Lesson PlansDiploma TEFL Workshop

Hira MukhtarAllama Iqbal Open University,Raza block, Allama Iqbal town

Lahore

Lesson Plan No. 3

• Class: 13th

• Skill practiced: Reading skill

• Time duration: 45 minutes

• Resources: Prepared slides, newspaper cuttings, white board, board markers

• Topic: Joining visual with non-visual information

Objectives

• Understanding the importance of non-visual information

• Read fluently

• Infer the given text

• Comprehend the text well

Preparation

• Oracy (5 minutes): Showing random alphabets, familiar words, meaningful sequence and students will recall what the see

• Wrap up (5 minutes): Explanation of non-visual information and importance of mind in reading process

Random Letters

J L H Y L P A J M R W K H M Y O E Z S X

Familiar Words

SNEEZE FURY HORSES WHEN AGAIN

Meaningful Sequence

EARLY  FROSTS HARM  THE  CROPS

Presentation

• Oracy (5 minutes): Reading of a newspaper cutting and group discussion about the reading

• Wrap up (5 minutes): The students will tell the main idea of what they read

Practice

• Oracy (15 minutes): Reading of a passage with words having jumbled letters using non-visual information

• Wrap up (5 minutes): Explanation of active involvement of mind in the process of reading to read the jumbled letters and showing some optical illusions for examples

The phenomenal power of the human mind

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid! Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.

Is something rotating?

Concentrate on the sign in the middle, after a while you will notice that this moving purple dot will turn green!

Look at the sign a bit longer and you‘ll notice that all dots except the green one will disappear.

Production

• Activity (5 minutes): Reading of a passage in which letters are replaced with numbers

• The students will take turns in reading that passage

Read it…

7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5! 1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5! 1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG 17 WA5 H4RD BU7 N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3 Y0UR M1ND 1S R34D1NG 17 4U70M471C4LLY W17H 0U7 3V3N 7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17, B3 PROUD! 0NLY C3R741N P30PL3 C4N R3AD 7H15. 

Assessment

Students will be assessed formally on their ability to– read fluently– infer the given text– comprehend the text well

• Reading of a passage (it can be from their text books) in which some letters are replaced with numbers and will be assessed on rubric for this

Rubric for assessing students

Skill Excellent Good Satisfactory Weak

Fluency

Accuracy

Guessing words

Using non-visual information

Marking keyExcellent: 4 pointsGood: 3 pointsSatisfactory: 2 pointsWeak: 1 point

Works Cited• Erwin, B. (1991). The relationship between

background experiences and students’ comprehension: a cross-cultural study. Reading Psychology, 12, 43-61.

• Johnson, P. (1982). Effects on Reading Comprehension of Building Background Knowledge. TESOL Quarterly, 16, 503-516.

• http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/2179/

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