Final project. 20,000 leagues under the sea lesson plan and activities

1. Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
International Postgraduate Center
Master’s Degree in Educational Sciences with Emphasis on English Teaching
Final Project
Topic: 20,000 leagues under the sea (Lesson plan and activities)
Course: Enseñanza del Inglés (Literatura)
Professor: M.Ed. Jonathan Acuña Solano
Student: Kysha Jones Reid
Due Date: May 31st
, 2019

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Understanding Plot, Character Analysis and Verb Tenses
Activity 1 Topic: 20,000 leagues under the sea (LISTENING)
Level A2
Interaction of Language
Technique Listening and word with different worksheets
Objective Interpret and understand information about a short story
Values People can only succeed when they try
Segment Time Instructor’s Task
Participants
Learning Tasks
Rationale
Schema
activation
(Pre
listening
activity)
15 min
- T is to going to show a
video which is a short
version of the original story.
T- is going to ask questions
such as:
-What do you see?
–What do you think the
story is about?
-Who do you think are the
main characters?
- Ss are going to infer
what the story is
about and answer
some questions.
-Ss are going to look
carefully the key
words and comment
the events of the
story.
- This section of
the class will focus
on Ss to create
their own set of
judgments based
on what they see
on the video.
Controlled
Reading
Practice
(While
Listening
Activity)
10 min
-T is going to read the
original story to the
students.
-T is going to discuss the
reading with the students.
-T is going to review the
simple past and simple
present verb tenses.
-T is going to ask students
to complete a written
exercise (Fill the gaps)
based on the story.
-Ss are going to
describe the events
using simple past and
simple present tense
structures.
-Ss are going to work
on the written
exercise (Fill the
gaps).
-Ss are going to
complete the written
exercise (fill the gaps)
and compare their
answers with their
classmates.
- This section of
the class will
enable Ss to test
their listening
abilities.
Expansion
activity
15 min
-T is going to give a bingo
card with different words
and images related the
events and characters of
the story.
-Ss are going to play
BINGO.
-Ss have to play close
attention to the
This section of
the class will focus
Ss to remember
what was read
and identify the

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(Post
reading
Activity)
-T is going to read aloud
the description of the
character or object and
based on the story that was
read Ss need to identify it
and mark it on the bingo
card.
-T is going to check the
card to see if the matching
was correct.
description that is
going to be read and
mark the one they
think is correct
according to the
description given.
different
characters.

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Understanding Plot, Character Analysis and Verb Tenses
Activity 2 Topic: 20,000 leagues under the sea (SPEAKING)
Level A2
Interaction of Language
Technique Literature Discussion
Objective Identify and speak about the main characters in a story
Values People can only succeed when they try
Segment Time Instructor’s Task
Participants
Learning Tasks
Rationale
Schema
activation
(Pre
speaking
activity)
5 min
- T is to going to show
some questions on the
board. They are not about
the story itself but about
objects that are going to be
mentioned in the story.
-T is going to ask questions
such as
-What is a submarine
-What is a captain?
-What do they think the
reading will be about?
-T is going to ask students
their answers and exchange
information in groups.
- Ss are going to
work on key elements
posted on the board
and create their own
meanings.
-Ss are going to come
up with a possible
plot for the story.
- This section of
the class will focus
on Ss to create
their own set of
judgments based
on the questions
asked.
Controlled
Reading
Practice
(While
speaking
activity)
10 min
-T is going to present the
story.
-T is going to ask students
to sit in pairs or in groups
and discuss the elements of
a story (plot, characters,
settings and symbols).
-T is going to write some
key words in the story so
students can follow the
sequence of events.
T- is going to review the
Simple Past and simple
present tenses.
-Ss are going to
describe the events
using Simple past and
present tenses
structures.
- In pairs, or in
groups, students are
going to review
Simple paste tenses
by telling the events
and use their senses
and critical thinking.
- This section of
the class will
enable Ss to test
their speaking
abilities.

