New lesson plan: HERE"S A SECRET: Gossip might be good for you.

mohammad javad mahmoodabady

HERE"S A SECRET: Gossip might be good for you. - Intermediate level

HERE"S A SECRET: Gossip might be good for you.
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson the students are going to learn some new vocabularies. They will focus on comprehending the text.

Materials

American English file 2nd edition

Pictures

Power point (Microsoft)

American English file 2nd edition

Pictures

Power point (Microsoft)

Main Aims

To provide detailed reading practice using a text about gossip in context of here"s a secret.

Subsidiary Aims

To provide clarification of some new words in the context of Here"s a secret : Gossip might be good for you.

Procedure (28-37 minutes)

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

I am going to start the class by speaking about the gossip that my friends were talking at the party last night and I am going to ask my students to talk about any gossip they have recently heard if they are satisfied with sharing it.

Pre-Reading/Listening (10-12 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

I am going to teach the students some key vocabularies of the text using their definitions and some pictures to help them learn better .The students are going to match some pictures with the paragraphs that talk about different things related to the context . some key vocabularies are : 1- Gossip: To gossip means to say something about someone that might not be true or it can be a rumor. the form of this word is verb and noun. 2-Share: To share means to inform someone about something important or information. the form is verb. 3-Feel guilty: It is a kind of sensation people usually get after doing a sin or crime.

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

The students are going to answer the question: Is gossiping always a bad action?

While-Reading/Listening #2 (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

The students are going to read the text deeper and answer some True or False questions related to the text. They will check their answers in pairs and then with the whole class. Some of them are: 1-We sometimes feel bad after we gossip. 2-gossiping can be good or bad - it depends on why we do it. 3-people enjoy sharing bad news about people they like.

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

The students are going to be divided into groups of 3 and discuss about the question : Do they agree with what the article says about the way men and women gossip?