it up anyway
f. Ill never stand alone on stage
g. I will never ever do a concert

1.___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4.___ 5.___ 6.___ 7.___

3. Listen to the third part of the song and match the lines.

1. I have some tricks a. here I stand

2. And then I grab b. up my sleeve
3. Gives me nerves c. my pen trick
4. As I stretch out d. it with my index
5. I wouldnt know e. how to move my body
6. I know you enjoyed f. and search for pen trick
7. Just go to YouTube g. my arm and prepare
Future Simple

1. I am afraid of it ___________________ quite impossible. (be)

2. We ___________________ the answer tomorrow. (know)

3. He ______________________ at two oclock tomorrow. (come)

4. We _______________________ a policeman which road to take. (ask)

5. A lift ____________________ us to the top floor of the hotel. (take)

6. The new park _________________________ a very great area. (cover)

7. He _____________________ here on Wednesday. (be)

8. Everything ____________________ perfect. (be)

9. You ______________________ lots of interesting people. (meet)

10.You _______________________a lot of money. (earn)

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