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Expansion
activity
(Post
speaking
activity)
15 min
-T is going to give a portion
of the story with missing
letters.
-T is going to ask the
students to try reading out
loud the portion without the
missing letters.
-T is going to ask Ss to
choose one of the
characters so they talk
about that specific
character.
-Ss are going to work
on the activity given
by the T.
-Ss in groups of three
are going to choose a
character and
develop an interview.
-Ss have to choose
which character they
are going to be.
-Ss are going to use
either simple present
or simple past tense
to describe the
character they
choose.
-Ss are going to
provide a feedback
about the value of
the activity that is
trying until succeed.
This section of
the class will focus
Ss to create
critical thinking
and make some
reflections about
people’s
behaviors.

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Understanding Plot, Character Analysis and Verb Tenses
Activity 3 Topic: 20,000 leagues under the sea (READING)
Level A2
Interaction of Language
Technique Reading materials and worksheets
Objective Read and understand the sequence and meaning of the story
Values People can only succeed when they try
Segment Time Instructor’s Task
Participants
Learning Tasks
Rationale
Schema
activation
(Pre
reading
activity)
5 min
- T is to going to show
some flashcards and post
them on the board.
Flashcards about characters
and different elements of
the story.
-T is going to ask questions
such as:
-What do you see?
-What do think the story is
about?
-T is going to ask students
their answers and exchange
information in groups.
- Ss are going to
work on key elements
from flashcards and
create their own
meanings.
-Ss are going to look
carefully and give
different ideas about
which could be the
story and what it is
about.
Ss are going to come
up with a possible
plot for the story.
- This section of
the class will focus
on Ss to create
their own set of
judgments based
on what they see
on the flashcards.
Controlled
Reading
Practice
(While
reading
activity)
25 min
-T is going to give students
the reading (story)
T- is going to ask students
to sit in pairs or in groups
and read the complete
story.
-T is going to review the
main and supporting ideas
with the Ss
-After reading and
disscusing, T- is going to
give out worksheet so
students can answer
question based on what
-Ss are going to work
with the first
worksheet (answering
questions related to
the reading).
- In pairs, or in
groups, Ss are going
to be given a text
reated to the story
and they have to
determine the main
and supporting ideas.
-Ss are going to
complete the written
exercises and provide
- This section of
the class will
enable Ss to test
their reading
abilities.

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they read. ideas to support their
statements.
Expansion
activity
(Post
reading
activity)
15 min
-T is going to give each
student a worksheet with a
puzzle.
T- is going to give 5 to 10
minutes to discuss and
answer the questions.
-Ss are going to work
individually.
-Ss are going to read
the description given
in the worksheet and
complete the puzzle
related to events and
characters of the
story.
-Ss are going to use
either simple present
or simple past tense
to respond the
questions.
This section of
the class will focus
Ss to remember
what they read
and put the value
of the activity in
practice, try until
they succeed.

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Understanding Plot, Character Analysis and Verb Tenses
Activity 4 Topic: 20,000 leagues under the sea (WRITING)
Level A2
Interaction of Language
Technique Create different pieces of writing
Objective
Practice the simple present verb tense to write about the events that happened in
the story
Values People can only succeed when they try
Segment Time Instructor’s Task
Participants
Learning Tasks
Rationale
Schema
activation
(Pre writing
Activity)
10 min
- T is to going to talk to
students about submarines
and ask what they know
about them.
-T is going give Ss a
handout related to basic
information about
submarines.
-T is going to ask students
their answers and exchange
information in groups.
-T is going to ask the
students what they think
the reading will be about.
- Ss are going to talk
and share what they
know about
submarines
-Ss are going work on
the handout given out
by the teacher.
Ss are going to come
up with ideas of what
the story can be
about.
- This section of
the class will focus
on Ss to create
their own set of
judgments based
on what they see
on the handout.
Controlled
Reading
Practice
(While
writing
Activity)
30 min
-T is going to present the
story.
T- is going to review the
simple present and past
tense with Ss.
-T is going to give Ss a
handout with small portions
of the reading so they can
form sentences using the
info of the story and the
verb tenses.
-Ss are going to
practice the verb
tenses
-Ss are going to
complete the written
exercises and provide
ideas to support their
statements.
- This section of
the class will
enable Ss to test
their writing
abilities.
-T is going to give a portion -Ss are going to This section of

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Expansion
activity
(Post
writing
Activity)
20 min
of the story to the Ss and
ask them come up with a
different ending using the
verb tenses reviewed
earlier.
complete the written
material given, they
are going to come up
and write a different
ending for the story
the class will focus
Ss to create
critical thinking
and create a
different ending
for the story.

