Implementing a Model Lesson Plan CEP 810

Created by: Jean-Claude Aura Date: October 1, 2008 Page 1

Objectives

At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

1. Use the present simple tense in the passive voice to describe the process of

papermaking.

2. Use sequencers to describe the process of papermaking in the correct sequence.

Teaching Tool

Since this is an Internet-integrated lesson, students will use search engines (Google in

this case) to access the information needed for the study of the process of papermaking.

Target Audience

This lesson can be used in correlation with a science lesson with high school students or

as a separate English lesson with adults.

Benefits & Challenges

Benefits: Students will be able to interact with the different parts of the papermaking

machine to explore what each one does. It’s also faster and more colorful than other

resources.

Challenges: Students might face a difficulty with the new vocabulary. To solve this

problem, they can access an online dictionary (I recommend Merriam Webster’s). That’s

also another boon to using the Internet. Instead of having a pile of books in front of

them, students will toggle between the website tab and the dictionary tab to work on

the activity.

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Logistics

Warm up

Teacher shows the students a picture of the papermaking machine and asks:

1. Do you know what this machine does? (It makes paper.) 2. Do you know where paper comes from? (Trees) For question 2, Teacher may give students a couple of choices to guess from.

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Internet Activity

Students go to www.forestprod.org/cdromdemo/pf/pf8.html and explore the machine part by part. Then, they answer the 2 sets of questions below:

A. What does each of these parts do? (ACTIVE voice)

1. Debarker: It removes the bark. 2. Chipper: It reduces logs to uniformly-sized chips. 3. Bleach Tower: It creates high brightness products such as writing paper. 4. Jordan Refiner: It further refines fibers and cuts them to length. 5. Screens: They remove oversized particles from the pulp. 6. Head Box: It discharges a uniform flow of pulp stock onto the moving wire. 7. Presses: They remove additional water. 8. Reel: It collects the paper in a convenient form for subsequent off-machine processing. 9. Unwinder & Splitter: It cuts the large paper reel into smaller rolls. B. What happens…? (PASSIVE voice)

1. in the Debarker? The bark is burned. 2. in the Digester? Wood chips and “liquor” are cooked. 3. to the digester? It is emptied into the blow pit. 4. in the Washer? The cooked pulp is washed. 5. in the Beater? The pulp fibers are modified. 6. in the Dryer? Residual water is removed. 7. in the Size Press? Additives such as starch are added to the sheet. 8. in the Calendars? The sheet is pressed.

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o Students compare their answers.

o Teacher gives class feedback.

o Teacher writes one ACTIVE sentence and one PASSIVE sentence on the board.

o Students explain the difference and come up with the rule for forming the

PASSIVE voice.

o Students change all the ACTIVE answers to the PASSIVE voice.

o Students compare their answers.

o Teacher gives class feedback.

Evaluation

Students are put in groups of 3 or 4 and are given 10 to 15 minutes to prepare an oral

presentation of the process of papermaking. They will be evaluated on how well they can retell

the process using the PASSIVE voice (and avoiding the ACTIVE voice as much as possible) since

processes are better told using the PASSIVE voice.

Follow-up Activities

Students can increase their understanding of the process of papermaking by visiting

http://www.wipapercouncil.org/process.htm

They can also research the following processes (possible for extra credit):

wax making

cotton making

making concrete slabs

prefabricated houses

For an immediate follow up activity on the Process of papermaking, please click on the link: Educational_Use_of_Excel