Joint Productive Activity

Joint Productive Activity Lesson plan
Level: Upper-intermediate 4 semester		Length of class: 60 minutes	Coursebook: Traveller B1+		Date : Friday 24th, 2013
topic	Literature discussion.
Materials	Students’ favorite novels, notebook, pens
Background information	Prior to this lesson, students have read their own favorite novels and write about it. (authentic texts)
Lesson objectives	Students will: *participate in critical literature discussions. *ask questions and/or tell their classmates about book they have found particularly enjoyable.  *expand their own understanding of the literature, listening and sharing multiple perspectives in the classroom literature. *write short book reviews for the class.
Stage		Procedures		Interaction	Time
Seat arrangement:		Teacher seat the students in a circle.		T - Ss	5 minutes
Lead- in:		Give the students the paper sheets  and complete the chart with things they know  or don’t know about the novels e.g.		Ss	3 minutes
Process stage: Student’s presentation of the novel		One by one student will present their own novel, talking about the things they like about it , why they found it enjoyable		S - Ss	20 minutes
Evaluation stage:		Individually, students will complete the chart where they record title, publisher and so on and write book reviews for the class.		Ss - Ss	10 minutes
Activation: (feedback on task)		Orally, the students will talk about their opinions about the different novels that were presented.		Ss- Ss	10 minutes
Assessment:		Students will reflect on their experience		Ss	5 minutes
Conclusion

 

Joint Productive Activity

One of the principles of the school is to encourage the students to read as often and as much as possible. So, I believed that extensive reading will help me to do my joint productive activity because this kind of activity allows conversations. My students and I had the opportunity to express our ideas and opinions.

I decided to seat the students in a circle because I wanted to be closer with the students in order to share feelings, thoughts, information and perspectives.

During the lesson, many students found out that that they read common novels so, common experiences emerged during the activity. They shared with the class their feelings about it.

I also think that that the activity had a powerful impact on language learning because they were able to use the four skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking). I realized that at the beginning of the lesson they were a little bit shy, but then I realize how they were increasing their confidence.  In general, I could say that I did not expect that the lesson would be beneficial for them, they were engaged, exchanged their likes about reading novels.

To sum up, the joint productive activity let my students and I to work cooperatively, to expose to different novels and perspectives to different likes and preferences, but most importantly to be open to read other kind of novels and encourage reading extensively.