personality reading
pre-intermidiate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide gist and scan reading practice using a text about personality from nature or nurture in the context of what affects on personality
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a per in the context of what affects on personality
Procedure (45-55 minutes)
at first the T write the word of personality on the board and ask them "what is personality" and "how we get our personality". at first this a WC activity, after a minute they talked, the teacher put them in group to talk and share their ideas.
in this HO the words and their meanings are divided. Ss in their group should match the words and their meanings.when they did it its time to check the answers with the whole class. for checking the meanings they can use dictionaries.
before they start reading the text the T write the question "is personality genetic or environmental?". then i will give them 3 minutes to read the text. after that they should discuss their answers in their group. they have 3 minutes. after that each group should tell their answer to the whole class.
now i will give each group another HO which has written questions about more details in the text. Ss have 5 minutes to read the text more than previous time. whan they read the text they have 4 minutes to answer the questions. after that the T ask the questions and groups answer them.
here they have the last HO. they read the questions, personalize them and write their answers in the paper. when they write, the T takes all the papers mix the papers and hand it out again. Ss read the answers of their friend, when they read it, they explain it for the WC. Ss have 3 minutes to write their answers and have 2 minutes to read their friends answers.