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Activity 2- Lead in
Aim: to introduce the topic/ to create interest in the subject.
Procedure: the teacher tells the students that she is going to read out some words and that they
have to choose one of them. The teacher reads out: red, yellow, blue, black, white. The students
tell which colour they chose and why.
Interaction: T- S.
Time: 3’
Activity 4- Reading
Activity 4.1
Aim: to read correctly the text.
Procedure: after giving each student a copy of the text, the teacher reads aloud the first
paragraph and then stops to explain that Newton lived 400 years ago and to explain the term
‘plague’. Then the teacher asks the students to continue reading on their own and then decide on
the best summary from question 4.
Interaction: T- S, Ss.
Time: 7’
Activity 4.2
Aim: to check the understanding of the text.
Procedure: the teacher asks the students to read the text again and then label the diagram on the
worksheet, using the words in bold.
Interaction: T- S, Ss.
Time: 6’
Activity 4.3
Aim: to notice the extra information on each noun in the poem.
Procedure: the teacher asks the students to read the poem and then they talk about the extra
information given about the nouns.
Interaction: T- S, Ss.
Time: 5’