Mr Gadouri Level: MS4 Sequence: 4 Lesson: 4 Lesson focus: Language learning

Learning Objectives The learners will be able to use the passive voice to talk about monuments and
landmarks
Target Competencies Interact / interpret / produce

Domain Oral / written / both

Target Structures The passive voice (past simple)
Vocabulary landmarks and monuments
Pronunciation
Materials Flashcards, audio recording
Further practice
Cross-curricular Competencies: Core Values:
1. Intellectual Competencies *
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2. Methodological Competencies
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Time

I.P

Stages Activities

Stick the flashcards on the board and label them randomly.

Tell the learners that the monuments don’t correspond to the names.
Warm-up

Ask them to put each monument under its correct name.

BEFORE

T/L
10

Statue of liberty, the

Pyramids, the Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania, Mona Lisa, Mount Rushmore,

Colosseum, Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower

Elicit any information the learners have about the monuments.

Task One: Listen to the tour guide describing the pyramids. Answer the questions.

1) Who built the pyramids?

WHILE

2) What did the Egyptians do after a king’s death?

Tasks

T/L
10

3) Where did the Egyptians place the king’s mummy?

 Language Notes
Language Focus

Active vs. Passive Voice (past simple)

T/L
10

Active
Subject past simple object
The pharaohs built the pyramids.
Passive
Object was / were past participle by subject
The were built by the pharaohs.
pyramids

Task Two: Turn the sentences into the passive voice.

1) Juba II built the Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania in 3 B.C.

Tasks

L/L

2) Luigi del Bianco carved Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

10

3) Leonardo da Vinci painted Mona Lisa.

AFTER

4) They buried the Pharaohs in the pyramids.

5) They opened the Colosseum in 80 A.D.

Task Three: Look the file fact below and write paragraph about the Eiffel Tower.

Name Eiffel Tower

Location Paris, France
Description one of the most famous monuments in the world
Visitors about 7 million people
Design Maurice Koechlin, Émile Nouguier
Transfer

Occasion 100th anniversary of the French Revolution

L/L
20

Completio 1889
n
Height the tallest structure in France

The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France is one of the most famous monuments in the world.
About 7 million people visit it every year. The Eiffel Tower was designed by Stephen
Sauvestre, Maurice Koechlin, and Émile Nouguier. It was built to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the French Revolution. Although it was completed in 1889, the Eiffel
Tower is still the tallest man-made structure in France, standing at 324 metres above the
ground.