164.2 - English Story: Irregular Verbs with the Titanic
May 2, 2024
Explore the Titanic love story with irregular verbs in English. Learn about regular and irregular verbs through the Titanic disaster. Discover the resilience and compassion of survivor Margaret Brown. Experience Molly's brave actions during the Titanic crash.
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Layered Lesson Structure Improves Learning
Shauna structures the lesson into listening, review, exercises, and repetition to aid learning.
This layered approach supports comprehension, recall, and application.
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Brief Titanic Retelling With Verbs
Shauna retells the Titanic voyage briefly and uses it to embed ten irregular verbs.
The story highlights the ship setting sail, hitting an iceberg, and sinking in under three hours.
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Listing Verbs Reinforces Form-Meaning Mapping
Shauna lists the ten irregular verbs from the story to reinforce recognition.
Explicitly naming each verb helps learners map meaning to form.
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One of the most popular films of 1997 was by far “ Titanic.” It won 11 Academy Awards! If you saw the film, or even just previews of it, you know the plot. There’s a love story between Rose (Kate Winslet) and Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) that develops while aboard a huge ship called Titanic. The Titanic was a real ship that set off on its first transatlantic trip from England to the United States in 1912. I know you know what happens; the ship hits an iceberg and sinks.
I thought about retelling this story and I know English speakers would tell me: Oh no, Shana, really? That ship has sailed, literally.
That ship has sailed is an expression that means that the opportunity has passed; this topic is no longer new or very exciting. It’s been talked about way too many times! That ship has sailed. So instead of doing my long, cultural lesson, I’ve decided to change it up! I’ll tell you a brief summary of the Titanic and in the story, you’ll hear 10 irregular verbs in the simple past tense.
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