Alara Melike Şamlıoğlu Alara Melike Şamlıoğlu

TP8
Elementary level

Materials

Abc Cutting Edge Coursebook
Abc Google Slides
Abc Matching Handout

Main Aims

  • To provide detailed and gist reading practice using a text about Festivals in the context of Celebrating festivals around the world.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide fluency speaking practice in a discussion in the context of festivals.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (6 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

The teacher greets the students, then shows three pictures on the board and asks if they know what they are. She tries to elicit the word 'festivals' (1 min). After that, she asks about the season of each photo and lets students discuss it in pairs(1 min). The students write their FB on the board. Later, she asks students to discuss in which country they think each festival is again with their pairs (1 min). Then she again asks students to write their answers on the board.

Pre-Reading/Listening (7 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

Before the students read the text, the teacher teaches five difficult words in the text ( sculpture, maypole, harvest, traditional, and equal). She first shows the matching activity on the board and gives students time to complete it alone (2-3 mins). Then she let them check with their pairs (1 min). Later she nominates students to get answers. After that, she gives the meaning and asks CCQs for the difficult words. She drills the words that students have difficulty in pronouncing (If there are any).

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

She shows their answers to the first activity on the board and asks students to read the text in 2 minutes to check their answers. They read alone and check individually first, then pair-check their answers. The teacher takes whole class feedback afterward for each question and ticks the answers on the board.

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

The teacher shows the true/false statements before the reading text, then asks students to read them to check if they have any unknown words. (1-2 minutes). If so, she gives examples of unfamiliar words to clarify their meanings (might be 'lucky'). Then, she asks students to read the text and write True or False next to the sentences. After they finish, she asks them to pair-check their answers. Later on, she nominates students to get answers and asks them to show the answers in the text.

Post-Reading (9 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

After reading and answering the questions the teacher changes the seats of a couple of students, and for production, the teacher asks students to discuss two questions in the book (p. 108, task 3) in pairs. First, she gives example answers and gives some time for the students to think about their answers. (2 minutes). Later, she pairs them up and gives time for them to speak. Then, she nominates a couple of students to get their answers.

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