Kingdom of Cambodia

Nation Religion King

Department of Education, Youth and Sport of Kandal

Hun Sen Koh Thom High School

Reading Skill Practice Lesson (RSPL)—Focus on Reading

Aim(s): To practice reading for specific information.

Objective(s): By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
1. identify general and specific information from a reading text.
2. answers the questions in the text correctly.
3. put the words in the dialogue in the correct order rightly.
Target item(s): Past Simple with Questions and Answers
 Q: Why did you go to Phnom Penh?
 A: Because I had an invitation to join my friend’s wedding.
Material/ English for Cambodia-Book Four, Chapter 3, Unit 2, pp. 15-16
Textbook:
Duration: 90 mins

Stages Materials Time Interaction Procedures

BB 5 T-SS  T. greets the ss.
Opener
Lesson

Chalk mins  T. manages the classroom.

 T. checks attendance and elicits the date.
 T. reviews the previous lesson and introduces the new lesson.
BB 5 T-SS  Questions and Answers: Where did you buy this?
Chalk mins  T. goes around the class and asks ss where they bought
Lead-in

different things. Ask them how much the things cost?

1. Where did you buy your…(/shoes/book/bag/pen…)?
2. How much was it (your shoes/book/bag/pen…)?
 T. asks a few ss around the class.

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 SNB 15 T-SS  T. elicits the meaning of the following new words:
BB mins 1. bunch /bʌntʃ/ (n) [Explanation] A ground of things of the
Chalk same kind that are attached to each other. បាច់, ចង្កោ ម, ស្និត
2. cash /kæʃ/ (n) [Explanation] Money in the form of bills and
coins. សាច់ប្រាក់ លុយសុទ្ធ
3. cheque /tʃek/ (n) [Explanation] A printed piece of paper that
you write an amount of money on and use instead of money to
pay for things. សែក, មូលប្បទានប័ត្រ
Pre-Reading Tasks

4. offer /ˈɒfə/ (v) [Explanation] To provide something that

Pre-teaching

people need or want. ផ្តល់ឲ្យ

5. rate /reɪt/ (n) [Explanation] A charge or payment that is set
according a standard scale. អត្រា
6. receipt /rɪˈsiːt/ (n) [Explanation] A piece of paper that you are
1.

given which shows that you have paid for something. វ ិក័យបត្រ
7. discount /ˈdɪskaʊnt/ (n) [Explanation] A reduction in the
usual price of something. ការបញ្ចុ ះតម្លៃ
8. shopkeeper /ˈʃɒpˌkiːpə/ (n) [Explanation] Someone who
owns or is in charge of a small shop. [US= Storekeeper]
ម្ចា ស់ហាង
9. blouse /blaʊs/ (n) [Explanation] A loose shirt for women. អាវរ
លុងៗ (មនុស្សស្រី)
SNB 15 T-SS  T. explains how to use Past Simple with Questions and
BB mins Answers.
Chalk
Form:
Question Wh-words + was/were + S + --- +?
Ex: Where were you born?
Answer S + was/were + ---.
Ex: I was born in Takeo.
Question Was/Were + S + --- +?
Ex: Were you born in Takeo?
Grammar Spot

Answer Yes, S + was/were. / No, S + was/were + not.

Ex: Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t. I was born in PP.
Question Wh-words + did + S + V1 + --- +?
Ex: When did you move to Koh Thom?
Answer S + V2 + ---.
Ex: I moved here one month ago.
2.

Question Did + S + V1 + --- +?

Ex: Did you take English classes here?
Answer Yes, S + did. / No, S + did + not (didn’t).
Ex: Yes, I did. I took classes for a year.
No, I didn’t. My aunt taught me at home.

Ex: What did you do yesterday? I studies English.

Ex: Why did you absent? Because I joined my brother’s
wedding.
TB 5 T-SS  T. asks ss to open the book on page 15.
pictures
scene:

mins  T. gets them to look at the pictures and asks a few questions:
Using
Set the

 What can you see in the picture?

 Who is pointing to a blouse?
3.

