Ana Luisa Lima Ana Luisa Lima

Lesson plan TP3 Ana
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, the students will read for skimming and details and will practice prepositions that collocate with verbs and adjectives in the context of improving memories. A new vocabulary will be elicited to make the text more accessible.

Materials

Abc Handbook Cutting Edge Intermediate
Abc Prepositions handout
Improving memory Picture
Abc Y/n handout

Main Aims

  • To provide gist and detailed in the context of improving memories

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide practice of prepositions that collocate with verbs and adjectives in the context of improving memories

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Ensure I know the students names. Show the picture. Ask ss to describe the picture. Make sure they know what memory is and ask questions about how they improve their memories.

Pre-Reading (12-15 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

Elicit the new vocabulary: effortlessly, consciously, struggle, chunk, patting, sadly. CCQ where appropriate. Drilling Writing

Skimming/reading for details (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information

Give instructions: Ss need to do exercise 2 (handout). Ss will have the text to skim for details. Pair check Feedback

Specific information task (10-14 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading

Give time to students read the text and answer exercise 4. Work in pairs Check Feedback

Post-Reading/Feedback (5-8 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

Do exercise 5 together (handout) - students centred. Discussion about improving memories. What they will do to improve their memories?

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