Teaching objectives
At the end of this class, the students are expected to
1. understand the text by searching for the characteristics about the 4 different plants
2. develop reading skills by locating detailed information and filling in the table
3. talk about plants with the help of the information in the table
4. have a general knowledge about plants and improve the understanding of nature
Teaching Procedures
Steps Contents Teacher’s Activities Students’Activities Purposes
I.
Pre-reading
activities
1.
Guessing
game
To ask students to guess
the name of the given
pictures
To guess the name of
a certain plant
To lead out the
topic “plants”
2.
Free-talk
To talk with students
about their attitudes
towards plants and their
knowledge about plants
To share attitudes
towards plants and
knowledge about
plants
To check students’
background
knowledge about
plants
II.
While-reading
procedures
1.
Skimming
To ask students to read
the first sentence of each
paragraph and answer
questions on P 35:
To ask students to match
the pictures with their
English names
To read the first
sentence of each
paragraph answer
questions on P35:
To match the pictures
with their English
names
To find out the 4
plants mentioned in
the text
2.
Scanning
To ask students to scan
the text and match the
interesting facts with the
To scan the text and
match the interesting
facts with the plants’
To help students
scan the whole
passage for certain
plants’ name name details
3.
Filling in
the table
To help students
complete the table by
searching characteristics
and location of the 4
plants
To read the text and
complete the table in
the worksheet
To illustrate the
facts of the 4 given
plants
4.
Retelling
To give a demonstration
and ask students to do the
retelling
To do the retelling
with the help of the
teacher and the
partner
To consolidate the
knowledge about
the main
characteristics of
the 4 plants
5.
Free-talk
To clarify the logic words
between the sentences
To think about how
to organize the
sentences more
logically
To train students’
consciousness of
understanding the
logic between the
sentences
III.
Post-reading
Activities
Review
on the text
To ask students to share
their feelings after
reading the text
To learn to give a
simple review after
reading the text
To help students be
aware of the
amazing natural
world
IV.
Assignments
1. Read aloud the text after the recording for at least three times
2. Try to retell the whole passage based on the given key word
3. Search for more information on the 4 plants
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