News stories
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide gist and scan reading practice using some articles from newspapers in the context of the media.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide clarification of some words from the news in the context of the media.
Procedure (18-30 minutes)
I will start a discussion with the students asking them if they read newspapers or not. I will also ask them about the topics of newspapers and I will show them a short video called The newspaper. It's about someone's opinion of the content of a newspaper. I will ask them after watching the video if they agree with her or not.
I will teach the students some key words before their reading. I will elicit the meaning from them through a task. They will work in pairs and match the words to its pictures. Then, I will give them the feedback. I'll use some CCQs to check their understanding of the meaning. Then, they will repeat the words after me and I will write them on the board. I will also ask the students to predict what they will read. I will use the coursebook to show them some headlines and, in pairs too, they will choose two headlines and try to guess what their articles are talking about.
I will ask the students to read the articles quickly and match them with their headlines. I will give them two minutes to do this. Then, I will ask them to check their answers in pairs, and in the end, I will check the answers with them.
I will ask the students to read the articles again carefully and answer some questions about some specific information. They will check their answers in pairs. Then, I will check the answers with them.
I will divide them into two groups and ask them to discuss two questions about what they read. I will monitor while they are speaking to get my feedback, and If I catch any mistakes, I will correct them.