New lesson plan: Reading Plan

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Reading Plan - Upper-Intermediate level

Reading Plan
Upper-Intermediate level

Description

The teacher will start the lesson by brainstorming about the phrase "father and son". After students are finished with brainstorming, they are supposed to do a pre-reading activity where they can answer several questions before reading the text. In while reading section 1, the students will read the text and take down useful notes to answer the questions in fact-finding exercise. After they are finished with reading the text, the students are supposed to write "true" or "false" for the statements in the exercise and correct "false" ones. Finally, students check their answers with their partners and the teacher provide the correct answers for students. In while reading section 2, the students read the text one more time on their own and they are supposed to guess the meanings of the words written in bold. The teacher asks students to use a dictionary if they have any difficulty in guessing the meanings of the words. After they are finished with answering the questions related to vocabulary, the teacher asks students to compare their answers with their partners. At this time, students are expected to discuss the meanings of the words written in bold. Then, the teacher provides the correct answers and clarifies the meanings of the words written in bold. In post reading section, the students answer four questions related to the text by taking into consideration the useful notes they have taken while reading. When they finish answering the questions, they check the answers first with their partners and then with the teacher.

Materials

Concepts for Today

Concepts for Today

Main Aims

To provide detailed reading practice using a text about a father and a son.

Subsidiary Aims

To provide practice of the words in the texts.
To provide clarification of the words in the texts.

Procedure (37-50 minutes)

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

The teacher greets the students and write the phrase "father and son" on the board. Then the teacher asks students a question: "What comes into your mind when you hear the phrase "father and son" ?". The students brainstorm and the teacher writes the answers on the board. Finally, general ideas are circled and the teacher gets students ready for pre-reading activity.

Pre-Reading (6-8 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

Before reading the text on page 21-22, the teacher gets the attention of the students on page 20, where they will have a pre-reading activity. The students answer the questions and the teacher gets the answers of the students and make students compare their answers with their partners.

While-Reading 1 (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information about reading tasks

The teacher asks students to read the text on page 21-22. Teacher tells student that they should underline the main points in the text and take down useful notes to do fact-finding exercise on page 23. After students have read the text, they are supposed to write true or false for the statements in fact-finding exercise on page 23. They are supposed to rewrite the statement if it is false. After they are finished and compare their answers with the partners, the teacher checks the answers with the students.

While-Reading 2 (10-15 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging reading tasks

The teacher has students read the text one more time and asks them to answer the questions on page 24-25 while reading the text. Then, the teacher tells students that they should be careful with the words written in bold. After students finish reading and answering the questions on their own, now it is time for them to work with their partners. The students should guess the meanings of the words written in bold and compare their own answers with their partners. If they have difficulty in guessing the meanings, they are supposed to use a dictionary. Even when they have difficulty in guessing the meanings, they ask for help from the teacher and the teacher helps students. After students are finished with answering the questions related to vocabulary, the teacher provides clarification of the words written in bold and answers the questions of the students related to vocabulary.

Post-Reading (10-12 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

After answering the questions related to vocabulary, the teacher asks students to open page 27. There are four questions related to the text and students should answer the questions by taking into consideration the useful notes that they have taken while reading. After students are finished with answering the questions about the text, they check their answers with their partners. Finally, they check the answers with the teacher one more time.