reading
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide gist and detailed reading practice using a text about you in the pictures in the context of how pictures hold past memories
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide speaking practice in a describe in the context of memories
Procedure (36-45 minutes)
In this stage, the students are asked: “what do you see in the picture. Think of two places that we can make memories in with our loved ones. Discuss the things you have thought about with the class.”
The students are going to be thought the meaning of the vocabularies: beach (n) – botanical garden (n) – zoo (n) – parks (n). They will try to match the words with the definitions and then they will be asked to use the words in some examples.
In this stage, the students will read an article. They are asked to answer the following questions: 1 What decade do you think it's from? 2 What time of year do you think it is? 3 What do you think the couple is looking at? 4 What does the woman have in her pocket? What do you think it's for?
In this stage the students are going to read the text carefully and answer to these detailed questions: 1 What was Jane's situation at the beginning of the story? 2 Where did she meet the Frenchman and how did this change her life? 3 What did they often do on Sunday? 4 Why did they stop in the gardens and what did they see? 5 How did Jane get a copy of the photo? 6 Why is this photo important to her?
The students will be asked to discuss the following question in groups of 3 and then decide which one was the best: Is there a photo with you in it that you really love? Describe it. Why do you like it so much?
