George Accioli George Accioli

Materials

Main Aims

  • Lesson 1: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to apply skimming (gist) and scanning strategies (specific information) in the context of a reading text.

Subsidiary Aims

  • For students to improve their vocabulary fluency by using collocations related to the reading theme.

Procedure

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

T greets Ss. does short introductions and shares with them how he gets in touch with his friends.

Pre-Reading/Listening (5-5 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

T asks Ss to name the top five types of social media and then elicits from SS their favorite types of social media. In pairs, Ss compare their personal choice. T monitors task and collect feedback at the end of task

Pre-teaching vocabulary (3-5 minutes) • To prevent Ls blocking on unknown vocabulary in the questions and answers

T hands chests worksheet telling students they are going to match the phrases. • T. does I.C.Qs and then hands out worksheet. • Ss work in pairs. • T. writes 5 sentences on the board and then elicits meaning of the following phrases. o To be addicted to something o To keep in touch with someone o To put (something) away o To give up doing something o First thing in the morning • T asks Ss to three of these phrases to talk about themselves to their partners.

While-Reading/Listening #1 (10-12 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

T focuses attention on the short texts and asks students to quickly read the article and filling in the gaps with the words in the bottom of the page. • T. does ICQs and times gist task in 2 minutes • Then T ask Ss to check in pairs • T. does open-class feedback. • To give Ls a reason • T instructs Ls to read the text again 5 to read for individual and answer the question referring to minutes items or information the text (Ex 3). • Ss do Peer-checking after reading • T. does open class feedback.

While-Reading/Listening #2 (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

T asks Ss to go back on the texts to read at a detailed and underline the expressions they level learned in the pre-teaching stages. • Ss work in pairs. • T does some intensive reading by using Ex 4 (Vocabulary extension). • In pairs, Ss fill in the gaps using the expressions provided in the bottom of the page. • T monitors task and then does open- class feedback

Post-Reading/Listening (8-10 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

• In pairs, Ss discuss the questions (Ex. 5). • T elicits Ls’ ideas and has a class discussion. • In groups of 3, Ss proceed to Ex 6 to use language freely • T does an open-class feedback.

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