Aleksandra Zaparucha is a freelance Geography and English teacher, EFL/CLIL teacher trainer, author and translator based in Toruń, Poland. E-mail: ola.zaparucha@gmail.com
| Lesson stage | What? | Why? | Language skills |
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| Warm-up | Brainstorming in groups – words and expressions connected with Canterbury; T asks for words and puts them on the board; T gives the topic of the lesson The Cathedral would be in the list) | Activate prior knowledge on Canterbury | Writing words/ speaking to tell the T the words |
| Preparation for input | Matching words with pictures; T reads words/names aloud (Pilgrims, Henry VIII, Four knights) | Vocabulary needed for the next stage of the lesson; VAK students | Writing/ listening |
| Checking correctness – all groups hold pictures up when T reads the words/names aloud | Making sure all Ss got it right; VAK | Listening to the T pronouncing words/names |
| Put the pictures in a chronological order | Critical thinking; activating prior knowledge, preparation for listening; dates to help; VAK; Ss can check with other groups | Speaking in groups to negotiate the order |
| Input | T reads a simple text on the history of the cathedral – each sentence twice; Ss can check with other groups | Ss listen and check the order; change the order if necessary; VAK | Listening to the teacher’s reading |
| T reads the text again – Ss are to put numbers on the pictures and add extra information (e.g. dates); Ss can check with other groups; Ss re-tell the story on the basis of the pictures | Adding information to the story; preparing to re-tell the story | Listening for dates and additional information; writing |
| Ss put the numbered pictures away; get the slips of paper with the text – work in groups to order them chronologically; Ss check the order with other groups | Repeating the information; preparing to re-tell the story | Reading the text; speaking with other Ss to negotiate the order |
| Ss match the pictures with the slips of papers – glue each sentence to a proper picture and make a tapestry on the wall | Consolidation of the information; VAK | Reading the text |
| Wrap-up | Ss get the gapped text (can be on the board) and complete it (or rewrite from the board) | Consolidation | Reading/ writing |
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Canterbury was a town in Roman times.
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St. Augustine founded the first cathedral in 597.
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Vikings damaged it in 1011.
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The ancient cathedral was destroyed by the fire in 1067.
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Archbishop Lafranc rebuilt it by 1077.
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In 1170 Archbishop Thomas Becket disobeyed king Henry II.
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Thomas Becket was killed by four knights.
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One of the miracles performed by St. Thomas Becket: Adam the Forester survives a poacher’s arrow.
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At the end of the 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales – stories told by pilgrims on their journey to the Becket’s shrine.
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In 1376 the Black Prince was buried close to St. Thomas.
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In 1413 Henry IV was buried in the cathedral.
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Monks lived and worshiped in the monastery, until...
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... until Henry VIII closed it and destroyed the shrine.
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Queen Elizabeth I visited the cathedral.
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Cromwell’s army destroyed many windows.
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Craftsmen and craftswomen repaired the cathedral, as they still do today.
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