Lexical item 1 : cunning { upper intermediate }

Meaning : able to get what you want in a clever way, especially by tricking
or cheating somebody

Context: show them this picture about a famous Egyptian

movie.

Ask them if they remember the story of these two. They

were colleagues. Mageda was a nerd, she always gets the
highest grades and Nabil was a spoiled boy. He always
fails exams. He didn’t want to fail again so he decided to
trick her and convince her that he fell in love with so she
can help him with exams. He succeeds and reached what
he wanted by cheating her.
Ccq’s
is he an honest person? no
Did he really fall in love her?
Did he trick her to get what he want? yes
Did he pass his exams? Yes
Anticipated problem with the meaning: students might
not remember this story of the movie as the movie consist
of three different stories it may affect their understanding
of the word
To solve this: I will retell the story briefely or elicit it
from the student who remember it will.

Pronunciation: cunning /ˈkʌnɪŋ/

Anticipated problem with pronunciation: the student
might mispronounce the sound /ŋ/ and sound /k/

As a solution: I will make sure that I drill the two sounds and
highlight them on the board in the form stage. I will mention also
that when letter “c” is followed by a vowel it is pronounced as /k/.
Also, letter “g” is not pronounced as /g/ and no air released
when saying the sound /ŋ/.

Form: cunning {adjective}

It is a disapproving adjective which means it is used to
describe something that is not liked or accepted by people
Anticipated problem about the form
They might misspell the word and write it with :k: instead
of “c” and write one “n” instead of double “n”.
Solution is writing the word on the board.
Another problem might be using the word as a gerund
verb.
Solution: I will make sure that it is clear for them that this
word is an adjective and it is used to describe nouns
specifically people by highlighting this on the board.