THE COMPLETE

LESSON PLAN ON
READING

Charles A. Flores
Camille G. Gutierrez
 Main focus of
Lesson

Explain to the campers that during their daily Reading

lessons, they will build words, practice reading
fluently, and read books.
 Main Aims

Increasing their anticipation skills

(through word-guessing activity)
Practicing skimming and scanning skills
in reading
 Subsidiary
Aims/Focus

 Reinforcing students’ comprehension skills

through speaking.
Adapting an interesting text, out of the students’
reading books and implementing it in the
classroom
 Personal Aims

 In the pre-reading section a word guessing activity for

the first time in my classroom, and see whether I can use
it for further reading activities or not.
 Timetable Fit: - What comes
before / after

 They have done lots of reading last week and they will have more
this week.
 They are going to write an “advantages and disadvantages”
comparison paragraph next week, so this reading text may give
them some idea about it. In addition, this reading text is not from
their reading books which they find boring; therefore, I wanted to
give them an interesting one before they start doing reading
activities from their books.
 Assumptions

Students will find the lesson interesting because the text,

which is about birth order, is directly related to their lives
so that they will easily personalize it.
Students will find the lesson beneficial since they will
practice skimming and scanning skills which they need
in their proficiency exam.
 Anticipated Problems: Possible
Solutions:

If students do not understand the text, I will let them use
dictionaries and mobiles phones (as some use online
dictionaries).
 Contingency Plan

In case we have extra time, students might discuss the

advantages and disadvantages.
 The purpose of reading is
comprehension

— getting meaning from written text. Find out what else

research tells us about the active process of constructing
meaning, and how good readers consciously employing
comprehension strategies.
 Without comprehension, reading is a frustrating,
pointless exercise in word calling. It is no
exaggeration to say that how well students develop
the ability to comprehend what they read has a
profound effect on their entire lives.
 A major goal of reading comprehension instruction,
therefore, is to help students develop the knowledge,
skills, and experiences they must have if they are to
become competent and enthusiastic readers.
 The Act of Constructing Meaning
is
 Strategic — readers have purposes for their reading and use a
variety of strategies and skills as they construct meaning5
 Adaptable — readers change the strategies they use as they
read different kinds of text or as they read for different
purposes
 Interactive — it involves not just the reader but also the text
and the context in which reading takes place4