Reading lesson: A good impression
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide gist and scan reading practice using a text about How to make a good impression in the context of Giving impressions
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide clarification, review and practice of impression words in the context of Giving impressions
Procedure (38-47 minutes)
Ask them if they remember what was the topic of the previous lesson, elicit the word impression. Ask them what is important for making a good impression.
Put one picture on the WB and who is this. Put them into small groups and put the rest of the pictures on the WB. Ask them to make a story according to these pictures about what happened to this man. Take FB.
Give them the text and ask to skim it to find out what it is about. Put them in pairs to exchange their ideas. Take FB. Put them into 3 groups. Divide the WB in to 3 parts. Stick the definitions of the words to the board. Tell them one person from the team has to come to the WB, take one definition, go back to their partner and find the right word for this definition in the text. Do the same with all the words. Take FB.
Ask them to work with their partners. Have them do exercise 2a. When they finish, tell them to look for the answer key under their desks. Take FB.
Divide them into two groups. Ask them to share their ideas about what makes a good impression on them. Monitor. Error correction.