New lesson plan: Reading and Sentence Types

Sherif Abouelez

Reading and Sentence Types - Grade Level: 7 - Proficiency Level: B1 level

Reading and Sentence Types
Grade Level: 7 - Proficiency Level: B1 level

Description

In this lesson, students will learn about the different types of sentences through Guided Discovery based on a reading text about Going on a picnic.

Materials

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Main Aims

Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will: Improve reading comprehension through skimming and detailed reading in the context of going out on a picnic.

Subsidiary Aims

Identify and differentiate between simple, compound, and complex sentences. Use each sentence type to create their own examples.

Procedure (38-50 minutes)

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Ask students questions to spark interest: "Do you like going to the park? What do you usually do there?" Show a picture of a park to help visualize the setting (displayed on a projector).

Pre-Reading (5-6 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

Objective: Develop the prediction skill. Activity: Tell students: "Before we read, can you guess what happens in the story?"

While-Reading #1 (10-12 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading tasks

Objective: Practice skimming to find the main idea. Activity: Give students 2–3 minutes to read the passage quickly. Ask: "What is the story mostly about?" (Expected answer: A family’s fun day at the park.) Discuss briefly and confirm the main idea.

While-Reading #2 (10-12 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

Objective: Focus on reading for specific details. Activity: Read the passage again and try to answer the following questions: *"What did the family bring to the park?" *"What activities did they do?" *"Why did they leave the park?"

Post-Reading (10-15 minutes) • Eliciting the difference between different types of sentences

1- Eliciting Simple Sentences: Ask Ss: "Look at the first sentence: 'The park was full of people.' What do you notice? How many ideas are here?" Guide them to see it’s one idea and explain: "A simple sentence has one idea or one subject and one verb." Give more examples: The lake was clear. Activity: Ask students to find 2 more simple sentences in the text. 2- Eliciting Compound Sentences: Point to the second sentence: "Families were having picnics, and children were playing on the swings." Ask: "How many ideas are here? What word connects them?" Explain: "A compound sentence has two ideas joined by words like 'and,' 'but,' or 'so.' Each part could be a sentence on its own." Give examples: We rented bikes, and we rode around the park. Activity: Ask students to write their own compound sentence about the park. 3- Eliciting Complex Sentences Point to the third sentence: "A squirrel came close to us because it wanted some food." Ask: "What do you notice? Does this sentence have two ideas? Are they equal, or is one part explaining the other?" Explain: "A complex sentence has one main idea and one extra part that gives more information. Words like 'because,' 'while,' or 'when' are common in complex sentences." Give examples: The lake was beautiful because it was so clear. Practice and Review Write a mix of simple, compound, and complex sentences from the passage on the board. Ask students to identify the type of each sentence and explain why.