Lesson Type: Reading Level of Class Number Length Materials
Upper-intermediate (B2) of of
Lesson Aims: Age – 18 to 24 students lesson Material 1 – Vocabulary matching Activity
18 Material 2 – Instructions First Reading
To practice skimming and 60 mins Material 3 – Reading Text 1,2
scanning in reading one Material 4 – Second Reading
White Board
Nationality/first language Anticipated Problems:
Afrikaans
Lesson Objectives: Students might find the article difficult to understand
Students may not understand all the words given in the article.
To practice skimming and
scanning as well as intensive
reading.
To practice pronunciation in
final stage
Stage Aim Timing Inter- Teacher activity Student activity
action
Before students arrive write article headline on
the board ‘What made me the way I am?’
Warmer Introduce article topic 2 Min T-C Students arrive, Greet students. Students return greeting
and elicit predictions
of content Please get into groups of threes. Students get into groups of threes
Hand out reading text to students Students receive reading text
, Give instructions for group work Students listen to my instructions
Tell students that we are going to read an
article
T-C From the article headline written on the board
what do you think this article may be about?
3 Min T-C You have 3 minutes to discuss your predictions,
you may start now. Students discuss their predictions in
T Listen to student predictions groups
2 Min T-C/S-T Discuss predictions with one student from each
group. One student from each group gives their
groups overall prediction
Introduce Familiarise students 1 Min T-C Okay students, stay seated in your groups
vocabulary with vocabulary they because we are going to do group work later on Students stay at their seat and listen to
will see in text. in the lesson. For now we are quickly going to instructions
go over some vocabulary we might see in the
article
NB: Elicit, repeat and explain the meaning of
vocabulary items.
3 Min T-C/S-T Planning (Noun) – write on board after
student gives correct answer
Settle down class
Who likes to go on holiday? Student response ‘I do’
Okay and what do we do before we go on holiday to Student response ‘plan’
make sure everything is in order?
Concept check
Is planning only used when going on holiday?
How do we manage our money? Student response ‘No’
Upper-intermediate (B2) of of
Lesson Aims: Age – 18 to 24 students lesson Material 1 – Vocabulary matching Activity
18 Material 2 – Instructions First Reading
To practice skimming and 60 mins Material 3 – Reading Text 1,2
scanning in reading one Material 4 – Second Reading
White Board
Nationality/first language Anticipated Problems:
Afrikaans
Lesson Objectives: Students might find the article difficult to understand
Students may not understand all the words given in the article.
To practice skimming and
scanning as well as intensive
reading.
To practice pronunciation in
final stage
Stage Aim Timing Inter- Teacher activity Student activity
action
Before students arrive write article headline on
the board ‘What made me the way I am?’
Warmer Introduce article topic 2 Min T-C Students arrive, Greet students. Students return greeting
and elicit predictions
of content Please get into groups of threes. Students get into groups of threes
Hand out reading text to students Students receive reading text
, Give instructions for group work Students listen to my instructions
Tell students that we are going to read an
article
T-C From the article headline written on the board
what do you think this article may be about?
3 Min T-C You have 3 minutes to discuss your predictions,
you may start now. Students discuss their predictions in
T Listen to student predictions groups
2 Min T-C/S-T Discuss predictions with one student from each
group. One student from each group gives their
groups overall prediction
Introduce Familiarise students 1 Min T-C Okay students, stay seated in your groups
vocabulary with vocabulary they because we are going to do group work later on Students stay at their seat and listen to
will see in text. in the lesson. For now we are quickly going to instructions
go over some vocabulary we might see in the
article
NB: Elicit, repeat and explain the meaning of
vocabulary items.
3 Min T-C/S-T Planning (Noun) – write on board after
student gives correct answer
Settle down class
Who likes to go on holiday? Student response ‘I do’
Okay and what do we do before we go on holiday to Student response ‘plan’
make sure everything is in order?
Concept check
Is planning only used when going on holiday?
How do we manage our money? Student response ‘No’
