Lesson Type: Reading Level of Class Number of students Length of lesson Materials
Aims: Upper-intermediate 18 students 60 mins PowerPoint presentation for introducing
Develop students’ ability to make (B2) vocabulary
inferences and predictions based on Age 18-24 Worksheets with article and questions
text ‘Who am I’ activity worksheet
3 oranges to demonstrate juggling
Enable students to summarise
information from the text by
skimming for general gist and
scanning for more specific detail
Objectives:
Students will skim the text for gist
and predict the article heading
Students will be required to scan the
text for detail and paraphrase
information to create a timeline of
events
Reinforce students’ understanding
and ability to distinguish facts from
opinions in the final stage
, Stage Aim Timing Inter- Teacher activity Student activity
action
Warmer To introduce the topic 1 min T-C Greet students Student sit down and listen to introduction
and expose students to after they get in groups of 3 or 4
some vocabulary items 1 min Give brief introduction of the article we
used in the text are going to discuss in today’s lesson (do
not give away the title). We are going to
talk about how our past affected who we
are today.
Go over lesson objectives
Tell students to arrange themselves into
small groups
1 min T-C Introduce activity, write 3 sentences about Each student thinks of 3 statements about
myself on the board. 2 of which are true themselves 2 of which are true and 1 is a lie.
and one lie.
4 min S-S I was a rebellious teenager, I ran
away from home when I was 13 Take turns sharing ’2 truths and a lie’.
(true) Students from the group must guess the lie.
I love alternative music (true) (Ferlazzo and Sypnieski, 2012)
I worked for one of mainstream
TV channels BBC (false)
Make sure students understand the context Listen carefully and try to remember some
facts about others
Drill new items as they are being
introduced
Aims: Upper-intermediate 18 students 60 mins PowerPoint presentation for introducing
Develop students’ ability to make (B2) vocabulary
inferences and predictions based on Age 18-24 Worksheets with article and questions
text ‘Who am I’ activity worksheet
3 oranges to demonstrate juggling
Enable students to summarise
information from the text by
skimming for general gist and
scanning for more specific detail
Objectives:
Students will skim the text for gist
and predict the article heading
Students will be required to scan the
text for detail and paraphrase
information to create a timeline of
events
Reinforce students’ understanding
and ability to distinguish facts from
opinions in the final stage
, Stage Aim Timing Inter- Teacher activity Student activity
action
Warmer To introduce the topic 1 min T-C Greet students Student sit down and listen to introduction
and expose students to after they get in groups of 3 or 4
some vocabulary items 1 min Give brief introduction of the article we
used in the text are going to discuss in today’s lesson (do
not give away the title). We are going to
talk about how our past affected who we
are today.
Go over lesson objectives
Tell students to arrange themselves into
small groups
1 min T-C Introduce activity, write 3 sentences about Each student thinks of 3 statements about
myself on the board. 2 of which are true themselves 2 of which are true and 1 is a lie.
and one lie.
4 min S-S I was a rebellious teenager, I ran
away from home when I was 13 Take turns sharing ’2 truths and a lie’.
(true) Students from the group must guess the lie.
I love alternative music (true) (Ferlazzo and Sypnieski, 2012)
I worked for one of mainstream
TV channels BBC (false)
Make sure students understand the context Listen carefully and try to remember some
facts about others
Drill new items as they are being
introduced