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Annexes
&
Activities

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Listening

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Annex # 1
Pre Listening Activity
Video: "Finding Nemo" | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Short Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SwjPsqfTTo

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Annex # 2
While Listening Activity
Fill in the gaps
֎ This is an abstract of the story. Some of the verbs have been taken out. Read the text
and see if you can remember what goes in the gaps. Use the verbs from the box to help
you, but remember to put them into the correct verb form.
Later that evening, Captain Nemo __________ he would try to use the submarine to break
through the ice beneath us. All the sailors came back into the Nautilus and the tanks
__________with water to __________the submarine heavier. The Captain __________the
engine. The Nautilus started to push down against the ice. I __________and pushing, when
suddenly, we __________a loud cracking noise. The ice below us __________and the
submarine was free! But we were still under the ice bank and had no air, but we travelled as
fast as we could towards the open sea. I__________ on a sofa in the library. My face was purple
and my lips were blue. I couldn’t move and when I __________my eyes, I couldn’t see. I don’t
know how long this lasted, but I knew I__________ How long would it take to get to the sea? I
thought. Hours and hours went by, and the Nautilus __________as fast as it could. Suddenly,
I__________ pure air in the submarine. I breathed and __________up. It was still difficult to
walk, but I ___________up onto the platform and breathed in the fresh sea air. Slowly my
strength came back to me. Ned Land, Conseil and Captain Nemo were all on the platform, and
we thanked God that we were still alive.
Climb hear lay travel make push break
Stand feel open start die decide fill

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Annex # 3
Post Listening Activity
NEMO CONSEIL
BINGO
JULES VERNE
SHIP MAP
BINGO
SEA WHALE OCTOPUS

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Name of the captain NEMO
Author of the story JULES VERNE
One of the main characters CONSEIL
Animals with powerful jaws and venomous saliva OCTOPUS
A drawing that gives special information about an area A MAP
Animals that breathe air into lungs are warm-blooded, feed their young
milk and have some (although very little) hair
WHALES
Captains travel in SHIPS
People like to go in order to swim SEA

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SPEAKING

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ANNEX # 4
Pre speaking activity
What is the reading about?
֎ After answering these questions and making
descriptions, what do you think is the reading about?
What is a submarine?
Can you
describe
one?
What is a
Captain?
What a captain does?
What do you think is under
the sea? Please describe
What do you
think happens
under the sea?

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Annex # 5
While speaking activity

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Annex # 6
Post speaking activity
֎ Here is something Captain Nemo said.
֎ Read the original again and then see if you can repeat what she said, but without all the
letters. The amount of dots (.) is the amount of letter missing
‘I d..’t h..e t. gi.. y.u h..pi.al..y o. m. s..mar..e, a.d I co..d th..w yo. in.. .he s.a .nd f..get
ab..t .ou. Th.. i. m. .ight. I le.. hu..n soc..ty a.d d. n.t ob.. it. l..s. B.. I ha.e de..ded ..at
y.u c.n st.. o. .y ..bmari.., .nd y.u wi.. ha.. th. fr..dom t. liv. w..h .s. I wi.. giv. e..h o. .ou
y..r o.n c..in t. liv. .n. H..ever, .o on. o. e..th kn..s ab..t .y sub..ri.e. I. i. a se..et an. I w..l
n.t ..low y.u t. ev.. le.ve th. .ubmar..e.’

