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Murphys Law
intermediate level

Description

we are going to cover Murphys Law Reading. The overall topic of this lesson is about "anything that can go wrong will go wrong".

Materials

Abc American English File2 SB,VA,WB

Main Aims

  • To provide gist and detailed reading practice using a text about any thing that can go wrong will go wrong in the context of Murphy's Law

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide speaking practice in a conversation in the context of Murphy's Law

Procedure

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

In this stage,the students are asked : if you are waiting in a long line at the supermarket and you change to a different line, what will be usually happen? Discuss about Murpy's Law.

Pre-Reading/Listening (8-10 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

The students are going to be tought the meaning of the vocabularies : improvement(n), repetition(n), military plane(n).

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

In this stage the students are going to read the first two paragraphs of the article. They are going to ask the following questions : who was murphy? what is his "law"?

While-Reading/Listening #2 (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

In this stage the students are going to look at the the eight examples of Murpy's Law in the article and match them to sentences A-H. They will be asked to check in pairs.

Post-Reading/Listening (8-10 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

The students are asked to to discuss the following question in group work: Do any of these things often happen to you?

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