Juho Korhonen Juho Korhonen

TP 5b: Travelling to Åland, Reading lesson
Elementary level

Description

In this lesson Ss will first watch a video clip of the Åland Islands in Finland. Teacher will elicit different activities from the video and teach them essential vocabulary for the reading tasks. Ss will read a teacher-made travel brochure of Åland with gist, scan and intensive reading techniques. Follow-up task will first further give practice in TL as a speaking task for accuracy and then, in the end of the lesson, Ss will write postcard from Åland using TL they have learned during the lesson.

Materials

Abc Åland Travel Brochure
Abc Postcard of Åland
Abc Answer key to ex. D
Abc Åland Worksheet
Watch?v=sbmq84om5ty?size=16&default=html Åland video clip
Abc Sample postcard

Main Aims

  • To provide gist, scan and detailed reading practice using a travel brochure in the context of Åland.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide accuracy speaking practice in Are there/Is there -questions in the context of tr
  • To provide product writing practice of a postcard in the context of tra

Procedure

Lead-in (1-2 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

– T will show a video about Åland (1 min.) and ask the Ss to guess where is this place and notice what activities are there in the video.

Pre-Reading (7-9 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

– T will elicit activities from the video clip and write them on w/b. T will ask from the Ss would they like to travel to Åland and why. – T will teach the essential vocabulary for the reading task using eliciting, drawings and drilling of pronunciation.

While-Reading #1 (5-7 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading tasks

– T will give the Ss a brochure of Åland and ask them to choose the best description for the brochure (Ex. A in the worksheet). Ss read for gist, time limit 50 seconds. Check in pairs. Quick FB. – Ss will scan read and answer questions on ex. B & C in the worksheet. Time limit 2 minutes. Ss come to write the answers on w/b. Brief FB.

While-Reading #2 (14-16 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed reading tasks

– Ss will read the text again, correct 11 errors in the summary and fill in the gaps IN PAIRS (ex. D). Answer key on w/b. – Ss will go to SMALL GROUPS and write down advantages and disadvantages of accommodation options in Åland (ex. E). W/C feedback.

Post-Reading (14-16 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

– T will give folded postcard handout to Ss. Ss will ask and answer questions on ex. F using previously learned "there is/there are" IN PAIRS. Ss can also create their own questions from the picture on "postcard". – T will show a sample postcard from Åland to Ss on w/b. Ss will write their own postcards using the TL of the sample postcard. T will monitor and help the Ss. Brief general FB. – Delayed error correction or pronunciation work if there's extra time.

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