Amin Amin

Our Changing Planet/Page 1,2
Lower Intermediate level

Materials

Abc Prepare 9th grade
Abc Reading Hand out

Main Aims

  • To provide detailed reading practice using a text about Nature in the context of Scientific Study

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide clarification of Geographical features, weather Cons, places. in the context of a Scientific Study

Procedure

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

T writes a Q on the board: " What is the weather like in your country?" T tries to elicit some answers from the Ss. T writes some answers on the board. Some expected answers: cold, hot, rainy, snowy.

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

T shows a video titled "How Do We Know Earth Is Changing?" from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzPUm-Ytpz4 T pauses from time to time to highlight some VOCs in the video narration.

Pre-Reading (10-15 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

T conveys the meaning of the pre-reading VOC through photos of the book. T shows the photos one by one and elicits the words from the Ss. T writes each word on the board and has the Ss drill. T marks the stressed syllable. T checks the learning by pointing to some random photos of the same page and asking intentionally wrong Qs. e.g. T points to the river, asking "Is it sea? Nods "No" for clarification.

While-Reading (5-7 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

T divides the paragraphs into 4 pieces. T divides the Ss with Numbers. T starts counting the Ss loudly and pointing to them so that they can understand their numbers. T orders the class to sit in 4 groups and hands out the 4 pieces of the reading to each group. T instructs the Ss to read the paragraphs and do exercise 2 on page 14. They have 5 minutes, and T writes the correct answers at the end of the time.

While-Reading #2 (14-16 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

T asks the Ss to sit in pairs and do exercise 3 on page 14. They have 3 minutes, and T gives the correct answers at the end.

Post-Reading (5-10 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

T asks the Ss to do exercise 4 on page 15. T explains that they need to choose the correct answer from two options in each item. They have 5 minutes. Ss must check answers with partners. T gives the answers on the WB.

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