I didn't want to do a typical Halloween lesson, so I did one on Zombies! This lesson was geared toward Halloween but only the first two slides or so slides (which have my pictures on them so you probably want to edit them out... or not, that's cool too) so this lesson really can be done whenever.
Objective: violent word vocabulary, fun lesson
Materials: Zombie powerpoint, speed read
Hook: Powerpoint with pictures of self
Vocabulary for Lesson:
NOUNS: Pencil, Plastic Bag, Golf Club, Chopsticks, Soap, Umbrella, KPOP, Bug Spray, Bed sheets, Kitchen Knife, Dirty Socks, Mop, High Heels, Shower Curtain, Kimchi, Pot;
VERBS: Stab, decapitate, strangle, blind, distract, club
Lesson (25 minutes): I started by briefly introducing Halloween. Then introduced the idea of zombies (they all know what zombies are). Used the powerpoint and went over the “zombie checklist” (i.e. how can you tell if someone is or is not a zombie) and checked by using people in my class (is 지은 a zombie? Is she decaying?).
Then I did the speed read that is attached, which is tailored to my class so if you just change the names you should be able to use it. A speed read is when you give the students sheets of paper that have two sentences on them, one sentence begins with “when you hear” and one sentence begins with “you say.” This speed read has 30 slips of paper because that’s the number of students in my class but you can add or subtract sentences to make it fit. So in a speed read there are maybe 30 or so slips of paper and together all the sheets create a story however the order is all mixed up! The only way that you can tell the story is to listen for the sentence before yours (i.e. “when you hear). The idea behind the speed read is to practice listening comprehension and speaking speed – because you have to say the story as fast as possible! My students were able to do it in 59 seconds, which is crazy. What I did was had them read it through once, then we talked our way through the story to check comprehension, then I told them I was timing them and whichever class did it the fastest got stickers (they freaked out).
Guided Practice (25 minutes): After that I told them that in order to prevent such a scenario we would be learning how to protect against a zombie invasion using everyday objects. Cued up the powerpoint again and went through my verbs (Stab, Blind, Distract, etc) and my nouns (Pencil, Plastic Bag, Golf Club etc), using the form “you can ________ a zombie with a __________” (i.e. “you can STAB a zombie with a KNIFE” – a little gruesome I know, but kept their attention the entire time). Then I had them play bingo where on a scrap piece of paper they created a 4 X 4 bingo sheet and filled in the blanks with the nouns. However in order to get “Bingo” they had to stand up, say “BRAAAAIIIIINNNNNNSSSS” and use the form I taught them for each of the words (I can BLIND a zombie with KIMCHI).
In the remaining 3 or so minutes I gave them all candy (Halloween) and had them do the speed read one more time.
Attached are the powerpoint and the speed read (2 versions: the whole story as one unit and the premade “when you hear” “you say” version that all you have to do is cut into strips. Enjoy!
