Death and all its friends

Death and all its friends

Final class on the topic of death, idioms, and rites of passage.

Multiple Choice

We'll all be pushing up _____ when the time comes.

• roses

• daffodils

• daisies

• magnolias

Multiple Choice

My pet _________ the bucket a year ago. I still miss it.

• licked

• kicked

• pushed

• pulled

Multiple Choice

________! Absolutely no way you will get my Harry Potter collection!

• your number is up

• over my dead body

• six feet under

• pop the clogs

Fill in the Blanks

How many feet under do people make reference to when someone has died and been buried?

Fill in the Blanks

Whistle past the

Fill in the Blanks

Someone killed that man. He is now sleeping with the

Activity! Cloze reading and listening activity.

• You will be assigned someone new, a different partner.

• When in your breakout rooms, open the cloze website (see chatbox) and your GCR (Google Classroom) article - remember, one is speaker 1 and the other is speaker 2.

• Complete the cloze exercise as fast and correctly as possible, to become the winner of the challenge!

Thursday, October 15th 2020

Almost weekend!

Agenda

1. Warm Up - GCR Quizzes 2.
2. Small Video and Comprehension Questions 3.
3. Role Play
4. Wrap up (conclusion)

The Doctor who cheated death

Watch the following video. Pay attention! There's a quiz at the end!

Multiple Choice

When he wandered into the woods, the poor father met:

• His god, the devil, and sickness

• Life, evil, and death

• His god, the devil, and death

• Good and evil

Multiple Choice

When his Godson had come of age, Death visited the youth and told him to become:

• A teacher

• A doctor

• A prince

• An explorer

Multiple Choice

Godfather Death offered the doctor success on one condition:

• He had to leave it for Death to decide the patient’s fate

• He had to revive them as soon as he saw them

• He had to marry the first person he revived

• He had to cure the king to save himself

Multiple Choice

When he saw the sleeping princess, the doctor:

• Asked death what to do

• Revived her at once

• Killed her instantly

Multiple Choice

Death showed the doctor his life in the form of:

• A medicine cabinet

• A bed

• A forest

• A burning candle

Open Ended

Why did the father accept Death’s offer to be a Godfather to his son?

Open Ended

How did the doctor cheat death in order to save the king?

Poll

How comfortable do you feel when speaking in English to other people about death ?

• I've never spoken about the topic

• Uncomfortable

• I don't mind

• I'm confident on speaking about the topic

Role Play!

• Different scenarios

• 2 people per scenario

• Must use language for clarification

• DON'T READ YOUR PARTNER'S INSTRUCTIONS!

• We'll come back to the main room in 15-20 minutes