Serial Watchers — Session 1 Interactive

⏱ DURATIONAbout 55 min

👥 ORGANISATIONWhole class

🎤 MAIN SKILLSpeaking

📖 MATERIALTextbook p.14–15

WELCOME, SERIAL WATCHERS!

Why do we love TV series so much?

Ready to speak, guess, describe and choose?

1

GETTING INTO THE UNIT — SERIES

⏱ 5 min

You have ONE minute.
Write down as many TV series as you can.
English titles only!

01:00

OUR CLASS LIST

2

MINI CHALLENGE — WHAT DO YOU WATCH?

⏱ 5 min

Raise your hand if you watch…
Who loves…?
Who doesn’t like…?

Choose the expression that matches your opinion.

😍

I LOVE…

I love this series!

🤩

I’M A FAN OF…

I’m a fan of mystery series.

😎

I’M REALLY INTO…

I’m really into sci-fi.

🙂

I LIKE…

I like this show.

😐

NOT REALLY FOND OF…

I’m not really fond of it.

🙈

I HATE…

I hate this series.

3

TEXTBOOK p.14–15 — SPOT THE SERIES!

⏱ 10 min

Do you recognise these TV shows? Don’t give the answer! Give clues to the class.

A

RIVERDALE

B

SHADOWHUNTERS

C

STRANGER THINGS

D

THE CARRIE DIARIES

USE THESE CLUES:

Click a clue to reveal useful language for your answer.

4

WHAT IS HAPPENING?

⏱ 10 min

Observe the FOUR pictures. What are the characters doing? Find at least FIVE different actions. Use BE + V-ing.

A

B

C

D

02:00

CLUE BANK:

Click a verb for a model sentence.

5

BUILD THE TV SERIES TOOLBOX

⏱ 8 min

What information do you need to present a TV series? Click the cards as the class suggests ideas.

🎬 TITLE

🎭 GENRE

👥 CHARACTERS

📍 SETTING

📖 STORY / PLOT

❤️ OPINION

6

WHICH ONE WOULD YOU WATCH?

⏱ 8 min

Choose ONE of the four series you would like to watch.
Give TWO reasons.

A0 votes

B0 votes

C0 votes

D0 votes

USEFUL LANGUAGE

I’d like to watch… because…
It looks…
I like…
I’m really into…
I prefer… because…

7

FIND THE BIG QUESTION

⏱ 5 min

WHY DO PEOPLE LOVE TV SERIES?

✓

WRITTEN NOTES + HOMEWORK

WRITTEN NOTES

SERIAL WATCHERS — Why do we love TV series so much?
There are many different types of TV series: comedy, horror, sci-fi, teen series…
A TV series has characters, a setting and a plot.
We watch series because they can be funny, exciting, scary or gripping.
To describe what is happening: BE + V-ing.

HOMEWORK — MY TV SERIES

Choose a TV series you know. Write down:
🎬 title / 🎭 genre / 📍 setting / 👥 3 characters / ⭐ 3 adjectives

NO SENTENCES!