1. Have the beam projector ready to show the videos suggested in the  “Materiales Educativos Digitales” section.

2. Ask students what a ‘talk show’ is and what are some Mexican shows.

3. If they don’t know, ask them to ‘analyze’ the word and discuss how important questions in an interview are.

4. Tell students this is a very famous American show, “The tonight show” starring Jimmy Fallon and this is a clip from a famous interview.

5. Show the scene and ask students if they recognize the guys being interviewed. Invite students to tell you what they know about 1D.

6. Play the interview (2:38minutes) and decide where to pause it so you can discuss what they are talking about.  This is a great cultural experience since they are ‘imitating’ different British accents. Students may not get them so only imitate them and tell them there’s a wide variety of regional accents just like in Mexico or any other country.

7. Discuss with students,

a)       What are they talking about?

b)       What did 1D say they are most grateful for?

c)       What’s so important about the album 1D brings?

d)       How long are they going to be on tour?

e)       Why do they sit on the floor?

8. Play the video again and this time ask students to talk about the video like if they were narrating and ask some questions to the band.

9. Tell students they are going to have the opportunity to interview a football star or a very famous singer so how important it would be for them to have the questions ready.

10. Ask students what kind of questions they would ask. Invite them to give you some examples.

11. Ask students to work in pairs and sit together since they are going to take notes and discuss some points.

12. Tell students to make a list and number it with the tips given here. It is not necessary to write complete sentences but keywords for them to manipulate and be able to discuss.

13. Play the video and pause it after each tip is given. Suggest they write the examples as well.

14. Give students some time to discuss the information and invite pair to present it to the class. Do you agree on the effect these tips can make when interviewing?

1. Have the beam projector ready to show the activities suggested in the  “Materiales Educativos Digitales” section.

2. Ask students if they remember what a yes/no question is and what a WH_question is.

3. Discuss with students the types of questions famous people are asked and what their intention is.

4. Invite them to ask you some questions, that is, to interview you.

5. Tell students they are going to watch a video that reviews and presents information about how to make questions.

6. Divide the video into 3 or 4 parts and ask students to take notes and write down the examples given.

7. Start the video at 1:04 with the first part Q&A and continue with the 4 elements needed to make a question, the examples, etc.

8. Ask students to listen to the explanation of “closed and open” questions.

9. Make a pause here and ask students questions about ‘questions’ and go over more examples.

10.  Make sure students can listen to the video clearly in the section of ‘intonation’. 

11. Use those examples and invite students to imitate pronunciation. Make corrections if necessary.

12. Tell students they are going to practice making questions, open and closed, according to the video they saw in the previous section of the lesson.

13. Tell students they are going to write the correct question into the gap. You may show the exercise and ask students to write down the questions in their notebooks, or if possible ask volunteers to come to the front and type the questions.

14. Check answers with the class and make sure they have no problems with question formation.

15. If time allows, it is recommended you work using the same procedure with exercise # 1403  https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/mistakes2.htm

1. Have the beam projector ready to show the activities suggested in the  “Materiales Educativos Digitales” section.

2. Ask students to write down two WH_ questions and 2 yes/no questions (or closed questions) and read them to you. Then, ask them to a classmate.

3. Ask students if they noticed the intonation they used. Grammar is very important and intonation as well.

4. Tell students they are going to watch a video that is going to present the correct intonation in yes/no questions, WH_questions, and choices.

5. Play the video and ask students to write down the examples using markers or colored pencils to identify intonation. Pause the video between sections.

6. Invite students to mark the questions they wrote the color they chose and ask them to different students using the appropriate intonation.

7. Tell students they are going to practice making  WH_ questions in past.

8. Tell students they are going to use the words in parenthesis or brackets and form questions with the question words already given. You may show the exercise and ask students to write down the questions in their notebooks, or if possible ask volunteers to come to the front and type the questions.

9. Check answers with the class and make sure they have no problems with question formation.

10. Ask students to work in pairs and ask each other 3 questions each from the exercise using the correct intonation and giving an answer using the correct verbs in the past.