LESSON PLAN

I. Identification of the lesson

Unit: Songs-Music and Words Name: We want you to read! School: Blass Pascal School Class: 10
th

grade

Date: October 19th, 2009 Student-teacher: Andrea Muoz Maldonado Time: 90 minutes

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General Objective: To read a text comprehensibly

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Specific Objectives:

To predict upcoming information To read for general information To read for specific information To foster cooperative work

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Contents: Functions: Talking about reading Structure: Past simple tense Notions: cognates, nouns, verbs, adjectives Skill: Reading and speaking

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Activities:

Pre- reading: Students are introduced to the topic of the lesson through pictures related to famous writers. Then, they are asked what these people have in common. Students after recognizing some of these famous writers match each name (1-6) with their corresponding book cover. Students get in pairs and make a list of the most interesting books they have ever read. Afterwards, they have to mention what kind of book they are. Some kind of books are given in order they can choose among their preferences. Students are introduced to the vocabulary of the lesson by means of pictures and definitions. Students are introduced to the general and specific objectives of the lesson.

While reading: Students read three texts and recognize: what kind of texts they are, what their purposes are and what they are about. Students read the texts again answer the questions by choosing the correct answer. This activity intends students read for getting specific information. Students read the once more and complete the sentences with the name of the corresponding book.

 Students read the texts and find the name of the review section for each definition. Students read the text for the last time and complete a fact file about each of the books.

Post-reading: Students are asked to write the cognates presented in the texts. Students choose the meaning of some words from the texts according to the context. To do so, they have to underline the correct meaning of the word.

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Assessment: Formative assessment; students get in groups and discuss some questions related to their favourite book, genre and author.Then, they share their answers to their classmates.

VII. Resources: Data, notebook, worksheets, markers, board, Power- Point. VIII. References: Alvarado, L. (2010). Teens Club 1 Medio,Chile: Instituto Profesional
Chileno-Britanico

I. Reading for General Information : Text Types 1. Read the texts and then circle the best alternative.

The texts correspond to: a) Articles b) Extracts from books c) Book reviews d) Short stories The texts are: a) Persuasive texts b) Instructive texts c) Informative texts d) Descriptive texts

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Reading for Specific Information: Knowledge

2. Read the text again and answer if the statements below are correct () or incorrect (X).

Charmain learns how to do housework and tries her hands at spot magic Charmain discovers shes a very nice person Marley is a mad Bullmatiff dog, owned by Johnn and his wife The name of Marleys master is John Johnny Trott is an orphan boy and he works hard. Kaspar Kadinsky is the King of cats Coutness Kadinsky is Kaspar s owner Johnny and Kaspar have adventures all around the world Marley is a true story based on John Grogans life with his dog Charmain is taken away from her family and comes to the Royal Mansion.

III. Reading for Specific Information : Read the text once more and complete these sentences with the name of the corresponding book. a. has beautiful drawings

b.

is not the original story

c.

is not the protagonist

d. famous ship

takes the protagonists to a very

e.

tells a girls adventures

IV. Reading For Specific Information: Read the text and find the name of the review section for each definition below. a. a person or animal in a book, play or movie b The best, most interesting or most exciting part of something. c . The main character in a paly, movie or book. d . The person who wrote a particular book. e . The series of events which from the story V. Reading for Specific Information: Look at the following fact file and complete it using the information to each of the books.

Name of the book

Author

Characters

VI. Language Focus: Grammar

1. Go back to the texts and look for all the cognates presented on them. After that, write the ones you find in the table below.

. . . .

2. Look at the following words and according to the context from the texts choose their correct meanings. Underline the correct meaning to the words. a. Befriend i. to become a friend of somebodys ii. to protect somebody b. Naughty i.behaving nicely ii.behaving badly

c. Orphan i.a child whose parents are dead ii.a home for children without parents d. Shipwreck i.a ship that has been lost at sea ii.the destruction of a ship in a storm e. Tale i.an imaginative story, especially one that is full action and adventure ii.an exciting spoken description of an event, which may not be completely true. VII. Assessment: