New lesson plan: Reading & Speaking Lesson-UNIT A2 : Money and Spending

Fatin Alraei

Reading & Speaking Lesson-UNIT A2 : Money and Spending - B1+ Intermediate level

Reading & Speaking Lesson-UNIT A2 : Money and Spending
B1+ Intermediate level

Description

This lesson builds on the previous lesson by continuing with the same context (money & spending). Ss read and talk about a man who became a successful businessman without being able to read or write.

Materials

handouts

Main Aims

To provide practice in reading for gist, details, and deducing meaning of new lexis from the context

Subsidiary Aims

To give practice in speaking fluency using the present perfect tense in the context of Money & Spending

Procedure (39-57 minutes)

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

-The teacher shows a slide of a PPT listing 3 words: Rich, dream, future. The teacher asks : Is there a connection/ relation between these words? -The teacher changes the seats of the students to have some of those sitting in the front go back and vice versa. -The Ss work in pairs to discuss 2 questions in Ex. a. in 5 minutes. -The teacher nominates some of them to get a general FB.

Pre-Reading (5-10 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

4- The teacher asks the Ss to Look at the picture of Jeff Pearce and the title of the article and in a minute, discuss their ideas in pairs. 5-The T makes sure that the Ss know the meaning of the word secret by asking CCQs , such as: do friends share secrets? Yes Is it something private? Yes 5-The Teacher pre-teaches some of the key vocabulary that might make it difficult for the Ss to understand the gist of the text using Quizlet Flash Cards.

While-Reading (10-12 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information to find through reading the text

-The Ss are given 1 minute to read the questions in Ex.b silently. -The Ss are given 10 minutes to read the text for gist this time and in pairs answer the questions. -The teacher monitors and offers assistance if needed. -The students check their answers with another pair in the class. -The teacher projects the answers using a PPT slide show.

While-Reading/Listening #2 (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed reading task

-In Ex.c,The teacher clarifies the meaning of the word (event): sth that happens, especially something important. -The teacher uses the (1,2,3,4) technique for random grouping. -The teacher tells the Ss to read the article again and work in groups to number the events from A to K in the order in which they happened. The group who finishes 1st wins. -The teacher slips an answer key under one chair for each group to get the right answers.

Post-Reading (10-12 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to practice contextual guess the meaning of the difficult words using hints and clues from the text

-The teacher discusses Ex.d as a WC. -In Ex.e, the Ss work in pairs to find out the meaning of the highlighted words in 10 minutes. -The teacher encourages them to read the whole sentence, the previous and next one if needed for more confirmation. The teacher monitors to offer assistance if needed. -The Ss check their answers with each other before having a general FB. -The teacher uses quizlet flash cards to give a feedback through showing the meaning and checking as a WC which word they got for it. -The teacher asks CCQs to check understanding, model and drill words they find difficulty pronouncing. -For extra emphasis, the teacher asks Ss to turn down the text and tell which words they would like to remember from the text. Write them on the WB.

Post-Reading (3-8 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of speaking to each other using the target language+grammar introduced in the previous lesson.

1-The teacher gives Ss 2 minutes to work in pairs and fill in the blanks for Ex.f using the highlighted words . 2-The teacher projects the answers for the Ss to check their answers. 3-The teacher asks Ss to mingle and ask each other the questions. 4-The teacher monitors and take notes of any common errors.