Reading Lesson Plan

By

1.Miss Jirapat Chomvilai (Vicky) Student ID: 54010513010

2.Miss Tharinee Japhimai (Irene) Student ID: 54010513046

4th Year English Major Students of Faculty of Education

Mahasarakham University, Thailand

Reading Plan Format

Name: 1. Miss Jirapat Chomvilai (Vicky) 2. Miss Tharinee Japhimai (Irene)

Length of lesson: 60 minutes

Who are the Students (age, nationality, gender)? Thai students in high school; ages 16 - 18; mixed gender class

Why are they studying? To study for examination and improving students’ reading skill

Where/when are they studying? During the regular English language classes in the school.

What is the setting (university, language school, public school, etc.)/time of day/year/frequency of classes?

Public school, daily class a few hours in the morning or afternoonWhat facilities are available (room, desks, seating, a-v)

Classroom with individual desks, computer with internet, projector and whiteboard

What is the main skill area(s)? Reading, speaking and writing

What is their ACTFL level? Intermediate and high

What is the theme? Caffeine

Materials: (include sources) Computer with PowerPoint, projector, white board, charts Video

Couchsurfing reading text—Magazine “Reader’s Digest”Objective(s): By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to…. (SWBAT)Show understanding about the good or bad side of caffeine after reading the text.

I assume the students already know: Basic vocabulary and phrases about caffeine.

I anticipate students will have problems with: Misunderstanding from reading the text.

To solve/avoid these problems I plan to: Separate the text into short paragraph

How will I assess the students? Observing while student was reading and collecting the piece of work to

evaluate

Time

Lesson Stage*

Procedure/StepsDescribe so that

someone unfamiliar with the lesson could

teach it.

Beliefs underlying your choices**

Materials and Aids

10 min.

PRE1. motivation2. prediction

3. pre-teach vocabulary

1. Show a video about Caffeine.2. Ask students about the video: - What is the video about? - What drink contain caffeine? Do you like to drink it? - Do you think caffeine is good or bad?3. Teach the vocabulary by showing the picture on PowerPoint and explaining the meanings.

Nowadays, most students like to drink coffee that contains more of caffeine and they don’t know the effect of it. Reading this text can help students realize the effect of it and know about its advantages and disadvantages.

Before starting to teach, teacher will show the video about caffeine in order to attract the

Computer, projector, PowerPoint (Pictures, Videoand Vocabulary)

students’ attention. They will pay attention and can predict what they will learn.

40 min.

DURING1. Reading the text “Caffeine: Does It Harm or Heal?”2. Using other skill: speaking

1. Divide students into groups of four.2. Let students in each group read the text that teacher sticks on the board and put it on the wall.3. Each student has 3 minutes for reading the text. The students form one group will read the text on different board.4. Go back to their groups and share what each student has read to their friends.5. Discuss about the text.6. Summarize by making a mind mapping on a piece of

The text teacher use comes from magazine which is authentic material. It’s good to use this type of text for improving reading skill.

Students can use top-down processing by using background knowledge they knew about caffeine and gain more knowledge about it after they read the text.They also can use skimming technique while they are reading for getting main idea.

Computer, projector, PowerPoint,board of text,a piece of paper

paper about the text that they have learned.5. Present their project in front of class.

Teacher should give students more time to share what they have read from the text.When student present their project in front of class, they will practice speaking skill and the students who are the audiences will also improve listening skill.

10 min.

POST1. Summarizing and sharing opinion through “The Written Card”2. Using other skill: writing

1. Give a blank card to the each student for summarizing what they have learned from the text and their opinion about caffeine. Is Caffeine good or bad?2. Students write down what they know more about caffeine and their opinion about it.3. Teacher collects all cards from the students.4. Teacher give one student one written card. (Teacher will not give the student their own card) Then let each student read their friends’ cards in front of class loudly.5. Teacher takes all cards back for

Students need to use critical reading and take time to summarize for writing what they have learned from the text.

Students have more knowledge about the topic, so they can think of and consider it. For this activity, they can write down for sharing their opinion.

After finishing writing it, they will read their friends’ card, so they will improve reading and listening skill through this activity.

Blank cards

evaluation.

*Pre-During-Post: Presentation, Practice, Use etc.