News
Intermediate level
Description
Main Aims
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To teach and review crime vocabulary
Subsidiary Aims
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To practise reading
Procedure (45-55 minutes)
T shows Ss a court picture. Ss look at the picture. T and Ss discuss.
T teaches Ss some words that are related to the crime topic. T uses some pictures and gives demonstrations for the blocking vocabulary. T provides Ss with the form of the words. T highlights the pronunciation features (stress and vowel sounds) and drill the words
T ask Ss to read for gist the news stories to have an idea about each story. T asks Ss to match the news stories with the appropriate given headings. Ss compare their answers with their partners. T provides Ss with the answer key. T asks Ss to check their answers.
T asks Ss to read again the text to guess the meaning of some highlighted phrases within the reading context. T elicits the meaning of the words. T discusses the meaning of the words with Ss. Ss have a gap fill activity. They will use the highlighted words to complete five given sentences. Ss compare and discuss their answers with their partners. T provides Ss with the answer key and ask them to check their answers. T give Ss another gap fiil activity and ask them to use some words from the text to complete three nws stories. T provides Ss with the answer key and ask them to check their answers.
T asks every S to write a news story of a crime. Ss work individually to do the task. Ss share their news stories. Ss stick their news stories on a news paper