TP 1
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide gist and detailed reading practice using a text about friendship in the context of lasting friendships and changing life pathes
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide review of friendships in the context of lasting friendships and shifting life pathes
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of lasting friendships and changing life pathes
Procedure (22-35 minutes)
Hand out the material sheet to S and let them focus on the picture and the name of the lesson. let them guess what the lesson is about..if they struggled i will give them a hint that it's in the context of previous lessons which is friendships. I will clear out any cultural miss-understandings about the picture as for them to guess more accurately
Focusing on the pre-reading questions students will discuss the statements in pairs, stating what do they think is true or false and why (2min). S will get back to T and T will ask for what they have choose. (1min)
T hands out a matching definition exercise... let them check in pairs and then T explains further.
S will focus on reading the text for gist to support their claims on the pre-reading questions. T will ask if there is anything difficult to understand and will try to review the difficult. T will explain what is virgo and give S a hint about zodiac in English as a cultural reference.
Ss will read the artical more thoroughly
S answer the post-reading questions and check with a partner
T provide S with few questions about the topic and their point of view. students discuss in GW