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Materials

Abc Intermediate - reading lesson

Main Aims

  • To provide students practice in reading for gist and detail based on hypothetical situations about human behaviour.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide practice in noun/verb collocations used to talk about everyday activities.
  • To provide speaking practice for students to elaborate on what-if questions.

Procedure

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

Introduce the context of the lesson with a question: what would you do if you were invisible? Students briefly share their answers in an open class fashion and then are asked to work in pairs (Breakout rooms) to discuss further similar questions (see slide 2 on the materials). Students will have from 3 to 5 mins to discuss.

Pre-Reading/Listening (10-12 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

Meaning - students work in pairs and use a Google slide to match nouns with their proper definitions: - Bargain /ˈbɑːr.ɡɪn/ (n): a surprisingly cheap offer/product - Queue /kjuː/ (n): a line of people, usually waiting for something - Sale /seɪl/ (n): an occasion when products are sold at a lower price - Charity /ˈtʃer.ə.t̬i/ (n): an organization that helps people in need Form - students work in pairs and use a Google slide to match verbs with the previous nouns to make verb/noun collocations: - make/strike a bargain - jump a queue - hold a sale - raise money for charity Pronunciation - students work in pairs and use a Google slide to match the nouns to the number of syllables and identify the stress: 1 syllable - queue, sale 2 syllables - bargain 3 syllables - charity 4 syllables - none

While-Reading/Listening #1 (2-4 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

Reading for gist – students skim the article on a Google form and identify what questions are answered – students choose from a dropdown menu. Questions answered: If you wanted to persuade someone to dress up as a tree in public, what would you do? What would you do if you wanted to sell cakes and nobody was buying them?

While-Reading/Listening #2 (8-12 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

Students work in pairs (Breakout Rooms) to read for detail and answer questions about the article - students choose the correct answer from a dropdown menu. Answers: 1. Why do we do what we do? 2. They did experiments involving members of the public, and secretly filmed them with a hidden camera. 3. They convinced people that they were getting a bargain. First, they pretended that one cake cost two pounds, and if you bought a cake, you would get another one free. Later, they told people the cakes were normally two pounds, but they were selling them at half-price. 4. She talked like a hairdresser, and dropped fake hair. 5. If you want a big favor from someone, first ask for a small favour. Students check the answers/ask questions in an open class fashion.

Post-Reading/Listening (10-12 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

Students are asked what question about human behavior they would like to ask - after sharing possible answers, they work in pairs (Breakout rooms) and discuss further what-if questions. Students ask one question at a time; discuss their answers; take turns to ask the following questions. T monitors and takes notes on a G-Jamboard for DEC, which will be done in an open-class fashion.

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