Assignment A - Part 1
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Text 1 – Lower Intermediate
✔ This part of the assignment focuses on stage 2 of a lower-intermediate reading lesson.
✔ You should only show what you would do for the vocabulary pre-teaching stage of the lesson. This stage occurs after the
warmer but before the class reads the text for the first time.
✔ Stage aim: To introduce six items from the reading text that students need to know in order to understand the text.
✔ Class: Lower intermediate (B1), 13 young learners, age range 12-14.
✔ Read the text below and select six vocabulary items for pre-teaching. Please include at least one phrase or collocation.
Fortnite – a pleasure or a problem?
Fortnite is an online video game made by a company called Epic Games. Players can fight enemies, collect materials and items, and
make buildings. The game has three different versions, known as 'modes'. The most popular mode is called ‘Battle Royale’. In a
battle royale, players start with no items and collect weapons and other equipment as they play. Players try to remove other players
and survive until the end of the game. A Battle Royale begins with up to one hundred players. The last player left alive is the winner.
Fortnite is extremely popular. It came out in 2017 and now has hundreds of millions of players. And Epic Games has made hundreds
of millions of dollars. Celebrities, such as the rapper, Drake, play the Battle Royale mode. Other people have become celebrities
because they play the game. Fortnite is one of many video games played competitively as an ‘esport.’ In summer 2019, there was
a lot of attention in the British media when the 15-year-old schoolboy, Jaden Ashman, won the second prize in the first Fortnite
World Cup. Jaden and his 21-year-old Dutch game partner, Dave Jong, shared a prize of 2.25 million US dollars. Jaden's mother said
she always tried to stop him wasting his time on the game.
The company sells a lot of game-related products, such as branded clothes and action figures. Players can buy additional features
for the game with Fortnite’s own currency; ‘V-bucks,’ which they can earn as they play the game. A popular additional feature is
silly dances for the characters. Many people copy the game’s dances in real life. There are numerous videos of people doing these
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, dances on YouTube and other websites.
There are concerns about Fortnite. Parents and teachers worry about how much time children spend playing the game when they
should be doing schoolwork. Some believe that it is addictive. Items in the game are bought with V-bucks, but V-bucks can be bought
with real money. There are many reports of children spending their parents’ money on the game without permission. Although the
game is colourful and has a light-hearted style, some adults feel that it is too violent for children. After all, the Battle Royale mode
involves killing other player’s characters with guns and other weapons.
1.1 Vocabulary Pre-Teaching Planning Table
✔ In this table, show six items from the text to pre-teach. Please complete every section of the table for all six items. The table
is just for the teacher and is not a handout for the students.
Item
(Students will Pronunciation
Meaning Form
already know (IPA transcription AND
(How would you define this for B1 students?) (Word class)
items B1 and word stress pattern)
below)
Example (Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary) Noun /ˈfæntəsi/
A situation or event that you imagine, which is not real or true. Ooo
Fantasy (B2)
(Simplified)
Something that you can imagine. It can’t really happen.
Addictive (B2) (Cambridge Dictionary) Adjective /əˈdɪk.tɪv/
An addictive drug is one that you cannot stop taking once you have started.
(Simplified) oOo
Something that is difficult to stop using/doing.
Survive (B2) (Cambridge Dictionary) Verb /səˈvaɪv/
To continue to live or to exist, esp. after a dangerous event.
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Please complete the assignment templates without removing any of the instructions.
Text 1 – Lower Intermediate
✔ This part of the assignment focuses on stage 2 of a lower-intermediate reading lesson.
✔ You should only show what you would do for the vocabulary pre-teaching stage of the lesson. This stage occurs after the
warmer but before the class reads the text for the first time.
✔ Stage aim: To introduce six items from the reading text that students need to know in order to understand the text.
✔ Class: Lower intermediate (B1), 13 young learners, age range 12-14.
✔ Read the text below and select six vocabulary items for pre-teaching. Please include at least one phrase or collocation.
Fortnite – a pleasure or a problem?
Fortnite is an online video game made by a company called Epic Games. Players can fight enemies, collect materials and items, and
make buildings. The game has three different versions, known as 'modes'. The most popular mode is called ‘Battle Royale’. In a
battle royale, players start with no items and collect weapons and other equipment as they play. Players try to remove other players
and survive until the end of the game. A Battle Royale begins with up to one hundred players. The last player left alive is the winner.
Fortnite is extremely popular. It came out in 2017 and now has hundreds of millions of players. And Epic Games has made hundreds
of millions of dollars. Celebrities, such as the rapper, Drake, play the Battle Royale mode. Other people have become celebrities
because they play the game. Fortnite is one of many video games played competitively as an ‘esport.’ In summer 2019, there was
a lot of attention in the British media when the 15-year-old schoolboy, Jaden Ashman, won the second prize in the first Fortnite
World Cup. Jaden and his 21-year-old Dutch game partner, Dave Jong, shared a prize of 2.25 million US dollars. Jaden's mother said
she always tried to stop him wasting his time on the game.
The company sells a lot of game-related products, such as branded clothes and action figures. Players can buy additional features
for the game with Fortnite’s own currency; ‘V-bucks,’ which they can earn as they play the game. A popular additional feature is
silly dances for the characters. Many people copy the game’s dances in real life. There are numerous videos of people doing these
© 2022 The TEFL Academy. All rights Reserved.
, dances on YouTube and other websites.
There are concerns about Fortnite. Parents and teachers worry about how much time children spend playing the game when they
should be doing schoolwork. Some believe that it is addictive. Items in the game are bought with V-bucks, but V-bucks can be bought
with real money. There are many reports of children spending their parents’ money on the game without permission. Although the
game is colourful and has a light-hearted style, some adults feel that it is too violent for children. After all, the Battle Royale mode
involves killing other player’s characters with guns and other weapons.
1.1 Vocabulary Pre-Teaching Planning Table
✔ In this table, show six items from the text to pre-teach. Please complete every section of the table for all six items. The table
is just for the teacher and is not a handout for the students.
Item
(Students will Pronunciation
Meaning Form
already know (IPA transcription AND
(How would you define this for B1 students?) (Word class)
items B1 and word stress pattern)
below)
Example (Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary) Noun /ˈfæntəsi/
A situation or event that you imagine, which is not real or true. Ooo
Fantasy (B2)
(Simplified)
Something that you can imagine. It can’t really happen.
Addictive (B2) (Cambridge Dictionary) Adjective /əˈdɪk.tɪv/
An addictive drug is one that you cannot stop taking once you have started.
(Simplified) oOo
Something that is difficult to stop using/doing.
Survive (B2) (Cambridge Dictionary) Verb /səˈvaɪv/
To continue to live or to exist, esp. after a dangerous event.
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