Lesson procedure.
9. Students move around the classroom to find partners with newspaper headlines about the same story.
10. In pairs, they exchange ideas about what they find difficult in reading authentic texts.
11. They say what they think their story will be about from the headlines and make notes of the main points they expect to read.
12. Pairs read the two newspaper stories and compare them with their notes.
13. They list the similarities and differences between the two newspaper stories.
14. They try to work out the meanings of new words, using the language that they know in the text.
15. They prepare and give a short presentation on their articles to the rest of the class.
16. Teacher asks students to summarise what they have done.
Stage aim.
To practise deducing meaning from context
To check students’ understanding of what they have read and activate language
To check predictions
To use limited information to predict possible content
To put students into pairs
To read for more detailed information
To give the teacher feedback
To raise awareness of what the lesson aim will be
To make assumptions
For questions 17–24, match the lesson plan components with the aims listed A–I.
Lesson aims. To practise giving an informal spoken summary
Students listen twice to the story, then in their groups prepare a spoken summary. Groups present their summaries and receive feedback from the rest of the class.
Be realistic about time
Correct only serious errors; ignore mistakes that don’t cause misunderstanding.