Reading lesson
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To practice reading for gist and details ( correct factual mistakes in a summary ) in the context of a reading about skydiving.
Subsidiary Aims
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Speaking: justifying your choices.
Procedure (36-45 minutes)
T will show pictures of some extreme sports, and ask Ss to discuss in pairs how they feel about the sports and why. T-S task feedback ( elicit a few ideas )
To unblock the key vocabulary, T will give the students two different handouts including vocabulary and their definitions and students match them. T will ask students to pair up with one of the students from the other group in order to explain the new vocabulary. T controls Ss and help them out.
T will show the picture of Mike, and elicit students' ideas about what he is doing or what the text would probably be about. Tell them they are going to read a passage about Mike's experience on skydiving. T will pair Ss up to check if they have the same kind of information. T will check the understanding of Ss by getting them to answer the question number 1. WCF
T will ask Ss to pair up and answer question number 2 together. T will monitor Ss and help them out with their possible problems. T will show some more pictures of extreme sports and elicit the chunks on page 12 and justified asnwers from the Ss. The focus is on the chunks. T will help Ss at this stage.
T will number the Ss as 1 and 2 and will ask them to give a short summary of what they have learned from the reading passage. T will monitor the Ss and give feedback. T will show the definition of the words on the cards again and make Ss recall the words. T will check on the pronunciation and ask for any ambiguity. T will do some delayed correction.