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READING

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ANNEX # 7
Pre reading activity

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Annex # 8
While reading activity
Remembering what you read
֎ After reading the story, answer the following questions
1. Who is the protagonist of the story?
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2. What is the conflict of the story?
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3. What is the name of the ship that captain Nemo built?
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4. Who was the commander of the Abraham Lincoln?
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5. What did captain Nemo killed when he went hunting?
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6. What was in the chest that that captain Nemo showed Monsieur Aronnax
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Finding the Main Idea
20,000 Leagues under the Sea
by Jules Verne
Jules Verne wrote 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in 1870. The
narrator is Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist, who has
been taken prisoner by Captain Nemo in his submarine called
Nautilus. This passage describes the submarine’s library.
It was a library. High pieces of furniture, of black violet
ebony inlaid with brass, supported upon their wide shelves a great number of books uniformly
bound. They followed the shape of the room, terminating at the lower part in huge divans,
covered with brown leather, which were curved, to afford the greatest comfort. Light movable
desks, made to slide in and out at will, allowed one to rest one’s book while reading. In the
center stood an immense table, covered with pamphlets, amongst which were some
newspapers, already of old date. The electric light flooded everything; it was shed from four
unpolished globes half sunk in the volutes of the ceiling. I looked with real admiration at this
room, so ingeniously fitted up, and I could scarcely believe my eyes.
The main idea and supporting ideas
Write the main idea of the paragraph in your own words
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Write 2 supporting ideas from the main idea
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2.____________________________________________________________________________
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Annex # 9
Post Reading Activity
Name:_____________________________________________________
20,000 Leagues under the sea
Across
3. What did the ship get caught on?
4. Name of Captain Nemo's submarine
5. What saved the three survivors?
6. Professor of the Museum of Paris who
studies animals of the sea
8. Time they have been at sea when they
finally spotted the animal
11. What they try to use to catch the animal
12. Creature that attacked the Nautilus.
Down
1. Captain of the submarine Nautilus
2. French novelist who wrote 20 000
Leagues Under the Sea -2 wds
7. Land of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
9. Who did they run into on the deserted
island?
10. What happened to the Nautilus?

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WRITING

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Annex # 10
Pre writing activity
Interesting Facts about Submarines
Here are some interesting facts about submarines, match each sentence with the correct
picture.
_____ Sometimes scientists study sea life.
_____A submarine’s shape is oval.
_____There is a periscope in the tower.
_____The sailors look at other ships through the periscope.
_____When the tanks are full of water, the submarines goes down.
_____When the tanks are full of air the submarine goes up.

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Annex # 11
While writing activity
The story goes on…
֎ Make sentences in the simple present tense using the words below.
Captain Nemo
Drink
Play
Read
Sit
Sleep
wear
An armchair
A bed
Books
Cards
A map
An organ
Plates
Tea
A uniform
Every day
Every night
Once a week
1._________________________________________________________________________
2._________________________________________________________________________
3._________________________________________________________________________
4._________________________________________________________________________
5._________________________________________________________________________
6._________________________________________________________________________
The Professor and Ned are on the submarine now. Its name is “Nautilus”.
A door opens, and some men take them inside. They meet the captain of
the submarine, Captain Nemo. They go to his room they can’t believe their
eyes…

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The story continues…
֎ Work with a classmate and talk about the things Captain Nemo and his men don’t do.
Use the words given.
Example:
Take walk /park: Captain Nemo doesn’t take walks in the park
Go/ theatre: Captain Nemo’s men don’t go to the theatre.
Add your own
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 _____________________________________________________________________
 _____________________________________________________________________
 _____________________________________________________________________
 _____________________________________________________________________
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Buy/food in shops Eat/ meat Hurt/people
Play/ on the beach Need/ money Visit/ friends
The professor and Ned are prisoners on the submarine. Captain Nemo tells
them about life in the “Nautilus”. “We don’t like visitors on our ship. The
submarine is our secret. Our life is different than yours; we eat only seafood
and wear only uniforms. You can be very happy here, but remember you are
my prisoners. You cannot leave”.

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The story goes on…
֎ Mark who says what in your opinion
Professor
Aronnax
Ned
Land
The sea gives us everything we want
I don’t like sea food
We find beautiful treasures in the sea
The see is too quiet for me
We have exciting adventures
We have lots of free time
We travel all around the world
Sometimes the sea is stormy
The submarine is small and crowded
I miss my friends and family
Months pass. The professor is happy to live with Captain
Nemo and his men. Ned land is not happy.

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Annex # 12
Post writing activity
The story ends…
֎ Use your imagination to make u an answer
Suddenly the professor and Ned are not on the “Nautilus” any more. They
are in a small cabin on an island. Their adventures are over. They don’t
know what happened. The book doesn’t give us an answer.
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