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Lana Spencer

Reading - Intermediate level

Reading
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, the students will practice reading of two texts about autism to practice reading for gist and detail.

Materials

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Main Aims

To provide gist reading practice using a text about texts about autism and developing extraordinary abilities in the context of extraordinary abilities

Subsidiary Aims

To provide gist reading practice using a text about texts about autism and extraordinary abilities in the context of abilities
To provide review of adjectives pertaining to wonderful, extraordinary, above average abilities in the context of students will practice using the adjectives speaking to each other, then speaking to the class

Procedure (33-40 minutes)

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

The teacher will show the photos describing the notions from the text and will ask the students if they could guess what they are. The teacher will practice pronunciation and meaning of the words "autism" and "autistic" and show pictures of three American movies featuring characters with autism and special abilities.

Exposure (8-10 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

Share the copy of the text with the Students and ask them to read for gist.

Highlighting (2-2 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

The Teacher will provide pictures of the words to be matched with the words to ensure the students understand the meaning of the words. This is a simple and fun whole class exercise.

reading for specifics (6-7 minutes) • to develop the skill of reading for specific infomraiton

The Teacher will go over several questions first. The answers are to be found in the text during the second reading. The Teacher will share the google form with the text and the questions.

Checking the answers. Studnets to work in pairs. (2-2 minutes) • to ensure students' understanding of the text and pormoting confidence when speaking

Ask the students to check each others' answers

Post reading (8-10 minutes) • To promote the students to use the words they studedied and read in the text when applicable to their own experiences

Divide the students into pairs. Ask them to tell each other about their own special or unusual abilities. Then ask two or three students to tell the class about the partner's special abilities.

Delayer error corrections (4-4 minutes) • To provide students with feedback about the mistakes or correctly used words

To praise the students for using the new words and participation as positive reinforcement works for most people. To correct the mistakes the Teacher has noticed without mentioning the students' names. To ask if the students have any questions, suggestions, concerns.