The document provides a 40-minute IELTS lesson plan focused on reading skills. The plan includes pre-reading activities to introduce skills like skimming and scanning. It then focuses on teaching students how to answer matching features questions and recognize paraphrasing in texts through group activities. Students practice these skills by answering matching features questions in pairs and providing feedback. The lesson aims to help students understand and apply reading strategies tested in IELTS.
The document provides a 40-minute IELTS lesson plan focused on reading skills. The plan includes pre-reading activities to introduce skills like skimming and scanning. It then focuses on teaching students how to answer matching features questions and recognize paraphrasing in texts through group activities. Students practice these skills by answering matching features questions in pairs and providing feedback. The lesson aims to help students understand and apply reading strategies tested in IELTS.
The document provides a 40-minute IELTS lesson plan focused on reading skills. The plan includes pre-reading activities to introduce skills like skimming and scanning. It then focuses on teaching students how to answer matching features questions and recognize paraphrasing in texts through group activities. Students practice these skills by answering matching features questions in pairs and providing feedback. The lesson aims to help students understand and apply reading strategies tested in IELTS.
The document provides a 40-minute IELTS lesson plan focused on reading skills. The plan includes pre-reading activities to introduce skills like skimming and scanning. It then focuses on teaching students how to answer matching features questions and recognize paraphrasing in texts through group activities. Students practice these skills by answering matching features questions in pairs and providing feedback. The lesson aims to help students understand and apply reading strategies tested in IELTS.
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
Download as docx, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1of 3
IELTS Lesson planning for reading
Nane: He Yijie Length:40 mins
Sample Lesson Plan
IELTS Reading - Matching Features and Paraphrasing Objectives: To make students understand 'matching features' in the IELTS reading test. Have a general idea of how paraphrasing is used in IELTS reading.
Student Level: Basic level(score around 5) Duration: 40min
Stage Procedures Inter Time Pre-reading activities Stage 1: Review Lead in with a video about reading skills S-S 5 different Reading Divide into 3 groups with 5 students each. T-S min Skills Each group gets a short sample paragraph Aim: To recap the and they are asked to identify the main idea meaning and (skimming), find specific details (scanning), usage of skimming, and answer deep questions (search reading). scanning, and Discuss each reading strategy as a whole, search reading. finding out when and why each one is used. Stage 2: Lead-in Show a video of music play called Cat. T-S 5 Aim: To activate Make students share their ideas and feelings S-S min schemata and elicit relevant vocabulary related to music regarding and theater. music, rhythm and Write these words on the board. lyrics, elicit Ask students to discuss what is vocabularies paraphrasing. from students, Try to elicit student to discuss how can and introduce the these expressions be paraphrased idea of paraphrasing. Stage 3: Warm up Introduce words like ' hoi polloi ', T-S 5 and Pre- ‘surreptitious' in sentences and ask S-S min teaching related students guess their meanings from Vocabulary context. Aim: To Provide further information and additional teach essential examples if necessary. words to unblock reading. While-reading activities Stage 4: Show students the 'matching features' questions T-S 5 Introduce 'Matching from the sample IELTS test. S-S min Features' Divide students into small groups and discuss S Aim: To introduce the which reading skills will be needed to Matching features answer these questions, e.g., scanning or questions and teach search reading). students how to approach them. Have students practice scanning the text to locate the place names. Stage 5: Divide students into pairs and assign each pair 2- S-S 5 Recognizing 3 of the 'matching features' questions. min Paraphrases Each pair should write down possible Aim: To help paraphrases for their assigned questions. students identify Pairs swap their paraphrases and discuss, adding possible any additional possibilities they think of. paraphrases in the text. Post-reading activities Stage 6: Test Divide students into different pairs. S 10 Connection Divide Students a new set of matching features S-S min questions from IELTS reading practice tests. Aim: Make Set a fixed time, when time is up, students swap students use skills their questions and answer in their pairs. and strategies to T monitors and offers support when needed. IELTS Reading Peer-assess and discuss differences in opinions. test Finally, agree on final answers to the 2 sets of questions.
Stage 7: Feedback T establishes answer on the board. T-S 5
Aim: To give The pairs that have the most correct answers win. min positive feedback Praise the students for their efforts and give and provide feedback on the types of mistakes and possible correction. reasons. Provide feedback on language-related mistakes and reemphasize on the importance of paraphrasing.
Homework Assign students timed IELTS reading practice.
To reconsolidate Assign students to write IELTS essay on the
the skills and topic of theater and music. Encourage students to strategies learned. use the vocabulary and ideas from the reading To recycle the passage in their final essay. ideas and languages from the reading. 3