Materials
Main Aims
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To provide detailed and scan reading practice in the context of too much traffic
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide review and practice of vocabulary in the context of too much traffic
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To provide fluency and accuracy speaking practice in the context of too much traffic
Procedure (68-87 minutes)
Ask students to discuss the questions given on the page one with a person sitting next to them. Give them 6-7 minutes to discuss the question. Monitor and give some hints if need be.
Ask Ss to match the following words: fine, traffic jam , tailback ,traffic warden ,public transportation , tailback ,rush hour ,parking ticket with their corresponding images. Set a time limit of 3 min. SS work in pairs. Check answers as a whole class. Ask Ss to match the words with their synonyms and opposites. Set a time limit of 5-6 min. Ss work individually. Ask SS to compare their answers in pairs before checking it as a whole class. Ask SS to fill in the gaps using the words provided. Set a time limit of 3-4 min. SS work individually. Ask SS to compare their answers in pairs before checking it as a whole class.
Ask students to quickly skim text and write the answer to the following question in one sentence. What is the main idea of the text ?Set a time limit of 5 minutes. Students compare their answers in pairs before having a whole class feedback.
Ask students to read the text again and to choose whether each of the sentences given is true or false? Set a time limit seven minutes. Have students compare their answers in pairs before getting a whole class feedback. Ask for the justification of some answers.
Ask students to look back at the text again and complete the sentences, taking information from the passage on page 14.Set a time limit of 5 min. Ask students to compare their answers in pairs before having a whole feedback.
Write a sentence with an error on the board and elicit correction from the learners .Underline the error, elicit the explanation and rewrite the correct tense form of the sentence. Ask students to look at the sentences given indicate that they will find an error related to present and past tense form in each sentence given. Ask students to compare their answers in pairs before getting a whole class feedback.
Pair up the students and have them discuss their answers to the questions on page number 14.Set a time limit of 3 min. Monitor and give support if need be. Then ,have them write their answers with one or two sentences. Have a whole class feedback.
Write some common errors made during the post -reading stage. Elicit corrections. Ask SS to write four things they learned during the lesson.
