PRE-IELTS – Mindset for IELTS 1

Unit 5: Reading (page 86 – 91)

I. Outcomes
 Identify topic sentences
 Identify main and supporting sentences
 Match headings with paragraphs
II. Procedures
1. Warm-up
- Suggested activity: Discussion: What would you buy if you were given $1000?
- Lead to the topic of Consumerism
- SS watch a video to understand the definition of consumerism:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFlMQAppIpg
2. Lead-in
- Textbook activities:
+ Have ss look at the pictures in their textbooks and talk about each picture
+ Ss do the exercises in the textbook
3. Reading: Sentence completion
- Go through each task in the textbook
Notes:
- Pay students’ attention to the tips given
- Tell them the steps or guide them the strategies or practical skills to deal with
each type of task
- For each reading task, tell ss to read, underline key words, find and mark the
information in the text.
- Ask ss to note down the synonyms and paraphrasing in a notework and work
more/revise on them at home.
Sample:

- Post-reading discussion:
+ Revise on lexical resources from the reading passages:
https://quizlet.com/405196896/mindset-for-ielts-1-reading-5-flash-cards/
 + Discuss and debate this topic:
“In the future, the main reason for going to shopping mall will be for
entertainment, not to shop.”
- Further activities: Have ss watch a video and discuss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jILgxeNBK_8
- Have ss reflect on difficulties when it comes to dealing with sentence
completion tasks
- Have ss practice with further reading tasks