To provide gist and detailed reading practice using a text about friendship in the context of lasting friendships and changing life pathes
To provide review of friendships in the context of lasting friendships and shifting life pathes
To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of lasting friendships and changing life pathes
Procedure (22-35 minutes)
Hand out the material sheet to S and let them focus on the picture and the name of the lesson. let them guess what the lesson is about..if they struggled i will give them a hint that it's in the context of previous lessons which is friendships. I will clear out any cultural miss-understandings about the picture as for them to guess more accurately
Focusing on the pre-reading questions students will discuss the statements in pairs, stating what do they think is true or false and why (2min). S will get back to T and T will ask for what they have choose. (1min)
T hands out a matching definition exercise... let them check in pairs and then T explains further.
S will focus on reading the text for gist to support their claims on the pre-reading questions. T will ask if there is anything difficult to understand and will try to review the difficult. T will explain what is virgo and give S a hint about zodiac in English as a cultural reference.
Ss will read the artical more thoroughly
S answer the post-reading questions and check with a partner
T provide S with few questions about the topic and their point of view. students discuss in GW