Teachers TV: KS3 English Speaking and Listening

This programme for KS3 pupils contains four lesson starter ideas, each aimed at inspiring an imaginative speaking and listening activity. The programme consists of four short domestic dramas - Mum’s Birthday, The Noise, Grandma’s Junk and The Letter, all of which end with the four featured characters facing a difficult dilemma. The idea is that after watching one of the starters, students in groups of take on the roles of the different characters in the film and attempt to work out through discussion and debate what might happen next to resolve the dilemma. Some teachers may wish to extend this task by getting some groups to perform their version of “What Happens Next” in front of the class. Each mini-drama is followed by a list of questions for the pupils to help them think about the variety of ways the story might progress.