New lesson plan: Michael Caine, Reading & Speaking

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Michael Caine, Reading & Speaking - Upper-Intermediate, Level B2 level

Michael Caine, Reading & Speaking
Upper-Intermediate, Level B2 level

Description

In this lesson, SS will be focusing on Reading, through a semi-biography about Michael Caine. When all aims are met, the SS will be working on the productive skill of Speaking in the context of : How did you meet your partner?

Materials

HO1

HO1

Main Aims

To practice the receptive skill of Reading by skimming and scanning.

Subsidiary Aims

To practice the productive skill of Speaking on a specific subject which is "the way you met your partner".

Procedure (32-45 minutes)

Stage 1 (Lead In) (5-7 minutes) • To introduce the lesson and make the context of the lesson interesting for SS, by playing a short video clip about Michael Caine. And introducing new vocabulary.

To introduce the lesson and make the context of the lesson interesting for SS, by playing a short video clip about Michael Caine. And introducing new vocabulary. - tell the SS that we are going to read about a famous person, and they will see a short video clip of him first. -instruct the SS to answer two questions about the person in the video (write the two questions on the WB): What is his name? What does he do for a living? -erase the two questions from the WB & play the video clip using OHP. -feedback by checking answers. -post the new vocabulary with its meaning on the board -ask the SS to do the matching on the board.

Stage 2 (skim the text to answer a gist). (2-3 minutes) • To focus on the sub skill of skimming by answering three quick questions

- divide the class into large groups -instruct the two groups that they will be given two different texts about Michael Caine, and that they have to do a quick reading to answer one question , given to them on a tag. -instruct the SS that it it's very important that each group doesn't hear the other group's answers. -feedback by checking answers with each group.

Stage 3 (scan the text to answer 5 questions). (15-20 minutes) • To focus on the sub skill of scanning by answering detailed questions.

-instruct the SS that they will have another reading to answer 5 questions about the text. -ask the SS to unfold their HO1 and answer the questions. -students check their answers in pairs. -next, students check their answers within their own group. -pass the answer key to each group. -take the answer key away from the two groups. -instruct the SS to do a second unfolding to HO1 and read the questions. -ask the SS to stand up and mingle, in order to find a partner from the other group and get answers from. -feedback by checking answers.

Stage 4:(Speaking about how you met your partner) (10-15 minutes) • To practice on the productive skill of speaking by talking about how you met your partner.

-write the following question on the board: How did you meet your partner? -elicit what a partner means. -instruct the SS that they have to find a partner and talk about that same topic. -feedback by asking SS what was their partner's story.