This lesson uses a real-life gut-wrenching story hidden within a TEDx talk. Students play with contrastive evidence, flashbacks and flashforward narratives to put pieces of the story together. After comparing their versions with the original, they get into a 3-part discussion about the painful aspects of life after war for veterans suffering from PTSD.
Minimal language level: B2
Ingredients:
- a controversial TEDx talk with a real-life story
- a poem by Simon Armitage: The Not Dead
- Zaption – an app which makes video interactive
Theme:
- war, military service, war veterans, social justice, injustice
Language aims:
- speaking: videotelling, speculating, exchanging opinions, offering solutions
- interactive post-videotelling listening for detail (Zaption-ed video)
- reading: interpreting poetry
- language: functional expressions to interact in discussions
Click below to watch the Zaption-ed video:
Attribution:
- TEDxMarionCorrectionalSalon talk by Andrew Chambers and his TEDx profile
- excerpts from Simon Armitage`s poem The Not Dead from his collection of poem of the same title
- Photos: Pixabay.com
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