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... A Modern Day Cinderella Story?
I was heading into town the other morning when a discarded shoe perched on a wall caught my eye, and I thought that it would make a great focus for a discussion based lesson.
I was heading into town the other morning when a discarded shoe perched on a wall caught my eye, and I thought that it would make a great focus for a discussion based lesson.
Age Group: Teens and upwards
Level: Intermediate and above
Activities: Speaking and listening, asking and answering questions, creative writing.
Show students the picture above, and ask them to discuss the following questions, in pairs or small groups.
Level: Intermediate and above
Activities: Speaking and listening, asking and answering questions, creative writing.
Show students the picture above, and ask them to discuss the following questions, in pairs or small groups.
Questions:
1) Who do you think the shoe belongs to? What type of person are they?
2) What were they doing before they lost the shoe?
3) How did they come to lose the shoe?
4) What happened after they lost the shoe?
5) How did they manage to get home with only one shoe?
6) Who put the shoe on the wall, and why did they put it there?
7) Do you think the person who owns the shoe will come back for it? Why/Why not?
Task 2
Closer inspection revealed that there was a note tucked inside the shoe, which someone had left for the person it belonged to. This piqued my curiousity further, and generated some more ideas for questions.
Questions:
1) Who do you think left the note?
2) What do you think the note says?
3) What do you think the relationship is between the person who left the note and the owner of the shoe?
4) If you came across a shoe on a wall with a note in it, would you read it and then put it back? Why/Why not?
5) What do you think will happen next?
Task 3
Put learners in pairs or small groups, and ask them to write a few paragraphs about how the shoe came to be lost, or what happens next in the story. You could either set a particular genre for them to use (romantic, mystery, detective, etc), or encourage them to come up with their own ideas.
Any more ideas for using these images in the classroom? Feel free to add them :-)
Update: The shoe has now gone, so I'm afraid that whatever was in the note seems destined to remain a mystery :-)
If you do this lesson with your students, I would love to know what they thought the note said, and who it was from!
Sue
6 comments:
What did the note say??
LOL!
I've no idea... I thought about reading it, but decided not to because I thought it would be more fun to imagine the possibilities.
Do you dare me to read it, if it's still there?
Sue :-)
Go on, read it! I want to know! ; )
Great lesson idea. After Ceri's workshop at iatefl I've been taking photos of all sorts of things.
Cheers, Richard!
Didn't get to see Ceri's workshop at IATEFL unfortunately as it was packed to capacity when I arrived, though I really enjoyed the talk she gave at TESOL Spain :-)
Alas, the shoe and the note are no longer there now, so what the note said seems destined to forever remain a mystery ;-)
I really love these kind of lessons where something from your everyday life sparks some really interesting topics and tasks. Very cool. The students always seem to enjoy it more when there is real relevance.
Thanks for stopping by Nick, and great to hear from you!
I find the students enjoy these kind of lessons more as well. As in other areas of life, sometimes the simplest things are the ones which work best :-)
Sue
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