Perfect Weekend Lesson Plan
Beginner, A1 level
Ss will be able to use some reading strategies such as prediction, skimming for a gist, scanning for a specific information.
Ss will be able to produce the newly learned language in a personalized way.
Procedure (43-55 minutes)
After T greets the students, T shows a powerpoint in which there are pictures describing his perfect weekend. After T talks about his weekend and assure that Ss understand the meaning of “perfect”, T asks Ss in pairs to talk to each other about their perfect weekend. CCQ: What does “perfect” mean? CCQ: Is waking up late perfect? CCQ: Is working too much perfect?
Before reading, Ss are asked to look at the pictures and title of the article and name 5 words that might be in the article. After naming, T asks Ss to read the text very quickly to see if their guesses are correct. (Activity 1) ICQ: What will you do after you name 5 words? (Check if they are in the article)
Ss are to match the verbs to the nouns/adverbs to make common collocations. They listen and check their answers. (Vocabulary before Reading HO) CCQ: How often do you listen to music? CCQ: Do you like watching French films? CCQ: Do you usually get up early or late?
Following, Ss are asked to skim the text for a general idea and tell what they think the main idea is. (Activity 2) CCQ: What is the main idea? (General message)
T asks Ss to read the text for the last time to look for specific information. In the first part, they are to write True or False for the statements. They check their responses with their partners. In the second part, Ss are to match the sentences halves without looking at the text. Later they check their answers from the text if they remember correctly. (Activity 2)
Ss are to match the highlighted words to their definitions in Activity 3. Following they check their answers with their partners.
For the last activity, Ss are encouraged to write a letter to their imaginary friend about their perfect weekend.