Lesson Plan for Reading (Unit 1 C – Neighbors)

Lesson : Magazine article

Class level : Pre-intermediate (first year undergraduate)
Class Size : 20 Students
Time : 30 minutes
Integrated language skills : Reading and speaking
Aims : To develop students’ skimming and scanning skill
: To arouse students’ interest in reading magazine article
: To give students confidence in reading the authentic text

Procedure Subsidiary Aims Personal Aims

- Ss work in pairs and ask and answer - To raise awareness of what the lesson is about - To get learners to work with
questions about their neighbors different partners
- To practice using target language

- To put students into pairs

- Ss guess what kind of text they are going to
read (e.g. magazine article)
- Ss look at the photos of two Cele and guess
the information about them
- To elicit Ss response on the article they are - To give clear instructions
going to read
- To praise students for their
- To focus Ss’ attention on two celebrities
guess
- To make Ss familiar with the reading passage

- Ss ask Tr about the words they don’t

 understand in the article
Exercise 1 - To practice scanning to get the general idea of the - To get quieter Ss to answer
- Ss read the magazine article and put the content Questions
information in the correct order and give their
own reasons
Exercise 2 - To practice skimming to get specific information - To develop peer correction skills
- Ss read the article again and answer the
comprehension question
Exercise 3 - To encourage personal involvement - Not to interrupt in Ss’ talk
- Ss think of the famous person they would like - To award praise
as their neighbor and share their opinion with
the class

- Ss discuss what they have learnt - To recall what they have studied and remember
the key points.