Sprint Ceremonies

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minIT & TechnologyLesson 2 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: know exactly what to say in each of the four Agile ceremonies — standup, planning, review, retrospective — and say it briefly.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Four meetings, four scripts

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Agile Meetings

    Read a 138-word text about Agile Meetings

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Meeting Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: One sprint, four meetings — your lines in full

    Read a 240-word text about One sprint, four meetings — your lines in full

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Sprint Ceremonies

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Meeting Phrases

    Word-ordering exercise, 4 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Daily Standup

    Role-play: You're giving your update in the daily standup (7 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: survive the whole sprint

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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