Nisrine Yusuf Nisrine Yusuf

Materials

Abc Pictures of Volkswagen beetles
Abc Volkswagen Commercial: Black Beetle (video)
Abc Handout of the text "Volkswagen's Black Beetle ad"
Abc PowerPoint of the Lesson
Abc Worksheet 1
Abc Worksheet 2
Abc Worksheet 3

Main Aims

  • To provide gist reading practice using a text about advertising in the context of "Volkswagen's Black Beetle Ad"

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide clarification of language used for comparatives and superlatives in the context of "Volkswagen's Black Beetle Ad"

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (1-2 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

T displays various pictures of Volkswagen Beetles. T asks SS some warming questions: "Do you love cars?" "What kind of cars do you love the most? Do you know this car? Is it popular here in Egypt? Who usually drives it? How would you describe this car? Could anyone tell me what might be exactly the topic of this lesson, today?‎

Pre-Reading/Listening (3-5 minutes) • To prepare SS for the text and make it accessible. To lead SS to the functional language (comparing), clarified later.. To help T elicit the new words.

T displays the commercial video. T asks SS to discuss in groups: "What do you think about this ad?" "How different this new model from the earlier ones?" T monitors and notices problematic areas to focus on. ‎ T gets SS's feedback and doublechecks. T draws upon this video to teach certain keywords from the text that SS are likely not to know. T checks Ss’s understanding by CCQs.‎

While-Reading/Listening #1 (1-2 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

T gives SS the text handout with worksheet 1. T asks SS to read the text and think about the questions in worksheet 1. T asks SS to work in groups and answer these questions. T monitors and helps SS if they need help. T gets SS's feedback and doublechecks.

While-Reading/Listening #2 (1-2 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

T gives SS worksheet 2. T asks SS to work in groups and answer questions in worksheet 2. T monitors and helps SS if they need help. T gets SS's feedback and doublechecks.

Post-Reading/Listening (1-2 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

T gives SS worksheet 3. T asks SS to work in groups and answer questions in worksheet 3. T monitors and helps SS if they need help. T gets SS's feedback and doublechecks.

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