Professional Documents
Culture Documents
LEARNING STANDARD(S)
Main: Complementary:
3.1.1 Understand the main points in simple longer texts
3.1.2 Understand specific details and information in simple longer texts
LEARNING OBJECTIVE(S)
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
Read the article and match five categories with their predictions from the article.
Read the article and answer six questions about the future.
Pulse 2
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUE(S Choose an item. MATERIAL(S) Student’s Book p.53
Teacher’s Book p.53
ACTIVITIES
Write spacecraft, satellite, planet, Mars on the board with all the letters removed apart from the first and last letters:
s_________t, s_____________t, p______________t, M__________s
PRE-LESSON
Tell pupils they all refer to space. Pupils work in pairs and complete the words.
Invite pupils to come to the board and write in the missing letters.
1)
Explain the task. Pupils read the five topics carefully first. Point out that there are six predictions so one of the topics is
mentioned twice.
Play the CD. Pupils listen and follow the text in their books.
Check answers as a class. Point out that the ability to get the gist of a piece of text quickly by recognizing key words, eg
the predictions about travel and transport include the words cars, space, is an important skill when reading efficiently.
(Student’s Book p.53 – Activity 1)
LESSON 2)
DEVELOPMENT Pupils read the six questions carefully first.
They work individually and find the answers
in the text.
They compare answers in pairs.
Check answers as a class. (Student’s Book p.53 – Activity 2)
Pupils work individually. They read these questions and write their answers: Do you think the future will be better
than the present? Why (not)?
POST-LESSON
They Compare ideas in pairs.
Get feedback from the whole class.
By amount of teacher’s support:
Low-proficiency pupils
DIFFERENTIATIO
- pupils complete the tasks(s) with teacher’s guidance
N High-proficiency pupils
- pupils complete the tasks(s) on their own
TEACHER’S _____ out of ______ pupils achieved the learning objectives.
REFLECTION _____ pupils were given remedial treatment.