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 TB 10 T-SS  T. asks ss to read the questions and then the story in section A.
BB mins S-S 1. …did Peter want to buy a blouse?
Chalk 2. …didn’t he buy the blue blouse?
3. …was the pink blouse cheaper than the blue one?
4. …did Peter see a bunch of flowers?
Read and Answer the questions

5. …did he want to pay for the pink blouse with a cheque?

Main Reading Tasks

 T. checks ss understanding.
 T. tells them to start reading.
 T. monitors and helps as needed.
 T. lets them to ask and answers in pairs.
 T. checks the student’ s answers for the whole class.
Answers:
1. Why…? Because he wanted to buy a blouse for his friend
[Monica in Cambodia].
2. Why…? Because it was too expensive.
3. Why…? Because the shopkeeper was offering/selling it at
1.

[a special] twenty percent discount [rate].

4. Where…? Peter saw the bunch of flowers on a pink blouse.
5. Why…? Because he didn’t have enough cash on him.
TB 10 T-SS  T. gets ss to read the story and dialogue and put the words in the
Read and Put the words in

BB mins S-S correct order in section B on page 16.

Chalk  T. checks ss understanding.
 T. tells them to start writing.
 T. monitors and helps as needed.
order

 T. tells them to compare their answers in pairs.

 T. elicits the answers from ss.
Answers:
1. Lucy: Where did you go this morning?
2. Peter: I went shopping in the town.
3. Lucy: What did you want to buy?
2.

4. Peter: A blouse for Monica’s birthday.

5. Lucy: Did you find a nice one?
6. Peter: Yes, it’s a pink one with a picture on it.
7. Lucy: What kind of picture?
8. Peter: It’s of a bunch of flowers.

 T. tells them to act the dialogue out in pairs.

 T. monitors and helps as needed.
 T. calls a few pairs to act dialogue out for the class.
TB 10 T-SS  T. asks ss to read the statements and fill in the gaps and then
BB mins S-S write the words across the square.
Read and Fill in the gaps

Chalk  T. checks ss understanding.

 T. tells them to start filling.
 T. monitors and helps as needed.
 T. lets them to check the answers in pairs.
 T. elicits the answers and asks them to write the answers on the
blackboard.

Answers:
1-charge; 2-cheque; 3-bunch; 4-expensive; 5-discount; 6-
pounds; 7-rate; 8-receipt
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 TB 10 T-SS  T. gets ss to work in pairs and makes each pair decide who is A
BB mins S-S or B.
Chalk  T. gives each role to each s.
Post Reading Task (Speaking): Role play

Role of Student A:
You are a buyer. You ask the price of Student B’s stuff.
Role of Student B:
You are a seller. You answer the question of Student B.

 Buyer
 How much is this?
 That’s too expensive.
 Is……….dollars/riel enough?
 Okay, I’ll buy/take it.
 Seller
 It costs…….dollars/riel.
 What do you want to buy?
 ……..dollars/riel is not enough.
 It’s very cheap.

Student A: How much is your book?

Student B: it costs 2 dollars/8,000 riel.

 T. checks ss understanding.
 T. tells them to start asking and answering.
 T. monitors the class and gives help as needed.
 T. asks one pair to act out for the class.
 T. provides some feedback if necessary.
BB 5 T-SS  T. wraps up the lesson by eliciting ss.
Chalk mins  T. assigns homework for ss to do at home.
SNB
Lesson Closer

 T. asks ss to write five wh-questions with past simple.

Ex: Where did you go last week?

 T. praises ss for their hard work and cooperation.

 T. talks about the next lesson.
 T. says goodbye to ss.
 Language Note:  Classroom Interaction Note:
1. TB = Textbook 1. T = Teacher
2. SNB = Student notebook 2. S = Individual work
3. BB = Blackboard 3. SS = Students
4. Mins = Minutes 4. T-SS = Teacher to students
5. SS-T = Students to teacher
6. S-S = Student to student (open pair)
7. S-S = Student to student
8. S-SS = Student to class
9. SS-SS = Half class to half class

Date: ……. / ……. / 20…….

Checked by:
Technical Team Leader
Date: ……. / ……. / 20…….
Seen and approved by:
School Principal ………………………….

…………………………

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