Lesson Type: Reading Level of Class Number Length of Materials

Lesson Aims: Upper-intermediate (B2) of lesson

students Some pictures and text
60 mins
Can students understand the 18 upper-
main idea of a journalistic text intermedi
about the Inuit? ate
students

Lesson Objectives:

To teach students to
understand a text (scanning
and skimming)
Stage Aim Timing Inter- Teacher activity Student activity
action
Warmer To know what the 2 T-C Greet students Students greet back
students already know
about the topic and to Students agree
illicit information about Tell students that we are going to read an
the topic. article about Inuit
Students will show their previous knowledge
Ask students what they know about people about the topic
who live in the Arctic and their way of life
Vocab Pre- To prepare the students 10 T-C Hand out text
teach for some difficult words
with some pictures and Introduce some words to students: Students will ask questions
concept checking -Provide
questions Can anyone give me another word for supply? Students will try to make connections
What do bees provide? “Honey” (image with concept) and will repeat words

-Settle / Settlement
What is it called when someone stay in a
place for a long period of time? It is a word
that means something similar to “live” in a
place. A settlement is where you live.
Then I show a picture of a village and another
of a city.

-Animal skin
I would show some pictures of Animal skin.
Then I would ask.
What is the animal skin of the Zebra? What
about the animal skin of a snake?
-Needle
I would show a picture of a needle.
What can we use a needle for?
Does anyone know what to sew means?

Carve
I would show a picture of someone carving on
wood then I would ask
What do we usually carve? We usually carve
wood.
What do we carve with? A Chisel.

-Rely on
Can anyone give me a synonym for “depend
on” or “trust”?

-Inhabitant
Can anyone tell me what we call the people
that live in a place?

-Nowadays
Can anyone tell me a synonym for “at this
time”?
 Show pictures and context to make students
understand new words and make students say
words aloud, then make some concept
checking questions.

Can anyone tell me another word that means

the same as “to live”?

What is a chisel for? A Chisel is for carving

What do you need to sew? A thread and a ......

needle.

Can anyone give me a word that means the

same as “At this time”?

What do we call the people that live in a city?

Inhabitants.

What do bees provide? Honey, Correct. Good

job.

First Reading To make students 15 T-C / Teacher will ask students to read text in group Students read text in group of four
(Skimming & understand the main idea C-C of four
Scanning) of the text.
Teacher will ask questions about what the text Students will ask the teacher or other peer to
is about. understand text.
 Questions for skimming:

What is the text about?

What kind of text is this?

What is the most important part of the text?

Question for scanning:

Where do the Inuit live?

Can anyone tell me a word for the hair

animals have? (fur)

What words are there related to food and

clothing? (wild berries, boots, fish, meat)

What words are there related to transport?

(boat, plane, dog sled...etc)

Can you find a word that means “scenery”?

(landscape)

Second To make students 10 C-T Teacher will ask students about specific Students will read the text a second time and
Reading understand the text at a words/phrases in text after reading the text find specific words/phrases and answer to
(Comprehensio deeper level of the again. the questions provided by the teacher
n) different key words of the Questions:
text. Where do the Inuit come originally from?
What materials do the Inuit build their
houses?
Why do the Inuit have to build different type
of houses?
What is their main form of transport?
Why couldn’t Inuit farm?
What do Inuit mainly eat?
Where is Point Hope?
When can a man get married according to the
Inuit traditions?
Follow-up To make sure that every 8 T-C Ask students about words/phrases a second Students will use new words/phrases on their
Speaking student understood the time and make students use these new own
activity text and are able to use words/phrases
the new words.
Can anyone replace the word “supply” in the
sentence “Animals supply food and clothes to
the Inuits?

Can anyone tell me what the word “fur” refers

to?

When you sew you need thread and what

else? I show picture of a needle. What do we
call this in English?

If you want to make a relief on a wood we

need a chisel. What is the verb for that? Then
I show the picture of someone carving with a
chisel on wood.
 Can anyone replace the word people in the
sentence “The people in this city are very
nice”? The word starts with the syllable In-

Can anyone tell me a word that we use to talk

about modern times? The word has the word
“now” included.

To make students debate 5 In group of four make students talk about the Students will debate about the way of life of
different way of life they know and debate the Inuits and give their opinions.
about if they could live as they do.