Introduction
The lesson is about people in history. This webquest is for 15-16 years old students in high-school CLIL classroom. This is appropriate for pre-intermediate students.
Students listen to a brief biography of Alexander Graham Bell and watch a video about Nikola Tesla. Activities focus on listening comprehension, speaking, grammar (simple past) and irregular verbs. After the exercises, students will prepare a poster by using their creativity.
Task
Watch a video about past simple and have a look at the irregular words in a detailed way.
Listen to Alexander Graham Bell's biography and answer to questions.
Watch a video about Nikola Tesla and answer to questions.
Finally, choose an inventor (Alexander Graham Bell or Nikola Tesla) and prepare a poster about them. Then, present it to your classmates and there will be a peer assessment after you present it.
You have 50 minutes to complete all the tasks.
Process
Task 1
Watch the video to remember past simple and irregular verbs.
Also, have a look at this link to learn more irregular verbs https://eslforums.com/irregular-verbs/
Task 2
Listen to this audio about Alexander Graham Bell and answer to these questions below to check your understanding of grammar and understanding of listening, select the correct past simple form and answer to these questions.
1-Alexander Graham Bell was/were an inventor and an engineer. TRUE-FALSE
2. He was/were born in Great Britain. TRUE-FALSE
3. Bell was/were an assistant to a famous designer Thomas Watson TRUE-FALSE
4. In 1886 there was/were more than 200 000 telephones in the USA. TRUE-FALSE
Listen as a second time and take notes. Then, answer to these questions according to your notes.
1. When was Alexander Graham Bell born?
2. Who had problems with hearing in Bell’s family?
3. What instrument did Bell play?
4. Who did Bell work with?
5. What were Bell’s first words on the telephone?
Task 3
Watch the video about Nikola Tesla and answer to these true-false questions.
1-Nicola Tesla was born in 1856 in croatia. TRUE-FALSE
2- In 1884, Tesla decided to move to Newyork City. TRUE-FALSE
3- Many scientists were not working to find ways to bring electricity to cities. TRUE-FALSE
13- He died in 1943 aged 86. TRUE-FALSE
11- Tesla has married once. TRUE-FALSE
5- Tesla started his own business because he agreed with Edison. TRUE-FALSE
Watch again and change the verb into the past simple. (irregular verbs)
4- One important scientist was Thomas Edison and Tesla ______ to work for him. (go)
8- Nikola Tesla ________ AC Edison found DC system. (find)
9- AC system ________ the main system that used it USA. (become)
10- Tesla ______ a huge tower to send information and power around the world and his project was not successful. (build)
12- He never ______ for more than 3 hours each night. (sleep)
Task 4
Choose one of the inventor (Alexander Graham Bell or Nikola Tesla) and prepare a poster about them. Write and draw important points about their lives and about their inventions. What do you think are the good and bad sides of their inventions? mention about them too if there is.
Evaluation
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Conclusion
You have 10 minutes to prepare your poster. Be ready to present it to class.
Your classmates will evaluate your presentation and your poster according to the rubric.
Credits
Teacher Page
This webquest is for 15-16 years old students in high-school CLIL classroom. This is appropriate for pre-intermediate students.
The objectives are that students:
- will practice listening, speaking and grammar (past simple and irregular words).
- will learn the biography of inventors. (alexander graham bell and nikola tesla)
- practice presentation skills.