Assignment A: Reading Lessons Teaching Situation:  You are working in a language school in a Spanish-speaking country

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Assignment A: Reading Lessons

Teaching Situation: 

• You are working in a language school in a Spanish-speaking country. The students are monolingual. 
• You teach a number of different groups, and you are planning next week's reading lessons for your elementary, lower intermediate and strong upper intermediate classes.
• In all three classes, the students get on well with each other and are happy to work together. 
• Your line manager has selected a text for each group, which you must use, but you are going to design your own materials and tasks to exploit them. 
• The lessons are one hour long.  
• For each lesson, you would follow the standard comprehension lesson procedure described in Unit 5, Part 2:
  1. Lead into topic (warmer)
  2. Vocabulary pre-teaching
  3. First reading
  4. Second reading
  5. Follow on activity (communicative speaking task)
• For each text, you need to plan only the part of the lesson specified in the instructions.

Assignment Instructions: 

• At the top of each template is the class description and the reading text. 
• You do not need to provide a full lesson plan for any of the lessons. 
• Below each text, there are two or three sections for you to complete, each focusing on one or two stages of the lesson.
• Read 'Advice on Approaching Assignment A' before you begin.
• The checklist and 'How Assignment A will be Assessed' show what you need to include and what the marker will be looking at.
• Submit your assignment on the templates provided – other formats will not be accepted.
• You must complete and submit all FOUR templates.

Guidelines: 

1. Download and save all the documents and templates. Read them all carefully before you start planning your lesson.
2. Read Unit 1, Parts 2 and 3 on Lesson Planning.
3. Read Unit 2, Part 2 on Vocabulary Teaching, and relevant parts of Unit 3 on Pronunciation.
4. Read Unit 5 on Teaching Receptive Skills, particularly the sections on reading lessons.
5. Use the Checklist to ensure you have done everything required before you submit your assignment

Assignment A – Checklist

 

Check that you have done all the following:

 

TEXT 1 – Elementary Lesson – Stage 5
1. Follow-On Activity Materials
Have you included copies of any materials you would use in this page and not used more than 6 images? Have you ensured that the speaking tasks do not require language or skills that are above level (see Advice on Approaching this Assignment)?
2. Describe and Justify
Have you completed the lesson plan template showing the procedure for this stage of the lesson? Have you written a paragraph explaining your reasons for selecting these activities and why they are appropriate for this lesson with this class. (100-150 words)?
TEXT 2 – Lower Intermediate Lesson - Stage 2
1. Vocabulary Pre-Teaching Planning Table
Have you selected and analysed 10 items from the Fortnite text for pre-teaching? Have you deleted the examples given and filled in all sections in the table? Have you stuck to the maximum word limit of 700 words?
2. Vocabulary Pre-Teaching Materials
Have you included copies of any visual aids, worksheets or other materials you would use?
3. Teacher Language for Teaching 2 Items
Have you presented how you would teach two items of vocabulary in dialogue form (i.e.,  showing your questions and student responses)? For both items, have you: Elicited and explained the meaning? Concept checked? Taught the pronunciation?
TEXT 3 – Upper Intermediate Lesson - Stages 3 and 4
1. First Reading Task
Have you devised 2 or 3 skim and/or scan questions?
2. Second Reading Task
Have you created 7-10 comprehension questions? Do one or two of the questions encourage students to respond to the text? Will the questions help students reach a thorough understanding of the language and content of the text?

 

 

Bibliography
Have you provided links for any pictures used and provided at least two full references?
Check Your Work
Have you checked your work carefully and corrected any language, layout or typing errors? Have you converted all the templates to PDFs and checked their appearance?