New lesson plan: reading a text about music

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reading a text about music - Upperintermediate, B2 level

reading a text about music
Upperintermediate, B2 level

Description

In this lesson, Ss are focusing on a reading task. Before this task, Ss would have a small chat about the Qs they see on the slide after they listen to a small piece of music.(think of a song or piece of music that you remember hearing and liking when you were a child. where did you first here it? how old were you? why did you like it?) Then, they will read for gist in exercise b (English File, Upper intermediate, p. 55) and they will also read the text for some specific information in exercises C and E (English File, Upper intermediate, p. 55). finally, Ss will have a freer talk and discuss some questions in exercise F (English File, Upper intermediate, p. 55).

Materials

handout

pictures

handout

pictures

Main Aims

To provide gist and detailed reading practice using a text about what music would you play to an alien? in the context of music

Subsidiary Aims

To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of to recommend a song or piece of music to a friend (decade, composer, band, singer)

Procedure (23-40 minutes)

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

T plays a piece of music she has prepared and ask the Ss to discuss the Qs they see on the slide (think of a song or piece of music that you remember hearing and liking when you were a child. where did you first here it? how old were you? why did you like it?) in their pairs. T gets the feedback.

pre teach vocabulary (2-4 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading tasks

T shows some words on the slide to the Ss and goes for MFP while CCQ Ss, too. (alien, whir, hum, clacking).

Pre-Reading (2-4 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

T gives a reading text to the Ss to read quickly for the gist activity B (English File, Upper intermediate, p. 55). Ss reads the text by themselves and then share their ideas together in their pairs. T monitors and gets some feedback.

While-Reading #1 (3-6 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading tasks

T asks the Ss to read the text again alone for more details and longer time. after Ss finds the missing words for activity C (English File, Upper intermediate, p. 55), they can share their ideas together. T does the first exercise herself. T monitors and gets some feed back.

While-Reading #2 (6-9 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading tasks

T asks the Ss to read the text alone again for longer time to find the answers of the Qs in activity E (English File, Upper intermediate, p. 55). Then Ss can share their ideas about the answers in their pairs. T monitors and gets some feed back.

Post-Reading (7-12 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

T shows a slide to the Ss filled with a couple of Qs ( imagine you were going to recommend a song or a piece of music to your friend. which song, decade, composer, band, and singer do you suggest?). Ss can share their ideas together in their pairs and T changes the partners and asks the new pairs to change their ideas together. T monitors and gets some feed back.