mhd nour -fluency in the context
upper-internediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide gist and detailed reading practice using a text about Unusual achievements in the context of achievements
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide practice of Unusual achievements in the context of a
Procedure (28-44 minutes)
Engage Ss by asking them to look at the title and the pictures.
Ask Ss if they can guess what the people have achieved.
Put Ss into groups of the 5( if the number do not add up, any close number of Ss will do). Give every student one of the paragraphs to read and in the same groups tell them to summarise that person's achievement to the other Ss. Ex.2, pg.52.
Tell Ss tp work individually to do ex.3, pg 52. If necessary, check the meaning of the words in bold. Once Ss have had enough time to answer, put them in pairs to compare and explain their opinions. Encourage Ss to give full sentence. Monitor and help if necessary.
Ask the question in ex.4b to the whole class. Then, put the Ss in pairs to discuss. Encourage Ss to give opinions. Monitor and help if necessary. FB. Get Ss to do Ex.1 a-b and c from the WB. Hand out the answers for Ss to check.