Reyhan Torlak, 18/03/14 Future Plans
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide detailed and different reading practices from a text which includes sentences such as "I am going out on Saturday.", "I might not turn up at all." in the context of future plans.
Subsidiary Aims
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to enable Ss to find some certain words that are used in the text by using given clues.
Procedure (43-15 minutes)
- distribute a hand-out to each student which includes two questions on it about the video and give them 20 seconds to read and understand these questions before watching the video - tell them think about these Qs while watching the video - open the video and make them watch just once - give enough time to talk about these Qs with their partners - nominate Ss to read the questions and get feedback by discussing them with the whole class - ask them whether they can add any different characteristics of teenagers - give a prompt if they have difficulty by using gestures, mimics or body language.
- divide the classroom into two groups according to the number of Ss and give a carton to each group with different color on which there is a question related to the topic - give different color board markers to each group - tell them come together as a group, share their knowledge about the question, and write their answers on the carton in 2-3 minutes. - when time is over, tell one of the student from each group come and stick their cartons on the board. - give a chance to each group read their questions and share their answers with the whole class orally. - ask other group's opinions about the question - do the same procedure for each group - don't forget asking ICQS before beginning the activity 1) how many questions are we going to answer? 2) are we going to work alone? 3) how many minutes do we have?
- open PPP and tell Ss read and discuss about the questions with their partners for 2 min. - when time is over, get feedback from Ss, especially talk about the 3rd question which is "What can be the text about?" to see their ability to preview the text.
- give 3 min. and let the Ss read the text and find the problems that were mentioned in the text and underline them - group Ss for discussing about the text - use different techniques for grouping. For example; create different categories like "sleepy teens", "energetic teens", "hungry teens", or "tired teens" and divide Ss according to these categories - tell them come together and talk about the problems that they found in the text
- tell Ss work individually and in 2 minutes try to complete the summary of the text - let them check in pairs - nominate Ss randomly and tell them read the sentence with the correct answers or project the answers on the board and tell them check their answers
- W/C go through the T/F Qs, get the SS idea about the sentences, but don't give the right answers. - give them 2-3 minutes to read the text again and find the right answers - tell them highlight the answers in the text where they found the answer - let them check in pairs - W/C F/B nominate a student for each sentence to read and tell the correct answer and show the place where s/he found the answer - follow this procedure for each sentence
- divide the classroom into 3 groups by giving them a number and tell them come together with their groups - explain the way of activity by giving demo, but before it, hand them a hand-out on which they can see the definitions of key words with an extra example - distribute the definitions for the groups so that each group just focus on the given ones - when they finish their task with their groups, tell them mingle, talk and try to find other words for the definitions. - nominate a student to read the definition and get answer from him/her - let this student choose a different student for the next answer - do choral drilling - at the end of the lesson, put Ss in small groups and get them discuss especially the 2nd question in 3