📰 Builders: Breaking News with Just
A fully interactive B1.1 teens grammar lesson that opens the JAY module (Just / Already / Yet) by teaching the present perfect with just for reporting fresh news. Students begin with four warm-up questions about news and headlines, then study the language in two clear blocks: The Newsflash (have/has + just + past participle for hot news, with contractions like I've, she's and they've and a hot-news signals panel) and Where 'just' sits (a do/don't table showing that just goes in the middle, between the auxiliary and the participle, never at the end). Ten news-desk words (just, news, breaking news, headline, report, reporter, announce, score, update, live) appear in a scrollable table with B1 definitions and examples, and six are revised as flashcards. The reading is a magazine-style breaking-news bulletin (about 150 words) anchored by Aylin, with Marco scoring a goal, Priya finishing a robot and Sam posting a song — every event in the present perfect with just, and eight key words highlighted on hover. Practice includes eight contextualised fill-in-the-blank questions (has/have, just, past participles, lesson words) with live green/red validation, hints and a running score; a speaking section with five reporter prompts and a model six-line news-desk dialogue; a guided 40-70 word breaking-news writing task with a four-point checklist and a live word counter with auto-save; and a full eight-question multiple-choice quiz with a progress bar, per-question explanations, a conic-gradient result circle and localStorage persistence.
Lesson Plan
- 4 questions about news, headlines and things that have just happened
- Silent thinking or pair-share format — no writing required
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- Present perfect for hot news: have/has + just + past participle (She has just scored)
- Just = a very short time ago; the news is still fresh and important
- Position: just goes between have/has and the past participle, never at the end
- Contractions in reports: I've, she's, he's and they've + just + participle
- Hot-news signals: just, breaking news, hot off the press, right now
- Past participles in the news: scored, finished, seen, posted, edited
Prerequisites
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