CEP Lesson Plan Template

Teacher/s: Yunong (Cameron) Li

Level: Lower-intermediate 3 Date/Time: April 12th, 9:00 AM-11:00 AM

Goal: Reading about Greenland & grammar: will / might

Objectives:
Students Will Be Able To
1. Comprehend the reading about climate change in Greenland and use some phrases
about society & economics from the article.
2. Use will / might correctly

Theme: Nature

Extensions: Changing Greenland

Aim/Skill/Microskill Activity/Procedure/Stage Interaction Time

Review or Preview (if Linking & Transitioning to rest of (for example:

applicable) lesson: SS-T)

Activity 1: Reading: 1.1 Pre-Stage: SS-T 15

Changing Greenland Ask students What is the worlds SS min
largest island? and provide some
general geographic information about
Greenland. Then ask students to talk
with their partners about What do
you know about Greenland and other
places in the Arctic? in the following
aspects: weather, people, animal,
history, and food (show a video about
Greenlandic food
https://youtu.be/CcXPwZMr6n).
SS-T 20
SS min
1.2. During Stage:
Show students some example uses of
the new vocabulary in the reading and
ask students to discuss the meaning of
those words according to the sentences
with their partners.

Divide students into group A and B,

each read two paragraphs of the
 article. After reading, ask students to
discuss with their partners about the
article and answer questions in
exercise 2.

When they have finished, ask students

to work in pairs and finish exercise 6.
Elicit the use of those phrases in
class. SS 25
min

1.2 Post-Stage:
Debate on the future of Greenland:
Divide students into groups of 4 (two
from group A and two from group B).
Each team will need to choose a future
development direction for Greenland
between oil industry and farming, and
then they should design a poster with
their arguments on it. Use language
station in the presentation part.

Tangible Outcome & Assessment

Students Will Be Able To comprehend
the reading about climate change in
Greenland and use some phrases about
society & economics from the article.

Activity 2: Grammar: will / 2.1 Pre-Stage: SS-T 10

might Ask students to recall their speech in min
the last activity. Did they use will,
maybe, or might?

2.2. During Stage: SS-T

Show students two different pictures 10
and ask them to make predictions min
about what will happen next.
Then elicit the rule of using will /
might.

2.3 Post-Stage: SS 15
Ask students to do pair discussion min
about questions from exercise 9.
 Tangible Outcome & Assessment
Students Will Be Able To use will /
might correctly.

Wrap-up: Review and Lesson Evaluation Procedures: SS-T 10

homework Review all the language points in this min
class
Assign homework: all the exercises on
page 72 on the workbook

Materials: Textbook, poster papers, crayon, online video

Anticipated Problems & Suggested Solutions: When designing the poster, the students
may find it difficult to come up with some arguments. Solution: remind students to use
the phrases from exercise 6 and refer back to the reading.

Contingency Plans (what you will do if you finish early? need to cut LP? etc.): If finish
early, we can advance to intro of the next section: saving the zoo.