The moon controversy

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – expand vocabulary related to conspiracy theories through picture analysis to find common descriptive phrases and definition matching exercises;
• – introduce and practice adjective clauses through example analysis and sentence transformation exercises to convert simple sentences into more complex structures;
• – improve comprehension and critical thinking skills by watching a video about Apollo 11 moon landing conspiracy theories, reading a text about conspiracy theories, and engaging in discussions about evaluating the believability of claims.

In this Upper Intermediate lesson plan, students will practice vocabulary related to conspiracy theories and become more comfortable with using adjective clauses.

Warm-up 

The students look at pictures and try to come up with one phrase that describes them all.

Video 

Students will view a video titled “Exposed: Apollo 11 Moon landing conspiracy theories | Just The FAQs” After watching the video, they will answer questions to check for comprehension.

Grammar

This segment introduces adjective clauses with examples to illustrate their use.

Exercises 

In this part of the lesson plan the students will be asked to transform simple sentences into more complex ones using adjective clauses.

Students will also learn new vocabulary by matching terms with their definitions.

Reading 

In this part, the students will read a short text about conspiracy theories and answer a set of questions related to the text.

Discussion 

The lesson concludes with a short text. The students are tasked with judging how believable it is.