Fodey activities

Three is a lucky number

Objectives

·         To write a crime report on a newspaper

·         To use vocabulary related to crime

·         To use items of language already learnt

·         To foster creativity

·         To use student’s imagination

Before doing the task go to the following link and look at a sample production:

http://vero2523.blogspot.com.ar/

Students have read this story “Three is a lucky number”. This story is about a crime, a woman’s crime. After reading the story, tell students that now they are news reporters and their job is to write a report on the newspaper about this crime. They should include what happen, the name and age of the victim, the place, hour and describe the steps that lead to the crime. All this information must be included in the newspaper.

After doing the task, teacher can ask students to read each other’s version of the report and the teacher can make a competition on the best crime reporter. Teacher can ask students to vote who they liked most.

Evaluation criteria

·         Students use of language on crime

·         Students creativity

·         Students composition writing

·         Good use of grammar structures learnt so far

·         Handing in the work on time

·         Being polite as regards votes (When competing to select the best news reporter)