Download - Session 1.celebrities
CELEBRITIES
OBJECTIVES
• To talk about celebrities you admire and say why they were famous
• To become familiarised with some celebrities that were/are important in music and literature
• To be able to negotiate in order to make a common choice
DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THEM?
SPICE GIRLS
• They were a British pop group
• They sold millions of albums worldwide
• They travelled around the world and met the Royal Family
• Victoria married David Beckham
MICHAEL JACKSON
• He was born in the USA• He became famous
when he began to sing with his brothers. He was only six!
• He wrote his own lyrics• He broke a record with
his album “Thriller”• He died last year at the
age of 51
JK ROWLING
• She was born in 1965• She went to Portugal to
work as an English teacher
• She wrote Harry Potter and became a billionaire
• She bought a big house in the country but also gave £1million to combat poverty
• ! £1 = €1.30
DRACULA
• He lived in Transylvania
• He chose his victims carefully
• He didn’t kill people but caught them and bit them to eat blood
• He died exposed to sunlight and stabbed
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZUlClqrTjA&feature=related
DRACULA
IT’S BINGO TIME!
(GOOD LUCK!)
RULES TO PLAY
• Each of you has a bingo card• I will read some verbs in the past
form• Cross out the infinitive forms of the
verbs you hear• The first one to complete it says
BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TASK 1
• Think of a famous person in the past that you like:– Why was he/she famous?– Write two things about his/her life
“I chose X because…”
TASK 2• Talk to your partners about your
choice:– Why did you choose that person?– What made him/her special?
• Among your choices, agree on one to present it to the rest of the class
THE POLL!THE POLL!
LET’S PLAY!!!!!!!
• http://www.manythings.org/wbg/verbs_past1-sw.html
HOMEWORK (I’m sorry!)
• Write a paragraph about a famous people you admire using the simple past:– Who was that person? Why was
he/she famous? Write two things about his/her life. Attach a picture!!!!
• Do activities 1 and 3 from the textbook (page 100)
CONCLUSION
• Can you talk about people you admire in the past?
• Have you realised we use a lot the past tense when we speak?