Future Society
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide practices for gist reading and detailed reading related to texts,' Getting it Wrong!' and ' Getting it Right?'
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide SS the meanings of unfamiliar words that are going to be usefull before getting into reading.
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To provide SS some speaking activities to encourage them talk about what they learn from the text they read.
Procedure (29-47 minutes)
- T shows 2 pictures -one contain horoscopes and one fortune teller, and elicit the meanings. - T tell SS that she believes in horoscopes and fortunes and everything and tries to get the SS attention to the topic. - SS will be working in pairs. - T asks SS if they read horoscopes or expert's predictions about the future of society? and 'Do you believe they are usually true?
- SS will be working in groups. - T will give some slips of paper- one contains the words and one contains the meanings. - SS will be asked to match the right words with the right meanings. - When they finish T will hand the A/K in. - Then drill once.
- T will give the HO's which includes the topics that they should be related above. - T will ask SS to read the predictions given carefully alone and match the right prediction with the right topic. The time is given 3 minutes. - Then SS will asked to check in pairs to see how other peer did. - Then the SS will be given the A/K. - Then T asks SS which prediction has come true?
- T will briefly give some information about James Martin. - After that T will hand another reading text which is' Getting it Right?' written by James Martin, along with the ex. 6 pg 93. - SS will be given 5 minutes to read the whole text. - Then SS will be working on ex 6 pg 93 individually to find out if the sentences given on the exercise are same or different from what James Martin predicted. - S will work in groups to see if the all the SS get the same or different answers from each other. - And the T will check the answers with the W/C.
- SS will be working in groups. - T will give HO's with three questions related to the context and asks SS to discuss the questions in their groups. - Then each group will choose a spokesperson to share the idea of their group with the class.