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Future tense, Prediction
Pre-Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson students will learn about making predictions related to future of the world. The lesson starts with learning key words of the reading text. The reading text will be the summaries of three dystopian novels. After Ss read the text and do the related exercises, the lesson will be followed by listening, speaking and finally vocabulary sections.

Materials

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Main Aims

  • Reading and understanding the texts about future of the world

Subsidiary Aims

  • Speaking-Making predictions about future
  • Listening and understanding the language about future

Procedure

Talking about novels (1-2 minutes) • Warm up

Ask Ss if they like reading novels and who are the famous writers in their countries.

Dystopia & Utopia (1-2 minutes) • Intro to the subject

Use PPT and show the FIRST slide, the pictures of the three books of which summaries the Ss will be reading. Ask Ss the meanings of Dystopia and Utopia. Then, show the SECOND slide. Ask if dystopia and utopia are something negative or positive. Ask the date of the pictures. Tell the books are about future/dystopia.

Vocabulary (1-2 minutes) • To teach the key words of the text

Tell Ss that they are going to read the summaries of the books but before they will see some key words from the texts. Show the THIRD and FOURTH slides of PPT. T lets Ss guess the meaning of the words with their neighbours and elicits if necessary.

Reading for gist (4-6 minutes) • To find general information from the text

Give Ss the text and ask them to read individually and answer the question below. Ss will check their answers with their neighbours. Then, T gives correct answers.

Reading for specifics (7-10 minutes) • To find specific information from the text

Give Ss the HO of true-false questions. They can check their ansers with their pairs firstly, then, T gives correct answers.

Listening for gist (6-8 minutes) • To find common features of the book summaries.

Tell Ss that they are going to listen a recording and they have to tick the common features of the summaries. Repeat the recording more than once if necessary.

Vocabulary (3-5 minutes) • To find specific information from the text

This section is optional and depands on how time T has for the class.If T thinks there is not enough time, she/he can skip to speaking activity which is right after this stage. Give the vocabulary HOs to Ss and ask them to guess the meanings of the verb 'get' and fill the table accordingly working with their neighbours. Ask them to check their answers with their neighbours and for FB (correct answers) show the EIGHTH slide of the PPT.

Speaking (3-5 minutes) • To talk about future

Show the SIXTH slide of the PPT. Ask Ss to use the reading text questions and discuss the questions with their neighbours. Explain Ss that they can use the phrases on the PPT. Ask them the meaning of the phrases breifly.

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