New lesson plan: TP1 Reading Task

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TP1 Reading Task - Pre Intermediate level

TP1 Reading Task
Pre Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson students will learn to read for gist and detailed understanding. The lead-in involves personal relation to have trouble deciding. The reading involves too much choice in life and how that relates to happiness. Students will discuss various aspects of this topic and relate to it from their own lives.

Materials

TP1 slides

Form for Gist task

Form for Detailed Task

TP1 slides

Form for Gist task

Form for Detailed Task

Main Aims

To provide gist and detailed reading practice using a text about too many choices making us unhappy in the context of coffee, television, food, etc

Subsidiary Aims

To provide accuracy speaking practice in using new words
To provide practice with new words

Procedure (32-45 minutes)

Warmer/Lead-in (2-4 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Show students google slides about being indecisive and a demo example. Students go to breakout rooms and discuss what choices are difficult for them. Students return to main room and share through nomination with the whole class.

Pre-Reading/Listening (6-8 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

Show students slides with specific vocabulary with a demo. Gadget, Dissapointed, Stressful. Ask CCQs and elicit answers from students.

While-Reading/Listening #1 (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

Using the chatbox on Zoom provide the link to the Google form. Give students a short amount of time to read and guess the title of the article. Then students go to breakout rooms and discuss their answers. Back in the main room students will be nominated to share their answers or other students' answers.

While-Reading/Listening #2 (10-15 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

Provide link to students and give them a demo of the first answer. Give them longer time to reread the article. After matching the sentences to the blanks in the article students meet back in main room. Students then go to breakout rooms and discuss their answers. Back in the main room students are nominated to share their answers and why.

Post-Reading/Listening (6-8 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

Students are provided with a link to the slides and the final slides are prompting questions for discussion. Students go to breakout rooms and discuss how having too many choices affects their personal lives. Students return to main room and share opinions. Afterwards students receive Delayed Error Correction.