reading lesson: Saroo Brierly story
Upper Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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For students to able to read for gist and for details in the context of the story of Saroo Briely.
Subsidiary Aims
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Students will be able to know the meaning of some new words and write about Sarro Briely as well in the context of writing Sarro's life style. (nap - hordes-foul play-struck gold)
Procedure (45-55 minutes)
- Show students a story of Saroo and see if they know him or not. - display the trailer of the movie "lion" and ask students if they have watched it before - listen to the answers of those who watched it. - ask students these 2 questions ( display the questions to them) - what is the nationality of Saroo? - Where was Saoro born? -T listens to their answers and tells them that were are going to read about Saroo's life story.
- T demonstrates and explains some new words that might be difficult (nap-hordes- foul play -struck gold) - T hands students the task sheet. - T asks students to answer the following questions: - Is Saroo still alive? - where does he live now? - T listens to the students response with no confirmation that their answers are correct or not.
T displays some questions and asks students to scan the text quickly to find the answer: 1. Saroo and his brother both had jobs cleaning the trains (true & false) 2. Saroo fell asleep at the station at calcutta (T & F) 3. He was given food and shelter by a man. (T & F) - T discusses the answers with students.
- T asks students to read the text carefully and discuss the following questions in pairs.(reading for gist) 1. why do you think it is important to Saroo to find his family? 2. why do you think his story made a good film? 3. why did the little boy had to become a beggar? - T monitors and keeps track of what is happening in the classroom. - T gives instructions and asks the students to discuss their answers in pairs.
- Display HO2 - Give clear instructions - Ask students to discuss their ideas in groups - Monitor and support when needed. - Ask students to write four facts their knew about Saroo