Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
B2 60 Mins
Lesson Type:
Reading lesson
Lesson Topic:
Lungs of the Mediterranean
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
Skim for gist for an overall understanding, to scan for specific the ability to show their comprehension by answering questions
information and read intensively. Students will have a clear that require gist reading, scanning and intensive reading. Students
comprehension of a piece of writing using reading techniques. will have gain confidence and will practice speaking in the final
stage.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. The students will not have the ability to produce the correct 1. The lesson is structured to introduce the correct
pronunciation due to their strong accent. Students might feel pronunciation of the more complex vocabulary and students
shy to speak in English. will have time to practise the new vocabulary. Students will
work in pairs to feel more comfortable speaking English.
2. Some students might confuse the meaning of the words with
other similar words or use the words inappropriately for the 2. I will make a column and I will write a few false friends for
students and will give extra attention when students
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, wrong gender. Students might not be aware of false friends produce the target Language. I will make notes and give
and will produce incorrect English. feedback at the end of the lesson.
3. I will have upload the video clip to a cloud base drive, I will
3. Malfunction of equipment. If the video does not want to play share the clip via a social media platform so that my students
or there is a problem with the sound. can access the video clip if that is possible, alternatively I will
print out photos of the topic and will use realia instead of a
digital video clip.
Authentic Text
By Rafael Estefania 5th February 2021
For the last 30 years, Spanish underwater filmmaker, diving instructor and marine biologist Manu
San Felix has dedicated his life to saving the precarious "sea lung".
With its turquoise waters and secluded shorelines, the small island of Formentera cast off the eastern coast of Spain boasts some of the most
spectacular beaches of the world. Yet, most people don't realise that much of this beauty is due to the endemic Posidonia Oceanica plant, an
underwater grass that's been called "the lungs of the Mediterranean".
Named after Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, this flowering "super plant" is the most widespread seagrass in the Mediterranean, living in
tightly packed underground meadows that can stretch hundreds of kilometres in length and live more than 100,000 years – making it one of the
oldest organisms on Earth. It's also incredibly effective at filtering the water and producing oxygen. In fact, 1sq m of Posidonia produces as much
oxygen as 1 hectare of the Amazon rainforest.
Despite EU legislation to protect the species, Posidonia is in grave threat of disappearing in the next few decades. A combination of pollution,
increased fishing activity, untreated sewage dumped into the sea, and anchor-dragging from of an increasing number of boats off the
Formentera coast has wiped out more than 30% of the Posidonia meadows in the last few years and threatened the Mediterranean's ecosystem.
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B2 60 Mins
Lesson Type:
Reading lesson
Lesson Topic:
Lungs of the Mediterranean
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
Skim for gist for an overall understanding, to scan for specific the ability to show their comprehension by answering questions
information and read intensively. Students will have a clear that require gist reading, scanning and intensive reading. Students
comprehension of a piece of writing using reading techniques. will have gain confidence and will practice speaking in the final
stage.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. The students will not have the ability to produce the correct 1. The lesson is structured to introduce the correct
pronunciation due to their strong accent. Students might feel pronunciation of the more complex vocabulary and students
shy to speak in English. will have time to practise the new vocabulary. Students will
work in pairs to feel more comfortable speaking English.
2. Some students might confuse the meaning of the words with
other similar words or use the words inappropriately for the 2. I will make a column and I will write a few false friends for
students and will give extra attention when students
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, wrong gender. Students might not be aware of false friends produce the target Language. I will make notes and give
and will produce incorrect English. feedback at the end of the lesson.
3. I will have upload the video clip to a cloud base drive, I will
3. Malfunction of equipment. If the video does not want to play share the clip via a social media platform so that my students
or there is a problem with the sound. can access the video clip if that is possible, alternatively I will
print out photos of the topic and will use realia instead of a
digital video clip.
Authentic Text
By Rafael Estefania 5th February 2021
For the last 30 years, Spanish underwater filmmaker, diving instructor and marine biologist Manu
San Felix has dedicated his life to saving the precarious "sea lung".
With its turquoise waters and secluded shorelines, the small island of Formentera cast off the eastern coast of Spain boasts some of the most
spectacular beaches of the world. Yet, most people don't realise that much of this beauty is due to the endemic Posidonia Oceanica plant, an
underwater grass that's been called "the lungs of the Mediterranean".
Named after Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, this flowering "super plant" is the most widespread seagrass in the Mediterranean, living in
tightly packed underground meadows that can stretch hundreds of kilometres in length and live more than 100,000 years – making it one of the
oldest organisms on Earth. It's also incredibly effective at filtering the water and producing oxygen. In fact, 1sq m of Posidonia produces as much
oxygen as 1 hectare of the Amazon rainforest.
Despite EU legislation to protect the species, Posidonia is in grave threat of disappearing in the next few decades. A combination of pollution,
increased fishing activity, untreated sewage dumped into the sea, and anchor-dragging from of an increasing number of boats off the
Formentera coast has wiped out more than 30% of the Posidonia meadows in the last few years and threatened the Mediterranean's ecosystem.
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