Spotlight 7, web - quest

Task

Write an essay on the topic “Teenage life” following the example of the text from our lesson.

 

Process

Describe your daily life in the town or village where you live. Explain how you spend your days from Monday to Friday.

-Write 4–5 sentences about each day. 
-Use the grammar from our lesson (Present Simple & Present Continuous). -Incorporate the new vocabulary found on page 6. 
-Your composition should include an introduction, a main body, and a conclusion.

Evaluation

Criteria  Excellent  Satisfactory Needs improvement 
Vocabulary  All words from the list are used.  Half of the words from the list are used.  Less than half of words from the list are used. 
Structure  The text includes an introduction, a main body (a description of 5 days), and a conclusion. There are errors in the way the essay structure is written. The structure for writing an essay has not been followed.
Grammar  There are no mistakes, or there are 1–2 mistakes.  There are 3-4 mistakes in the text.  There are more than 4 mistakes in the text. 

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have now worked through the new vocabulary and grammar for the new topic and practiced your writing.

Teacher Page

Target audience: middle school students (7th grade). 
Learning objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: 

-use new vocabulary
-use new grammar 
-understand the structure of writing an essay

Implementation note: designed for a 40-minute classroom session