Lesson Plan

1. Mix-level class (beginners to intermediate)

2. Class Description
- Class size: 35 junior high school students
- Age: 15 years old( ninth graders in Min-Syong Junior High School)
- L1: Chinese
- Educational Background: Most students have learned English for over 4 years. (Students started to study English compulsorily in the fifth
grade in elementary school.)
3. General Objectives
- Students are able to be motivated to learn English through various activities.
- Students are able to get involved in learning English.
- Students can learn English reading in a more communicative classroom.
4. Procedures:

Specific Objective:
-Students know how to utilize the reading strategies: scanning skimming, predicting the unknown words and summarizing the article.
-Students are able to share their experiences with others.
Time: 70mins (approximately one and half classesone class takes up 45 minutes.)
Context: The Story of J. K. Rowling
Class Work: group work, individual work
Aids: chalk, blackboard
Procedure Time Teachers role Students role Related theory Possible problems
 (What teacher says.) (What students do or how
they may react.)
Pre-reading activities
1. Greet the students. 2mins Greet the students. React to the teacher.
2. Organize the class into five groups of seven 2mins Group students. Collaborative
students. learning.
3. Show students the pictures on page 8mins T: Look at the picture Ss: Thats J. K. Rowling. Strengthen Students may have
29(appendix 3) on the course book. Ask on page 29, do you students difficulties in
students if they know who J. K. Rowling know who the woman backgound speaking certain
is. Ask some students to share what they is? knowledge. terms in English, so
have known about J.K. Rowling. (The T: Yes, has anyone read Ss: I am going to watch the the teachers can
teacher can show students the novel of her famous book, or latest movie of Harry Bottom-up allow them to speak
Harry Potter and briefly describe the story.) seen the famous movie Potter next week. strategy. in half English and
Ask students if they have seen the movie Harry Potter? I have read all the half Chinese in the
Harry Potter, and have some volunteers volumes of Harry beginning. Also, the
to share their ideas. T: Great, you must love Potter. teachers can help
Harry Potter very Ss: He is a wizard. students to translate
Write down the vocabulary which may much. Can anyone tell He can fly. what they said in
show in the following text such as magic, me anything about He can ride the broom. Chinese into English.
and rich on the blackboard. The teacher Harry Potter? He gets a scar on his (Refer to Ch5, P2)
can use synonyms, pictures, or ask peers to T: Good, you have forehead.
explain the words to the class, but try not to know Harry Potter Ss: She is rich!
 directly translate the words into Chinese. well. Today, we are
going to read about the Ss: She earns a lot of
story of the creator of money because of Harry
Harry PotterJ. K. Potter.
Rowling. Anyone
know something about
her?
T: Yes, now, lets read
the story of the genius
writer.
While-reading activities Monitor the students if Students do the skimming of Skimming. Some students do not
4. Write some assumptions of the main idea 5mins they have concentrated the text. know what
of the text on the blackboard. J. K. on skimming the text. Top-down Skimming is, so
Rowling thinks that writing is a hard task. strategy. the teachers can
J. K. Rowling can write novels because explain how and why
she is rich. J. K. Rowling have become to skim the text to
rich by writing novels. J. K. Rowling students.
loves to tell stories to everyone. Then, ask (Refer to Ch5, P. 3)
students to skim the whole article to see if
these assumptions are right.
5. Ask students to share what they have 7mins T: According to your Ss: J. K. Rowling thinks CLT Students may have
thought about the assumptions. skimming, which writing is a hard task. The aim of this difficulties in
 assumptions are part is not to speaking certain
right? check if the terms in English, so
T: Umwriting is Ss: Maybe. Yes, she likes assumptions are the teachers can
indeed a hard task, but telling stories and writing right or not, but allow them to speak
from your skimming, stories. to get students to in half English and
do you think that J. K. re-think more half Chinese in the
Rowling love writing about the text, beginning. Also, the
novels? and to teachers can help
T: Then, would she Ss: Yes, because she has to communicate students to translate
think writing is a hard take care of her baby at with the teacher. what they said in
task? the same time. Chinese into English.
Maybe not, because she (Refer to Ch5, P2)
loves it.
6. Write the questions on the blackboardIs 6mins The teacher presents Students do the scanning of Scanning. Students may not
J. K. Rowling a millionaire? How does this some questions to ask the text and try to find out know what scanning
happen? Which subject does J. K. students to do the the answers of the questions. is, so the teacher can
Rowling like best in school? What scanning to find out the explain it before
problems did she have when she began answers. doing the activity.
writing Harry Potter? Who reads Harry (Refer to Ch5, P. 3)
Potter? Ask students to do the scanning of
the text.
7. Ask students to discuss what they have 8mins Monitor the whole class Students discuss the answers Summarizing the
 read in groups, and then the teacher asks to see if there are any of the text, and try to text.
some students to answer the questions. students in need of help. summarize the text. Group discussion
Also, the teacher can ask students to give a (Collaborative
short sentence to summarize each learning)
paragraph.
8. The teacher does a brief summary of the 2mins Do a brief summary of Students listen to teachers
text. the text. summarizing the text.
Post-reading activities Monitor the whole class Students share their ideas in CLT (Refer to Ch 5, P. 3)
9. The teachers writes the questions on the 15 too see if there are groups. (group
blackboardWhat is your dream? How mins students in need of help. discussion)
to make your dream come true? Ask
students to discuss in groups. (The teacher
can share his or hers firstdoing so can
help students have an example to follow.)
10. Have some students to share their dream 15 Give some feedback to Students do the presentation.
and how to make it come true. mins the whole class after
students doing the
presentation.