Teacher’s name: Meymeh English Department

Date: 88/11/17

Class: grade 2 –high school

Subject: Reading of lesson 4, book 2

Materials: blackboard – chalk – two novels from Charles Dickens

Time: 30 minutes

Size: 20 students

I-Warming up

?What did you study last night

    ?What did you do in your free time

   ? Playing, watching TV or reading novels

   ?Do you like to read a novel

II-Pre-reading phase:

   Asking some questions in order to build up and activate the student’s background knowledge.

  ?Do you know Charles Dickens

  ? Did you read his novels

     ?Can you name some of them

    ? Do you know Oliver Twist

   ? Who read this novel

III- While –reading phase:

A-Skimming

a) Dividing Ss in to groups and assigning each group a paragraph to read

 Giving each group a question to answer, e.g

?-Where did poor children have to work

?Were their bosses cruel to them 

           B- Silent reading

                           Having Ss read the text in groups, helping them with the task.

                              Asking comprehension Qs of the groups.

           C-Scanning for certain words or phrases, e.g. poor, coal mines, cruel, earn and so on…

          

 Many years ago children from_____ families had to work long hours. They worked in______ and factories.  They didn’t______ much money. Their bosses were _____ to them. It was a terrible life for little children

The main goal of while –reading phase is skill practice as well as helping learners to understand the text.

 

V-Post-reading phase

          -Having Ss paraphrase each paragraph or give the main idea in groups.

            -Having Ss ask each other Qs about the passage in groups.

This phase helps learners to consolidate what they have read and at the same time, aims to relate the text to the learner’s experience, knowledge, and opinions.

Other activities that can be done in this phase:

          -Discussions:

                 ?-Why did Dickens write a story about a little boy

                 -?Did the book help the poor children

                 ?-How did it help them

          -Summarizing

          -Writing composition

 

IV-Assignment

As the final conclusion, the students should read and do exercises as homework assignment.