Pre-Intermediate: Reading & Writing Lesson Plans
Reading
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I've Been A SecretaryTarget Language: Present perfect, past simple to talk about life experiences; work.Description: Talking about life experiences and especially jobs that you have done. Main activity is a jigsaw reading activity which gets students using present perfect or past simple tenses.
Duration: 30 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 2R1 |
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The Mediterranean MermaidTarget Language: Time markers, there is/there are review.Description: Following the sometimes painful adventures of two honeymooners and their letters home. Focus on time markers such as then, after, afterwards, before, as soon as, etc.
Duration: 60 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 2R2 |
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The Silver GloveTarget Language: Positive and negative adjectives to describe films, books, etc., reading comprehension.Description: Some vocabulary work on the use of positive and negative adjectives to describe movies/TV programs. Then students read six reviews of a movie with accompanying reading comprehension exercise. Final speaking activity allows students to talk about what they like or dislike.
Duration: 60 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 2R3 |
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Just MarriedTarget Language: Hopes/ambitions/plans, future intentions, reading comprehension.Description: Based around an article about a newly married couple, this lesson looks at some of the language of expressing future plans, hopes and ambitions.
Duration: 55 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 2R4 |
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Healthy LivingTarget Language: Health and Fitness, reading comprehension.Description: Students speak about good and bad health habits before looking at some leaflets aimed at young people and discussing their own thoughts on this important issue.
Duration: 55 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 2R5 |
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Wish You Were HereTarget Language: Vacation types, writing a postcard.Description: Students learn specialist vacation vocabulary and then answer reading comprehension questions based on postcards, before writing their own.
Duration: 60 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 2R6 |
Writing
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The English CapitalTarget Language: Using capital letters.Description: When capital letters are used in English and when they are not. Lesson finishes with fun speaking activity: yes, capital letters can be fun!
Duration: 45 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 2W1 |
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There Was OnceTarget Language: Fairy tales, writing modern version of traditional stories.Description: An initial reading task where students identify classic fairy tales is followed by several writing tasks that prepare students for the final assignment of rewriting a old-style fairy tale with a modern slant.
Duration: 50-70 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 2W2 |
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Students WelcomeTarget Language: Writing a letter for information, using formal/informal language.Description: Students read a letter from a language school they are interested in attending and then write a letter to the family they'll be living with, to get more information. Focus on formal/informal language choices and structure of this type of letter.
Duration: 65 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 2W3 |
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The Travel BugTarget Language: Basic composition, descriptive vocabulary and phrases.Description: Students read a descriptive description of a vacation trip and then brainstorm other similar vocabulary in preparation for their own short composition.
Duration: 75 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 2W4 |
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