Put pictures on the W/B of places in a city and places in the country. Ask, "Where is this place? or What is this place? What is happening? What do you see?" Ask to the Ss to come to the W/B to look at the pictures Elicit FB (Remember to point out that the metro in the UK is called the tube.) "Where is this place?" Write on the W/B above the pictures "in the city/in the country" "The pictures of the city is my hometown St.Louis. I like my city a lot. It has a lot of restaurants, shopping malls, and places to party at night. My has has a lot of ways to travel. I can drive my car, ride the bus, or take the metro. However, my city is very crowded and in some places is very dangerous at night. When I go back to America I will live in St. Louis again because I enjoy city life."(Follow the pictures as you speak)

Split the class into 2 groups. Group A/Group B Handout Discussion Questions(only give 1 per group) "Read the questions and talk about them with your group." ICQ "After you read the question what do you do?" "Read the question 1st, then...." Elicit FB from the groups

Put Pictures of Matthew and Stuart on the W/B. "This is Matthew and this is Stuart. Matthew lives in the city. Stuart lives in the country. Mathew is going to move to the country and Stewart is going to move to the city. Why do you think Matthew is going to move to the city? Why do you think Stuart is going to move to the country?" Elicit WC feedback Handout Prediction Ex 1 per group "Group A - read the sentences and underline the sentences you think Matthew might say. Group B read the sentences and circle the sentence you think Stuart might say." ICQ "What do you underline?" Handout reading text "Now read the paragraph and check your answers" FB "Do you need to change any of your answers?"

Handout A/B ex4 (1/pair) Ss work in pairs within their groups "Now read the text again and answer the questions with your partner" Handout A/B ex4Answerkey "Now check your answers" Elicit FB "How did you do? Good/So-So/Bad."

Ss work in pairs/small groups to discuss what they remember from the reading text "Now turn all of your papers over. Talk to your partner. Tell your partner everything you remember from the reading. What can you remember?" Ss from the A group are paired with Ss from the B group to discuss what they remember from the text. If the numbers are uneven have the Ss work in a 2:1 ratio; keeping in mind to have weaker Ss work with strong Ss Regroup Ss "Now tell your new partner everything you remember from the reading text. Listen very carefully." Handout A-B T/FQuestion "Read the sentences. If the sentence is True or Correct write a T next to it. If the sentence is False or Wrong then write a F next to it." Ss check each other work "Now give your paper to your partner and check the answers." Pass out A-B reading Text "Now read the text that your partner talked to you about." Elicit FB "How did you do talking about the text? Did you remember the text?" Give delayed FB