Teaching Vocabulary

Introduction

Hi students, in this activity the goal of this Web quest is to help students with their reading comprehension. It is also designed to help students understand how to analyze a story. But the main goal of this lesson is to teach new vocabulary. 

Task

At the end of the lesson, students will:

Read a Beauty and the Beast story

Recognize new vocabulary from the story

Demonstrate their understanding of the story by answering questions

sentences using new vocabulary

Make summary about a story of Beauty and the Beast

Student will prepare a role play of the story with the group 

Find the story from this link.

http://shortstoriesshort.com/story/beauty-and-the-beast/

Process

Procedure:



1. Make group reading consist of 4-5 students

2. Read the story of Beauty and the Beast that teacher given through the link

3. Discuss in your group and find out new vocabulary of the story

4. After find out new vocabulary of the story, student will make a list of new vocabulary that they found in a handout

5. Answer the questions listed at the end of the story with the group 

7. Student make summary about a story of Beauty and the Beast by your own words and using a varied vocabulary appropriate

8. After that, students have to make role play of the story with the group for the next class.

Evaluation

Formative Assessment 

Students will prepare a role play about Beauty and the Beast.

I will evaluate their play, which will allow me to see if they understood the story and if they can express themselves properly in English. This assessment will reflect on the students comprehension skills, oral skills, and acting skills.

Rubric Score

Category

4 (Very Good) 3 (Good) 2 (Enough) 1 (Bad)

Knows the story

The storyteller knows 

the story well and has 

obviously practiced 

telling the story several times. 

There is no need for notes

and the speaker speaks 

with confidence. 

The storyteller knows 

the story pretty well 

and has practiced telling 

the story once or twice. 

May need notes once 

or twice, but the speaker 

is relatively confident. 

The storyteller knows 

some of the story, 

but did not appear to 

have practiced. 

May need 

notes 3-4 times, 

and the speaker 

appears ill-at-ease.

The storyteller 

could not tell 

the story without 

using notes.

Acting/dialogue

The student uses 

consistent voices, facial 

expressions and movements 

to make the characters 

more believable and the story 

more easily understood.

The student often 

uses voices, facial expressions 

and movements to make 

the characters more 

believable and the story 

more easily understood.

The student tries 

to use voices, facial 

expressions and 

movements to make 

the characters more 

believable and the story 

more easily understood. 

The student tells 

the story but 

does not use 

voices, facial 

expressions or

movement to 

make the storytelling 

more interesting 

or clear

Vocabulary

Uses a varied vocabulary 

appropriate for the audience, 

and also successfully 

tries to enlarge 

the audience's vocabulary. 

Uses a varied vocabulary 

that is appropriate 

for the audience. 

Uses a varied 

vocabulary that is 

occasionally a little 

to simple or a little 

too hard for 

the audience. 

The vocabulary 

was not varied or 

was routinely 

inappropriate 

for the intended 

audience.

Sequences

Retells story in correct 

sequence leaving out 

no important parts of story. 

Retells story in sequence 

with 2-3 omissions.

Retells story with 

several omissions, 

but maintains 

sequence of those told. 

Retells story 

out of sequence.

 

Conclusion

Closure

Students will do a role play of the story for the next class. Students can dress up if they would like.