Lesson plan - Britain's got talent

Lesson plan - Britain's got talent

Level: Intermediate, secondary

Theme: Talented people

Focus: Listening, Speaking, Writing

Aim: To describe a performance that makes pupils surprising

1. Warm-up

Ask pupils if they have seen a TV show "One minute fame", what performance they like most of all, if they could show something unusual that would make the judges speechless, if they have heard about Britain's got talent, etc.

Go to the site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSPq1j_Ny8s

2. Preparation: Matching

Before watching a video pupils do a preparation task. Match the vocabulary with the correct definition.

3. Watching a video

Pause the video when Amanda (one of the judges) wishes Steven Hall good luck and ask pupils 'What is Steven Hall going to do on stage?' (if he sings, dances, recites a poem). The next pause is when Steven Hall has performed the act and he is waiting for the judges' evaluation. Ask pupils 'What are the judges' opinion?' Pupils give predictions and then watch the video to the end.

4. Post - watching activity

• Check your understanding: multiple choice

• Check your language: gap fill

• Check your vocabulary: grouping - adjectives

• Check your grammar: gap fill questions

All the activities are on the website. Pupils can do and check answers. A teacher monitors.

5. Use the activity in Word with the adjectives taken out.

5. Post-task activity

Questions for discussion.

6. Lesson outcome

Ask pupils 'What have you learned in this lesson?' Give pupils homework to write about an unusual performance like this using adjectives they have learnt in the lesson.

The lesson is based on the British Council site.