Lesson plan
Subject: Language art. A Pretty Face. By John Escott
Lesson type: reading /with speaking prediction extension/
Level: pre – intermediate
Aims:
Introducing and practicing new vocabulary
Revising previously thought vocabulary.
Free speaking (e.g. role play) for revision of previously thought language.
Developing reading skills – prediction/skimming/scanning/inferring, etc.
Developing listening skills – prediction/gist for specific information/inference.
Materials: text and exercise slides
Time: 40 min
Process:
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In this warm up activity, the teacher selects several pictures before the class starts. Students also get into pairs/groups to talk about the pictures, which will maximize student talk time during the initial stages of the lesson. However, students now speculate a conversation for the people in the picture. Students don't need to write a dialogue, but they should imagine what is being said. After a few minutes, students move on to another picture and repeat the activity. (picture of a classroom, shopping, cinema, restaurant) splitting the groups student gather as more words.
Vocabulary revision
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Carry - to take
Magazine – a thin book with lots of pictures in it;
Surprised – feeling that something is new
is suddenly happening;
interview – a meeting to ask questions
playwright - a person who writes plays
ask students for the definitions of new words as it is expands the range of vocabulary.
Detailed reading (for full understanding of text)
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Ask about the characters of the story by pictures on the board. Retelling the story. Acting Mike is drinking coffee at the Newport café. A woman comes into the café. She comes across. –My name is Kate Lawson I am the editor of “YES” magazine. Ask some students to act this part out. After acting. Children retell the story continuing the ideas of each others.
Acting out
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Ask some students to act Zoe’s and Anna’s phone call. Class gives opinions expressing about this part. Agree-disagree; like-dislike
Group work:
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Divide class into three groups.
Group 1. Reading check. Match the first and second parts of these sentences. Ex 1 p 18.
Group 2. Spelling. Use the words. Find the words from chapter 3 in the coffee cups. /make paper coffee cups/
Group 3. Word work.
Use the words from activity 1to complete the sentences.
Shakespeare’s a famous English play writer.
Newsweek is a famous American magazine.
I’d like to be a reporter and write for a newspaper.
It is difficult to be a good writer.
Mike must make an interview with Todd Marine.
Mike is surprised when kate Lawson says his name.
Some magazines has a lot of gossip about famous people in them.
Continuing the story to help students develop prediction skills.
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Interactive type of activity. Listen, answer the questions.
Language work.
Help students to understand the story.
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Evaluation
