Level 1 course: Mod 4, Part E, Exam question A
Level 2 course, Module 1, Exam question
 Exam Question
What you have been asked to do here is to produce a lesson plan. The first stage should be to go back to the reading section of this module and review the content there.
While there is no one correct answer, some of the following points may come in handy in preventing you from making mistakes in your plan.
1. Choose a theme
Lessons often flow better if your students have a common theme around which to base their studies. There are many possible themes (holidays, travel, work leisure time, etc.) and the theme that you choose should be connected to the reading text that you have selected.
2. Introducing your lesson
This is the first 10 –15 minutes where you welcome the students. It begins when you walk in to the classroom. The presentation stage is where you present the theme – get your class warmed up and interested in the topic and what is to come. A good idea is to use pictures and prompts – bring in a link to your theme (e.g. if your topic is the Circus, for example – bring in a clown’s wig and nose, or a picture of a clown). Introduce these to your students and get them speaking, this will warm them up.
3. Choosing Reading Material
Some students fall down here because they select reading material that is too long, too hard or too easy for the group they have in mind. Think about the group that you are going to teach and ask yourself the following questions:
- What level is the group?
- Is there a common age (adults, teenagers, young learners etc.?)
- What kind of material are they going to be interested in?
- How long is your text or reading? As a guideline, look at a course book (Such as Headway or Cutting Edge) to see what they consider an appropriate length of text for a class. As a guideline, look to limit your text to about 250 words for an Intermediate level class.
4. Text analysis
One way of seeing if your students have understood the text is to develop questions based on the content of the reading. These could be quick concept questions, (Yes/No, True/False) answers, followed by deeper comprehension questions, which ask the students for specific information. However you don’t have to do this if you can think of other exercises to make sure that students have understood what they have read.
5. Follow up
It is always good to round off your lesson with something productive. By this we mean something that is speaking or writing based. Choose an activity that develops the theme or an aspect of the reading, or perhaps work on the language that you have covered in the lesson. This will consolidate the learning that has taken place. It will help if you can do something fun at the end to send students out on a high.
Follow these steps and you should be on your way to a successful lesson plan for the reading lesson.
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