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The peaple watchers
intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, the students will practice their reading skills using "The People Watchers" article in the "Speakout" textbook. The lesson will start with a brief lead-in by showing the title of the article and asking the students what they think the article will be about. I will ask them to read the article briefly and whilst they are doing so, I will write two questions, "What do you think people-watching means?" and "what professions need to be good at people-watching?", on the board and ask the students to answer and discuss in pairs. This will be followed by eliciting the answers. Following this, I will elicit the meaning of some vocabulary like, dress up as something, jump a queue, etc by matching pictures with words using the OHP. Then I will ask them to read the article again but taking more time (5 minutes) to enable them to then answer the questions in Exercise 2A which will be given to them in a hand out. They will discuss and write the answers in pairs. I will elicit their answers with feedback to the whole class. I will then provide the handout for Exercise 2B and read the headings with the class and elicit what the students can remember from the article without confirming their answers. The students will then read the article once more but this time alone and in full detail (8 minutes). Then they will answer the questions in Exercise 2B. I will monitor and help with any vocabulary. Once the exercise has been completed, answers will be provided on handout. Finally, there will be a controlled activity to allow the students to practice their speaking by discussing the article in pairs. I will monitor and help with any vocabulary. As a feedback I will nominate one of the students to explain their notes to the class.

Materials

Abc The People Watchers

Main Aims

  • To provide gist and detail reading practice using the article about " Why do we do what we do?" in the context of "The People Watchers".

Subsidiary Aims

  • Practice vocabulary such as fake, bargain, etc from the article " The People Watchers".
  • To provide accuracy speaking practice via discussing " The People Watchers".

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (2-3 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

* In this lesson, the students will practice their reading skills using "The People Watchers" article in the "Speakout" textbook. The lesson will start with a brief lead-in by showing the title of the article and asking the students what they think the article will be about. I will ask the class what they think the article will be about but I will not confirm or correct their responses. This warm-up will give me an early indication of the students appreciation for the gist of the article.

Pre-Reading (4-6 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

* I will ask them to read the article briefly alone and not to worry if they do not understand all of the vocabulary as they are reading the article as we will work on the vocabulary later in the lesson. Whilst they are doing this, I will use the time to write the two questions, "What do you think people-watching means?" and "what professions need to be good at people-watching?", on the board. After the students have finished reading the article, I will ask them to answer these two questions. This will be followed by eliciting the answers in a brief group discussion session.

While-Reading/Vocabulary (10-12 minutes) • To provide students with gist reading and specific vocabulary tasks

I will elicit the meaning of the vocabulary; dress up as something, jump a queue, fake, bargain, badge and psychologist by matching corresponding pictures with these words using the OHP. After the students have matched the words to the images, I will drill the words, if necessary, using checking meaning questions. Then I will ask them to read the article alone again but taking more time (5 minutes) to enable them to then answer the questions in Exercise 2A, which will be given to them in a hand out. After the students have finished reading the article, I will place them into pairs and they will then discuss and answer the questions in those pairs. I will elicit their answers with feedback to the whole class.

While-Reading (14-16 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging, detailed, deduction and inference reading tasks

I will then provide the handout for Exercise 2B and read the headings with the class and elicit what the students can remember from the article without confirming their answers. The handout will contain the exercise questions on the top half of the page and the answers on the bottom half. The handout will be folded so that the answers are not visible and the students will be instructed not to reveal the answers until told to. The students will then read the article once more but this time carefully and in full detail (8 minutes). The students will then use the handout to answer the questions in Exercise 2B. They will perform this exercise individually and I will monitor and help with any vocabulary. Once the exercise has been completed the students will be asked to open up the handout to reveal the answers.

Post-Reading (6-8 minutes) • To provide SS with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

For the final stage, I will provide a controlled activity. The students will work in pairs to discuss the article from their notes. I will monitor and help where necessary. In feedback, I will nominate individual students to tell the class what they have learned from the article.

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