Ehab Kassem Ehab Kassem

Materials

Abc Reading Passage

Main Aims

  • To provide gist and detailed reading practice using a text about Egypt aircraft flight 804 in the context of travel

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide
  • reading and speaking

Procedure

warm-up (5-8 minutes) • get students to begin thinking and focusing on English

T: Hello students, i'm Mr. Ehab ! S: Hello Mr. Ehab. T: I can't hear you, (Teacher will repeat agin) Hello students! Ss: (This time the Ss will raise their voice) Hello Mr. Ehab ! T: Hello everyone, How are today ? Ss: (will reply) Fine. T: You know, Ramadan will knock our doors in a few days. Have you prepared for it. Ss; (They'll reply) Yessssssssss! T: have you bought your lanterns (You know Fanoos) wahawy ya wahawy) (T starts picking some students to chat with about it) S: Yessssss (some Ss will give some details). T: I hope you enjoy this lovely month insha'Allah. And now let's begin our lesson for today.... (T moves to the next stage).

Schema Activation (3-5 minutes) • T will handout the text to Ss to skim it and get the idea of the text

-An Egyptian husband and wife who sought medical treatment in Paris were among the 66 people who perished in the crash of Flight 804, leaving three orphaned children behind with his mother . -Reham Mossad needed cancer treatment , So her husband Ahmed El-Ashry used his savings to take his wife to France for treatment .He sold his family’s flat and car to raise his money . -After spending a month in Paris receiving medical care , the couple were returning to Cairo on Wednesday to be reunited with their children , Adam , Salma and Alia . -But the Egypt aircraft they boarded in Paris would never reach its destination , disappearing instead from radar somewhere over the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday morning . -Egypt’s Military said it has found debris from the plane along with some human remains and passenger’s belongings -Reham Mossad was teacher’s assistant at Modern Academy ,a school in Cairo , whose published a tribute to her and her husband . -According to the post El-Ashry decided “he would do all that he could to lessen the pain of his wife and to prolong her life “ .The couple travelled to Paris for treatment ,despite advise from his friend Mohammed Elshenawi to accept the command of God and seek for treatment in Egypt but he insisted on travelling . -Finally , the plane didn’t arrive and now will never arrive .

First Contact (3-5 minutes) • T will handout the text to Ss to skim it and get the idea of the text

Twill distribute the text to Ss and giving them the reason to skim it which is getting idea of this passage or what the passage is talking about . T: Do you like travelling ? SS reply T Which transportation do you prefer ? Ss :some will reply saying ( plane) other say : train , other say : Bus ...... T : Can you tell me any means of transport to be safer ? Ss : answer according they point of view . T : What would you feel if one of your relative died in an accident : Ss : answer T : This happened with me . T : Show some pictures to clear that there isn't any means of transport consider safe Ss : ...... T : Do you agree with me that there is no safe means of transport ?

Response to the text • T will handout the text to Ss to skim it and get the idea of the text

Task Put a suitable title to the passage from your own -An Egyptian husband and wife who sought medical treatment in Paris were among the 66 people who perished in the crash of Flight 804, leaving three orphaned children behind with his mother . -Reham Mossad needed cancer treatment , So her husband Ahmed El-Ashry used his savings to take his wife to France for treatment .He sold his family’s flat and car to raise his money . -After spending a month in Paris receiving medical care , the couple were returning to Cairo on Wednesday to be reunited with their children , Adam , Salma and Alia . -But the Egypt aircraft they boarded in Paris would never reach its destination , disappearing instead from radar somewhere over the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday morning . -Egypt’s Military said it has found debris from the plane along with some human remains and passenger’s belongings -Reham Mossad was teacher’s assistant at Modern Academy ,a school in Cairo , whose published a tribute to her and her husband . -According to the post El-Ashry decided “he would do all that he could to lessen the pain of his wife and to prolong her life “ .The couple travelled to Paris for treatment ,despite advise from his friend Mohammed Elshenawi to accept the command of God and seek for treatment in Egypt but he insisted on travelling . -Finally , the plane didn’t arrive and now will never arrive .

Closer reading (2-3 minutes ) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading tasks

Task ( ) 1 - Why was the husband and his wife sell everything ? …………………………………………………………….. 2 – What did Ashery sell ? …………………………………………………………….. 3 – Which advice given by M. El shenawi ? ……………………………………………………………… 4 – How long did they spend in Paris ? ……………………………………………………………… 5 – What did Egypt’s Military say ? ……………………………………………………………….

Reconstructions (2-3 minutes) • students guess missing words from the context of the sad story. •

Task ( ) An Egyptian husband and wife who sought medical treatment in Paris were among the …..people who ………………. in the crash of Flight 804, leaving three orphaned children behind with his mother . -Reham Mossad needed …………. treatment , So her husband Ahmed El-Ashry used his ………....... to take his wife to France for treatment. He sold his family’s flat and car to raise his money . -After spending ………… in Paris receiving medical care , the couple were returning to ………… on Wednesday to be ……………. with their children , Adam , Salma and Alia . -But the Egypt aircraft they boarded in Paris would never reach its ………………… , disappearing instead from radar somewhere over the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday morning . -Egypt’s Military said it has found …………...from the plane along with some human remains and passenger’s belongings -Reham Mossad was teacher’s assistant at …………………………… , a school in Cairo , whose published ………… to her and her husband . -According to the post El-Ashry decided “he would do all that he could to lessen the pain of his wife and to ……………… her life “ .The couple travelled to Paris for treatment ,despite advise from his friend Mohammed Elshenawi to accept the command of ………. and ………. for treatment in Egypt but he insisted on travelling . -Finally , the plane didn’t arrive and now will ……………. arrive .

Language Focus (3-5 minutes) • T will handout the text to Ss to recognize the definitions of new vocabularies

Task ( ) ( A ) ( B ) 1- destination ……….. to become destroyed or ruined. 2- lessen ……… the amount of money that you have saved especially in a bank . 3 -tribute ………. to be together again after being apart for a long time . 4- perished ……….. a place to which a person is going or something is being sent . 5- savings ………… the pieces that are left after something has been destroyed . 6- prolong ………… something you say, give, or do to show respect or affection for someone 7-debris ………….. to become less or to cause (something) to become less . 8- reuntid ………… to make (something) last or continue for a longer time

Writing ( free exercises ) (3-5 minutes) • to check for accurate comprehension of the text by writing a brief note about the passage

Task ( ) Write a summary of the comprehension at least 4 lines showing what you understood ? …………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

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