Osorio, Marlo C.

BSED – English 3A April 19, 2021

07 Activity
Coursebooks

1. Provide an activity which encourages dynamic interaction. For example,

rhyme-finding and working out newly seen words by analogy. (50 points)

TITLE OF THE ACTIVITY: “Is it the right thing to do?”

Main Topic: Modals

I. Show a list of social behaviors in a different situation through a slide

presentation. Let the students to read and decide which of these:
• is always/never acceptable
• depends on people’s ages or the social context (e.g.at work,
with their friends, etc.)
II. Ask them of what should be the right way to behave in these social
situations.
III. Collect all of their answers and write it on the board. Tell them you will be
focusing on modals used to qualify possibility. Their responses are
expected to begin with these modal phrase:
• You could easily give the impression that …
• I think you might come across as being very …
• A lot of people might feel …
• I think it’s much better to …
IV. Underline each modal verbs that can be found on their answers in the
activity. Elicit all the modal verbs that they know. Write the answers on the
whiteboard. Correct them for the possible wrong responses.
2. Illustrate an example of material/s with which this type of activity could be
done. (50 points)

In this activity, the teacher will be using a MS Power Point presentation to show
the list of social behaviors in the class. The examples are shown below.

Is it the right thing to do?

 Standing up when a teacher, boss, etc. enters or leaves a room
 Men opening doors for women and helping the to take off and put on their coats
 Calling people you didn’t know very well by their first name
 Dropping in someone’s house without being invited
 Smoking in someone else’s house without asking permission
 Asking people how much they earn or how old they are
 A man playing paying for a woman’s meal and drinks if he takes her out on a
date
 Coughing, sneezing or yawning without putting your hand over your mouth
 Touching people when you talk to them, e.g. patting them on the back or putting
your arm around them
 Shouting or holding loud conversations in public places
 Swearing or blaspheming
 Men whistling or shouting comments at girls they find attractive
 Couples kissing and cuddling in public
 Arriving half an hour late to a social engagement (without a good reason)
 Phoning people after ten o’clock in the evening