ELT Buzz In today’s lesson, we explored the theme of prejudice and how to combat it through poetry. Students watched a video, discussed their thoughts, and defined the term together.
They drafted poems for a UNICEF competition, incorporating modal verbs like can, could, and will be able to. After peer reviews, students shared their work, promoting awareness against prejudice.
Link to download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jurIK5ddtSYY9nfKmiNfntlnjVwoNFIr/view?usp=sharing
Video: https://youtu.be/UPCi91cvnmI?si=rG0ziTyaT6M5lx4z
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Having students use can, could and will be able to in poems about prejudice gives the language practice a clear purpose. During peer review, did they focus on the modal verbs, the message about prejudice, or both? A small affiliation note: I work on ReceiptBoard, which offers payment receipt templates and a tool for generating receipts.