Session 4.2
E4 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of social issues vocabulary
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide gist, detailed, inference and scan reading practice using a text about unk
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To provide fluency and accuracy speaking practice in a discussion in the context of unknown heroes and social issues in today's world
Procedure (35-66 minutes)
T asks Ss to look at th epic on p.26 WB to guess the concoction between the man's picture and the flag behind him. Ss share their guess in pairs then whole class feedback.
T tells ss that they will read the text in 2 mins to confirm their guesses, then T gives feedback. Ss then do ex. 5b in 5 mins, then pair checking and whole class feedback. Then ss do ex. 5c in 4 mins, then pair checking and whole class feedback. Then ss do ex. 5D in 3 mins, then pair checking and whole class feedback. T writes the following Qs on the board or have them ready to be posted on the board on newspaper sheets: Find the pronoun reference of : he (par.1, line 6): __________ (dunant) T gives the ss 1 min for this task then asks if the following statement is a fact or an opinion: Par. 3 , quotation line 5 Answer: opinion
T asks ss to read par.1 again to guess which social issue the author hints at in the paragraph Answer: Discrimination
T directs the ss to p. 151 in CB and tells them that the visuals here represent other types of discrimination and that to identify them they need to match the types in ex. 1a to the visuals. T monitors to figure out the problematic TL items to teach.
T teaches problematic expressions which gave the ss a hard time (Check LA sheet)
Ss do ex. 1b p.151 in CB. T gives whole class feedback
T gives ss in small grps A political party manifesto (Teacher's guide p.150). Ss match the two halves of the words together then decide on the 4 main issues they want to address as a political party then write down a short plan on how to address these issues. After they are done, one rep from each grp give a short presentation to the other parties abt their manifesto. After all grps are done, Ss vote on the manifestos to declare a winner party. T gives content and language feedback.