Assignment A
Text 2 – Lower Intermediate
✓ This part of the assignment focuses on stage 2 of a lower-intermediate reading lesson.
✓ You should show what you would do for the vocabulary pre-teaching stage of the lesson.
✓ Include any references necessary in the bibliography template. See 'Referencing' document for advice on what is required.
✓ Read 'Advice on Approaching this Assignment' before you begin work on this template.
✓ Class: Lower intermediate (B1), 13 young learners, age range 12-14.
These students aJend EFL classes because their parents are keen for them to have extra English lessons in addiNon to what their
state schools provide. Many of them resent having to come to language school, but you have found you can engage them if you
make the lessons fun and interesNng.
Fortnite – a pleasure or a problem?
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, 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 ‘BaJle Royale’.
In a baJle royale, players start with no items, and collect weapons and other equipment as they play. Players try to remove
other players and survive unNl the end of the game. A BaJle Royale begins with up to one hundred players. The last player leW
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. CelebriNes, such as the rapper, Drake, play the BaJle Royale mode. Other people have become
celebriNes because they play the game. Fortnite is one of many video games which is played compeNNvely as an ‘esport.’ In
summer 2019, there was a lot of aJenNon in the BriNsh 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 wasNng his Nme on the game.
The company sells a lot of game-related products, such as branded clothes and acNon figures. Players can buy addiNonal
features for the game with Fortnite’s own currency; ‘V-bucks,’ which they can earn as they play the game. A popular addiNonal
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 dances on YouTube and other websites.
There are concerns about Fortnite. Parents and teachers worry about how much Nme children spend playing the game when
they should be doing schoolwork. Some believe that it is addicNve. 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 lighthearted style, some adults feel that it is too violent for children. AWer
all, the BaJle Royale mode involves killing other player’s characters with guns and other weapons.
Lesson Aims:
✓ To extend and pracNse producNve use of vocabulary for talking about computer games and associated topics.
✓ To further develop reading skills through short reading acNviNes on skimming and intensive reading.
Lesson Outline:
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Text 2 – Lower Intermediate
✓ This part of the assignment focuses on stage 2 of a lower-intermediate reading lesson.
✓ You should show what you would do for the vocabulary pre-teaching stage of the lesson.
✓ Include any references necessary in the bibliography template. See 'Referencing' document for advice on what is required.
✓ Read 'Advice on Approaching this Assignment' before you begin work on this template.
✓ Class: Lower intermediate (B1), 13 young learners, age range 12-14.
These students aJend EFL classes because their parents are keen for them to have extra English lessons in addiNon to what their
state schools provide. Many of them resent having to come to language school, but you have found you can engage them if you
make the lessons fun and interesNng.
Fortnite – a pleasure or a problem?
© 2021 The TEFL Academy. All rights Reserved. (March 1st, 2021) 1
, 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 ‘BaJle Royale’.
In a baJle royale, players start with no items, and collect weapons and other equipment as they play. Players try to remove
other players and survive unNl the end of the game. A BaJle Royale begins with up to one hundred players. The last player leW
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. CelebriNes, such as the rapper, Drake, play the BaJle Royale mode. Other people have become
celebriNes because they play the game. Fortnite is one of many video games which is played compeNNvely as an ‘esport.’ In
summer 2019, there was a lot of aJenNon in the BriNsh 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 wasNng his Nme on the game.
The company sells a lot of game-related products, such as branded clothes and acNon figures. Players can buy addiNonal
features for the game with Fortnite’s own currency; ‘V-bucks,’ which they can earn as they play the game. A popular addiNonal
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 dances on YouTube and other websites.
There are concerns about Fortnite. Parents and teachers worry about how much Nme children spend playing the game when
they should be doing schoolwork. Some believe that it is addicNve. 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 lighthearted style, some adults feel that it is too violent for children. AWer
all, the BaJle Royale mode involves killing other player’s characters with guns and other weapons.
Lesson Aims:
✓ To extend and pracNse producNve use of vocabulary for talking about computer games and associated topics.
✓ To further develop reading skills through short reading acNviNes on skimming and intensive reading.
Lesson Outline:
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