Earthquake lesson
A1 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide reading practice using a text about earthquake in the context of kinds
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide specific information listening practice using a text about earthquake in the context of origin
Procedure (46-64 minutes)
Play the game called earthquake Form teams of 3 or 4 members. Two of the team members will form a little house with their hands while the remaining member will stand in the middle of the other two. When they are called "tenant" the middle students must move to another house. When they are told "earthquake" everyone disperses and forms new houses and there are new tenants.
Ask the students to make three teams, one member of each team must come forward and answer a question if they answer it correctly, all the members of the team win a sticker as a prize. The questions are: What is a natural phenomenon? Mention some natural phenomenon that you know about. What causes an earthquake?
Give the students a short reading about earthquakes and they will underline the words they don't know. Write the underlined words with their meaning and a drawing in your notebooks.
Deliver a short reading where words are changed by pictures. Students must write the correct word under their drawing to continue reading.
The students make a small model of an earthquake using recycled materials. They apply the knowledge acquired from previous readings.
Students relate the words to their image depending on the type or stage of the earthquake. Resolve doubts or make comments about what was observed in class.