- T shows Ss some photos of different sports, and asks them whether they like sports or not, to lead their minds into sports and topics around it. - Ss are asked to talk about the things that athletes do before their competitions.

- Ss are shown a video on you tube about pre-game rituals, to elicit the meaning of the word "ritual". - T asks some questions about the video to elicit the meaning: * what was the video about? abou the things that athletes do before their matches. * what was the word for these activities? ritual - T asks some CCQs: * do they always follow these rituals before their games? yes * do they do exactly the same thing each time? yes - Ss are asked to give an example for their rituals, and T gives them a model: for example, kissing each other before doing to bed is my family ritual. - Ss are asked about its part of speech and pronunciation, which is written on LA. - T pretends to sneeze and stop for a while as it is common believe in Iran that you have to wait for a while when you sneeze, otherwise something bad would happen, to elicit the meaning of the word " superstitious". - Ss are asked if they believe on these ideas or not. - T pretends that she does not know the word for "superstitious" and asks Ss if they know, if not she says the word by saying that : may be i am such a .... person - T asks some CCQs: is it a proven science or just an old idea? old idea is it about magic and luck? yes - T gives the Ss its part of speech and the syllables, and express the word stress, which are all written on LA. - T elicits the meaning of the word " confine" by asking a Q: are these superstitions confined to some group of people, or spread all over the world? spread all over the world. if something is confined, spread all over or limited ? limited is it a good idea to confine our studying time? no - Ss are given the part of speech and its collocation which are written on the LA. - Ss are asked to look at the pictures and title of the reading and predict what the reading is about.

- Ss are given a limited time ( 1 minute) to read the text and say what it is about. - Ss are asked to share their answers with their partner. - Ss are asked to read the article and match the first sentences with the paragraph, they have to do the task in 3 minutes.. - Ss are asked to compare their answers with their partner and tell why they have chosen the sentences. - T gives them feedback . - T asks Ss if they have problem with any words, and if yes she asks for peer feedback

- Ss are shown a photo of different athletes, which are mentioned on the book, and are asked to guess what any of their superstitions are or were? - Ss are divided into two groups, one group should stay other side of the class. - each groups are given two hand-outs to read, each members of each groups should come and say what they have read to the opposite groups. - Ss should guess which superstition is for which person. - T gives them feedback.

- Ss are asked to tell each other what is their own superstitions or their countries' superstitions