FORM: 4

LEVEL: Intermediate

TIME: 1 hour

AIMS / LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1.       Gather information regarding the type of bizarre funeral rite including pictures and map.

2.       Organize the information in spiderscribe.net.

3.       Write a paragraph comparing between the type of bizarre funeral rite  and their culture’s funeral rite  by using the correct tense (present tense).

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: Computers with internet connection and web browser

Website: https://www.spiderscribe.net/app/

LANGUAGE FOCUS: Grammar – present tense

PROCEDURE:

1-       Teacher introduces the topic of the lesson which is Bizarre Funeral Rites.

2-       Teacher will divides the students into five groups of six.

3-      Teacher introduces spiderscribe.net and explains to the students on how to use it.

4-       Teacher assigns each group to find information on a type of bizarre funeral rite around the world by browsing through the internet. The types of burial rites are:

·         Zoroastrian funeral

·         Tibetan Buddhist celestial burial

·         Hanging of coffin

·         Cannibalism

·         Sati

5.       Based on the information found, students are asked to create a spider map by using spiderscribe.net.

The information that must be included in the spider map are:  

·         The type/name of funeral

·         The practitioner of the funeral

·         The procedures of the funeral

·         The pictures of the funeral

·         The location map  of the practice

·         References

6-       After the maps are done, the teacher asks the students to write a paragraph comparing between the bizarre funeral rite and their own culture’s funeral by using the correct tense.

7-       Teacher asks the students to attach their writing into spiderscribe.net created earlier.

8-       The students will share their spiderscribe with the teacher through email.