Reading: Holiday Heaven
Elementary A1/A2 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide students with reading for gist and detailed information in the context of Holiday Heaven
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide students with speaking practice in the context of Holiday Heaven
Procedure (34-46 minutes)
Ss watch a video clip about Phoenix Seagaia, a holiday resort in Japan T elicits the topic of Holiday Heaven T writes Holiday Heaven on the w/b
Ss read the text Phoenix Seagaia individually Ss discuss in pairs what they can do at Seagaia Whole Class FB
Ss match the adjectives to their meanings looking more closely at some new vocabulary after the first gist reading of the text guessing from the context Ss compare their answers in pairs The first finisher puts the answers on the w/b T highlights and drills the pronunciation of the words
Ss read the sentences and decide whether they are True or False Ss discuss their answers in pairs Whole Class FB
Ss discuss the following questions: What do you think of Seagaia? Does this type of holiday interest you? Why?/Why not? T monitors, helps if necessary and collects mistakes T puts Ss mistakes on the w/b and elicits corrections from them
T shows Ss four pictures of her holiday of a lifetime T encourages Ss to ask her questions about the holiday to get the answers Then T tells Ss that on Saturday evening she is leaving Istanbul and asks them to think of the three best places she can visit, three types of food she can try and three really good souvenirs she can buy in Istanbul before leaving T thanks Ss for their advice and their work wishing them all the best as this is their last lesson together