karen karen

TP5
Upper Intermediate level

Description

This is a speaking lesson whose intention is to provide Ss with functional language to summarize and describe an article

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide clarification, practice and review of language used for summarizing an article

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide fluency and accuracy speaking practice in a summarizing an article using the functional language
  • To provide practice of language used for summarizing an article in the context of newspaper news articles.

Procedure

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

T shows Ss a slide in Jamboard with a newspaper article, ask a Ss to read it and on the second slide asked them which one of the 5 options they think is the correct headline of the article.

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

T shares with the Ss a Jamboard with a news article about celebrity stalking and nominates 2 stidents to read. T would share a link for a google form and would tell Ss to answer it. Ss would have 5 minutes for this activity Possible ICQ´s What will the teacher share with you? (a Jamboard with a news article) What is the news article about? (celebrity stalking) How many students will read the article? (2) What will you do after reading the article? (answer a Google Form) How much time do you have for the activity? (5 minutes)

Clarification (8-10 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

T shares a jamboard with Ss where the MFP of the words use on the questionnaire are

Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

Using the functional language: This article is all about ... / describes how / Basically, what happened is ... The main point the article is making is that ... According to the article That appeared on the questionnaire T would explain MFP how they are pronounce and their entonation also using CCQ´s: What is the purpose of the phrase "This article is all about..."? What information does the phrase "Basically, what happened is..." provide? What is the main message of the article according to the phrase "The main point the article is making is that..."? What does the phrase "According to the article" indicate? What does the phrase "The article claims that..." suggest?

Free Practice (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

Students work in pairs or small groups to summarize a news article provided by T Ss will be divided in breakout rooms and will have a designated article to summarize They will have 6 minutes for the activity and then one representative form each group would tell us about their summary. Possible ICQ´s ICQs for this activity: 1. Are you going to work alone or in a group? - in a pair or small group 2. What are you going to do in the breakout room? - summarize a news article provided by the teacher 3. How much time will you have to complete the activity? - 6 minutes 4. Will one representative from each group share their summary with the class? - Yes

Delayed Error Correction (4-5 minutes) • To enable students to understand and correct mistakes

Teacher writes down examples of language overheard during breakout rooms. Teacher commends good language use, elicits reformulations, and elicits corrections from Ss for any mistakes.

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