Yaritza Arleth Martinez Aguilar Yaritza Arleth Martinez Aguilar

Earthquake lesson
A1 level

Description

In this lesson, the students learn about the kinds of the earthquake and vocabulary

Materials

Abc Relating activity
Abc Notebooks
Abc Recycle materials

Main Aims

  • To provide reading practice using a text about earthquake in the context of kinds

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide specific information listening practice using a text about earthquake in the context of origin

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (5-10 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

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.

Pre-Reading/Listening (3-5 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

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?

While-Reading/Listening #1 (10-12 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

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.

While-Reading/Listening #2 (10-12 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

Deliver a short reading where words are changed by pictures. Students must write the correct word under their drawing to continue reading.

Post-Reading/Listening (15-20 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

The students make a small model of an earthquake using recycled materials. They apply the knowledge acquired from previous readings.

Feedback (3-5 minutes) • To know and evaluate the knowledge acquired

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.

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