INTERACTIONS ACCESSREADING AND WRITING

Middle East Diamond EditionMcGraw Hill Original, 2012

© Gorakhnath Gangane, English Language Instructor, PYP, University of Jazan, 2015.(Cambridge, CELTA)

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LESSON 6 : SLEEP AND DREAMS

Part 2: A Dream NarrativeReading A Narrative (story)Comprehension Exercise.

Learning Goals: Scope & Sequence.

Reading skills and strategies: Prereading: Thinking about the topic,

Previewing vocabulary, Identifying details, Finding the meaning of new

words in contextCritical thinking skills: Understanding

moodVocabulary building: Understanding

pronounsLanguage skills: Discussing ideas from

the reading.

A DREAM NARRATIVEPage 112 to 116

Pre-reading Task.Thinking about the topicThe students read some general

questions on sleep and dreams. The answers will and should vary but the

discussion will help them speak.

Previewing Vocabulary.Verbs: realize, travel

Adjectives: anxious, complicated, familiar, unfamiliar

Adverb: outsideIdiom*: Make sense

*An idiom is a word or phrase that is not taken literally.

The meanings of the yellow colour-coded words are what the students find out in the next exercise.

Answers to Finding Meanings of New Words in Context.

3.1.B.go places3.2.C. nervous3.3.B. something that I knew3.4.C. difficult3.5.A.understand3.6.C.without logic

Vocabulary. Psychologist (Revision) Psychologists help people learn to cope

effectively with life issues and mental health. 

Revision needed as earlier psychologist was only defined as studying behaviour but here

the meaning is extended.

Additional Vocabulary that may be required to be explained.

Comfortable = at easeUncomfortable = ill at ease, uneasyCompletely different = not the same at

allDirty = not cleanRiver = A large natural stream of water

flowing in a channel to the seaGarbage= waste (dry & wet)Afraid = full of fear Street = road

Dream of a 40 year old businessman.

Married.

Two children.

He feels anxious a lot.

psychologist.

He goes to a …

The psychologist tells him to write down his dreams.

This is the dream from June 7.

I was in a large city.

It was very big and very dark.

Seemed like New York.

But didn’t look like the real New York.

I was in a friend’s apartment.

It was comfortable.

After a few minutes…

I was in the street, alone.

Then I realized I was lost…

I started to feel uncomfortable…

All the streets looked unfamiliar…

Didn’t know friend’s address.

I began to feel anxious…

I kept walking.

I knew my house was outside the city.

I saw buses on the street…

But I didn’t know which one to take.

I asked for directions...People

answered...

I couldn’t understand them.

Suddenly, I was in a boat...

Travelling across a very

dangerous river.

It was dark…

The river was dirty...

Full of garbage.

I couldn’t see the other side of the river...

I thought, “I’ll never get home.”

No one listened.Then I woke up.

After Reading: Identifying the Main Idea.

5.C.A man was trying to go home but it was difficult.

Finding Details.6.2.True. A psychologist tried to help him.6.3.False. He just went for a walk in the

city.6.4.True. In his dream he was in a big city.6.5.False. It was dark.6.6.True. In the dream he wanted to go

home.6.7.True. In the dream he had problems

on his way home.

Understanding Pronouns.7.2.It - Apartment7.3.One - Buses7.4.It - Way7.5.Them - Directions

Focus: Understanding the Mood.Adjectives used: Large, big, dark, real,

comfortable, lost, uncomfortable, familiar, unfamiliar,

anxious ,complicated, dangerous, afraid .

Understanding the Mood.The mood is negative as the majority of

adjectives are negative.

Discussing the Reading.What might the psychologist tell the man

he has?1.AnxietyWhat are his emotions? Fear, stress,

worry.What might be some symbols in his

dream? 2. City, apartment, street(s), buses, river, boat, people, garbage.

What might be their meanings?: Workplace maybe, help, world, hope,

way, neutrality, obstacles, things to be cleaned out or dealt with in his life or

workplace or society perhaps

Writing in the Journal.

To wrap up the students have to write in their journal for 5 minutes from one of the three topics given at the end of Part 2. a. Something learned about sleep or dreams. b. A dream that you have had. c. Opinion of/on dreams

Ideally, the writing should be reviewed and students encouraged to make a final draft.

The End.