Lesson plan: formation and development of the passive in english

Comprehension questions:

1. 
   When was the Titanic built?
   
2. 
   How many people were reported missing?
   
3. 
   What caused the damage to the hull of the Titanic?
   
4. 
   What was established in 1914 in response to the sinking of the Titanic?
   
5. 
   Who wrote A Nightmare to Remember?
   

NOTE:
The reading and the comprehension questions are not the focus of the lesson. This shouldn’t take too much time.
Once the students have understood the text, the teacher will start the awareness-raising stage.
Step 3: Awareness-Raising
As said before, we will be using a discovery approach to teaching the passive voice.
Raising Students Awareness About The Form And Use of the Passive Voice
Teaching the passive voice using a discovery approach requires designing guiding activities that lead the students to discover target structures by themselves, preferably working in groups. Hence, the need for awareness-raising activities.
NOTE:
Awareness-raising (also called consciousness-raising) is a stage where students are guided to notice and understand the use and form of the target language.
A. NOTICING THE FORM
In this stage, the teacher will ask the students to work in groups to underline the verbs in these examples:

1. 
   The ship was built in 1912.
   
2. 
   1,513 individuals were reported missing.
   
3. 
   The hull was damaged by a collision with a huge iceberg.
   
4. 
   The Ice Patrol was established in 1914 in response to the sinking of the ship.
   
5. 
   The book was written by Walter Lord.
   

After checking students’ answers, they will be invited to notice the form of the passive voice and complete the table below with information from examples 1-5.
Table completion using the 5 examples above