lesson plan - rising star

Lesson planCoursebook: Rising StarUnit: SuccessLevel: intermediateTime: 60 minsAims: To give SS practice in reading skills: skimming, scanning, reading for details, inferring To give SS practice in speaking for fluencyLanguage practised: vocabulary – related to topic “Famous people” grammar points: present tense, modals, 2nd conditional functions: speculating, hypothesising, comparing, contrasting,

expressing preference + giving reasonsMaterials: cards for “The Personality game”, the coursebook, evaluation sheet

Activity 1Warmer - the personality gameAim: to warm SS up, to introduce topic, Interaction: millingTime: 5 minsT pins card with personality name on SS backs; by asking yes/no qs SS work out who they are

Activity 2Speaking - Predicting for reading (speculating, hypothesising)Aim : to familiarise SS with text, to create desire to read + expectationsInteractions :PWTime 5 minsSs look at pictures and say who the people might be/might do

Activity 3ReadingAim : to check prediction, to give SS practice in skimminigInteraction; STime: 2 mins reading + 3 mins for feedbackSs read quickly and match pictures to text (time limit – v. important to ensure fast reading)

Activity 4ReadingAim: to give ss practice in scanningInteraction:S

Time 5 minsEx. 2 – multiple matching

Activity 5SpeakingAim: to give SS practice in practising functions: comparing, contrasting, agreeingInteraction: PWTime 10 minsa. T writes “rich, famous, successful” on BB and elicits examples of

people who fit in these categories.b. SS talk and fill in grid “Advantages and disadvantages of being

famous” – T. elicits final grid on BB

Activity 6Reading Aim: to give SS practice in reading for detail/inferringInteraction:STime 10 minsSS read text and compare their answers to those in the text

Activity 7 SpeakingAim: To give SS practice in practising functions: expressing preference, speculating about the presentInteraction: either PW or class discussionTime: 10 minsSS answer qs “Which of these people would you like as a friend? Why? “How would your life change if you were famous?

Activity 8 Assessing homework SS will answer one of the qs in the previous activity in writing

Activity 9 EvaluationAim: to get the students to reflect on their learningInteraction: S, then PWTime: 10 minsSs fill in evaluation form (What I did/What I learnt/What I liked/What was difficult). Then they compare their answers in pairs