Classroom Activity Plan using Kahoot!Priska Pramastiwi

Class DescriptionSkill : Academic WritingTopic : Compare-contrast paragraphSub-topic : Describing charts and tablesLevel : Upper-intermediateLength : 90 minutes Basic CompetenceBy the end of this class, the students will be able to:

· Recognize several comparative adverbs and conjunctions· Arrange jumbled sentences using comparative adverbs and conjunctions· State similarities and differences of units shown in a chart/table using comparative adverbs and

conjunctions· Describe a table with sentences containing comparative adverbs and conjunctions

Materials

· Powerpoint slides: http://www.slideshare.net/priska301/potential-app-submission-1 · Kahoot quiz (Please click on the link to preview the quiz. Screenshots of the quiz can be seen below.)· Worksheet

Activity Plan

Lesson Stage Description Source

Introduction Recognizing the main idea of a bar graph Slide 2

Students are shown a bar graph about music revenue on Padlet. They then type what they think the main message of the graph is. The teacher guides them on how to grasp the graph’s overall trend.

Padlet: https://padlet.com/priskapram/1kvbperqbjanPlease click this link to see the bar graph.

Presentation Teacher’s presentation on how to compare and contrast Slide 3

The teacher presents sentences using comparative adverbs. Students work in pairs to notice its pattern(S to be + adverb + comparative + than O).

Practice (Kahoot Quiz)

Choosing sentences describing the given tableKahoot 1:https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/f076f31e-2689-4ea6-9702-18ae9efdcd13

The students complete a short Kahoot quiz about describing a simple graph using comparative adverbs. It is a multiple-choice quiz showing a table and several sentences describing its content. The students work in pairs to choose the most accurate sentence. The teacher stops at each question to discuss the answers together.

Presentation Teacher’s presentation of how to state similarities using conjunctions

Slide 5

The teacher presents sentences using conjunctions to show similarities. Students work in pairs to analyze the

conjunctions in each sentence.

Practice (Kahoot Quiz)

Rearranging jumbled sentence parts Kahoot 2:https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/a163448f-dabb-4b69-b45c-510fa9357c5b

The students work in pairs to rearrange jumbled sentences on Kahoot to see how well they can use the conjunctions correctly. The teacher stops at each question to discuss the answers together.

Production Describing a table Worksheet (see below)

Students describe one column of a table using comparative adverbs and conjunctions.

Kahoot! Screenshots

1. Kahoot! 1: Choosing sentences describing the given table The LCD projector will appear like the picture on the left while students’ smartphone screens will look like the picture on the right. Students can pick their answer by clicking on the color and shape-coded choices on their phone. The students have 60 seconds to submit their answer.

Question 1:

Answer: slightly more expensive than

Question 2:

Answer: half the price of

Question 3:

Answer: somewhat more reasonable than

Question 4:

Answer: considerably more costly than

2. Kahoot! 2: Rearranging jumbled sentence parts Students should rearrange the color and shape-coded boxes to the given template on their phone screens according to the sentence prompts on the LCD. They have 60 seconds to do this.

Question 1

Answer: Both Egypt and Ireland have a low percentage of greenery and plantation.

Question 2:

Answer: Egypt and Ireland are similar in that they both have a small percentage of forestry. (this one is ironically already in order hehe)

Question 3:

Answer: Egypt, like Ireland, possesses small-scale greenery.

Question 4:

Answer: Egypt is similar to Ireland in its forest area percentage.

Question 5:

Answer: Egypt is similar to Nepal in that it has an insignificant forest area.

WORKSHEET: DESCRIBING TABLESCompare-Contrast Paragraph

Academic Writing Meeting 1

Complete the following paragraph comparing cigarette smoking in Europe.

The table shows considerable variations in cigarette smoking inEurope. The highest rate is . . .