A traveler's tale
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide gist, scan and detailed reading with activities that will enhance the reading skills for students.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a discussions and to provide clarification of new words
Procedure (31-41 minutes)
- warming up with some animals and to ask them - matching pictures and words exercise. - do you have these animals in your country? how do you feel about them. - I will start setting up the context of A traveller's tale by Eliciting.
- Students will read the text quickly and they will do he following: - students will match slips of papers (each will have part of the story) to put the story in the right order. - What was Belinda frightened of? what was the receptionist frightened of?
- to elicit the meaning of the following words form the text frightened: (adjective), feeling fear or worry. pick up : (phrasal verb), to answer the phone - Students to drill the words - http://dictionary.cambridge.org
Students will read the text again quickly and the will answer the questions.
student will read in turn parts of the text and do play role in pairs Student A , Student B
Students will discuss in groups about their own language if there is any words that do learners mix up