Lotto
Upper-intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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By the end of the lesson, learners will have practiced reading a text for gist and for detailed understanding in the context of winning the lottery
Subsidiary Aims
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By the end of the lesson, learners will have a better understanding of vocabulary related to winning the lottery
Procedure (45 minutes)
-show slide 1 -tell Ss: Please read the newspaper headlines and answer the following questions in groups. What do you think happened to these people? Do you know anyone (either people you know or people you have read about) who has won or inherited money? What did they do with the money? -tell Ss: Please take a screenshot. -send Ss to BORs in groups of 3 -monitor Ss in BORs -send Ss back to the main room after 1-2 minutes
-show slide 2 -tell Ss: Now we are going to talk about some words related to winning the lottery -show words on the screen -Ask Ss: does anyone know any of the words? (elicit responses) -Tell Ss: We are going to put that knowledge to the test with a little matching game. I’m putting the link in the chat so please click it and complete the matching game with the words and definitions individually for about 1 minute. -ICQs: Do you need to write anything? (no) Now, with your new knowledge of these words, please complete this Google Docs form about the words in groups. Find your group number. -show Google Doc form and review how to answer questions (match the definitions) -ICQs: Do you need to work together? (yes) Are you writing sentences? (no) What are you doing? (matching words to definitions) -send Ss to BORs in groups of 3 -monitor Ss in BORs -send Ss back to the main room after 1-2 minutes -Ask Ss: Where is the stress in … each word? (elicit stress) and repeat the word naturally as needed -ask Ss to drill the sentence chorally using back chaining -show each stress pattern on the slide -elicit parts of speech and put those as well on the slide
-show slide 3 -Tell Ss: Now, please read the start of 2 articles about someone who won the lottery. And think about: What do you think the people did? Which person do you think spent the money most wisely? You have 2 minutes to read now. -Tell Ss: Here are some of the words we talked about and from which story they are from. Based on this, What do you think each person’s story is? Please discuss the 3 questions in pairs for about 2 minutes. -send Ss to BORs in groups of 2 -monitor Ss in BORs -send Ss back to the main room after 2 minutes
-show slide 4 -Tell Ss: Now I will split you into 2 groups, group a and group b. Each group will be reading one of the two articles you just started to read and answering a different set of questions based on the reading. I will give you more time this time to read and answer the questions so please write them down on paper or your computer and take notes, as well as answering the questions. I will send you the article and questions in the chat box once you are in BORs. -ICQs: What are you writing down, answers to questions or notes or both? (both) Do they need to be in complete sentences? (no) Are you reading 1 or 2 articles? (1) -send Ss to BORs in 2 groups of however many Ss -put the reading/question picture in the chat box for group a -put the reading/question picture in the chat box for group b -stop Ss in each group after 10 minutes max -Tell Ss in each group: Please compare your answers in your group (or put in partners if there are many Ss) -send Ss back to the main room after 3-5 minutes -Ask Ss: Did you all agree on your answers?
-show slide 5 -Tell Ss: Now, you are going to speak to another S who read a DIFFERENT article than you. Ss who read article A will talk with Ss who read article B. Retell the story in your own words using the answers to your questions and the vocabulary here to HELP you. -ICQs: Are both partners sharing their stories? (yes) Are you reading your article to your partner? (no) Are you reading your answers to your partner? (no) Are you asking questions after your partner shares their story? (yes) -tell Ss: Please take a screenshot/ picture now. -send Ss to BORs in groups of 2 (student a + student b) -monitor Ss in BORs for vocabulary issues and timing( if they are fast, move on to FLEXI stage, if they are slow let them talk for the full 10 minutes) -send Ss back to the main room after 5-10 minutes (dependent on the monitoring) FLEXI (or the 5 min feedback time if not) -Tell Ss: Now you are going to speak to the same partner again, but this time please try to answer these questions together: •1 What sensible decisions do you think Sharon and Ihsan made? What poor decisions did they make? •2 Why do you think they made these decisions? •3 Which moral or 'message' comes out of these stories for you?