Abilities
A1/A2 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide gist and detailed reading practice using a text about A Talented Familt in the context of A jigsaw reading about the life and success of two members of the same family
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a Discussion in the context of Family
Procedure (28-44 minutes)
1-students will watch an excerpt from Nicola Benedetti - Glazunov Violin Concerto III. Animando (1 min) 2-as a warmer, a star fact will be used to introduce Nicola Benedetti, highlighting her job, where she lives, sister's name, father's name and the age she started playing Violin so that the lexis "talented" an be introduced. 3- Students talk about talented people in their family.
New vocabulary from reading's introduction and exercise 5 will be given to the students then elicit the meaning from the students. to personalize the new vocabulary, students will write true sentences about themselves.
Students will read the introduction to the reading individually and then in pairs answer to the questions in ex2
the students form 2 groups. One group reads about Nicola Benedetti and the other group reads about Gio. then they answer the questions accordingly. Once they are finished with the exercises, students discuss the readings in pairs (one from each group). finally,to get feedback, two students talk about Gio and Nicola.
Students will discuss questions in ex5 p42 in pairs then change partner for more information