Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Adel 3/06/2023 Upper-Intermediate 60 minutes
Lesson Type:
Reading
Lesson Topic:
Animals
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
1. Read and understand the text for specific information or 1. Read and discuss the topic about animals.
reading for gist. 2. Learn how to identify more specific information in the text.
2. Learn and understand the meaning the following 3. The students will learn inferred meanings of unfamiliar
vocabulary from the text; invasive, avid, impairments, terms.
reservoirs, and gnawing. 4. The students made predictions based on the given text.
5. Learn how to correctly use academic jargon in both
speaking and writing.
6. Identify the text’s primary ideas.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. The students all share the same home language, which can 1. I will make it a rule that only English must be spoken during
lead to them speaking to each other in their home language the lesson, even when they are doing groupwork.
rather than in English.
2. I will group my disruptive students with others who is more
2. The students are all young adults, very close in age, so they focused and as the result the students will focus on the
can be attracted to one another and desire to strike up lesson only.
conversation irrelevant to the lesson.
3. I will allocate enough reading time to my students, so that
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, 3. Some of the students may struggle to understand the they can read the texts repeatedly to get them more
meaning of difficult words, terms, and phrases due to their comfortable with the text. I will revise sections that are
poor word recognition. partially difficult for my students to help them with word
4. The students might believe that they need to read and pay attention recognition and inferring.
to each and every detail to understand it. This might lead them to
over fixate on what they believe to be ambiguous. They might feel 4. I will provide the students with the proper background
discouraged when they are faced with a short period of time to read a information relating to the text as this will make the text
text for gist or for specific information. feel less ambiguous I will also use italics to draw their
attention to specific information.
Authentic Text (insert reading text here or link to the listening recording)
10 ways animals help us.
10 ways animals help us.
1.Bees are powerful pollinators.
Did you know about one-third of the world’s food depends on pollination? Many of the earth’s plants—about 30% of the world’s crops
and 90% of our wild plants—depend on these little heroes. As they buzz from plant to plant, bees are powerful pollinators and play a
vital role in the ecosystem, so the
next time you find a wildflower, you can thank a busy bee.
2. Beavers combat climate change.
These woodland creatures have proved incredibly adept at naturally regulating ecosystems. Their gnawing and damming reduce
flooding and wildfire damage, preserve fish populations, and conserve freshwater reservoirs—key to combating the effects of climate
change. So when it comes to much needed river ecosystem regulation, leave it to the beavers.
3. Llama’s patrol farms.
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, In addition to being a farm animal with a particularly low environmental impact and a sweet tooth for invasive weed species, llamas
have also been found to be incredibly effective guard animals. Yes, guard llamas. These sociable creatures’ bond with herd animals,
which makes them instinctively protective against predators and an invaluable asset to shepherds and ranchers.
4. Rats detect landmines.
Rats get a bad rap but with their keen sense of smell and trainability, they’ve been found to be exceptionally suited to work as
landmine detectors. More
efficient than metal detectors and cheaper than dogs, rats nicknamed (Hero Rats) are being trained to sniff out landmines, allowing
previously unusable land to once again be productive.
5. Squirrels help trees take root.
While you may know them as your neighbourhood park dwellers, squirrels’ natural habitat is the forest where they play a major role as
nature’s tree planters. These forgetful little creatures’ nut-gathering and storing have a big impact when their forgotten nut stashes
take root and grow into the trees and forests that sustain our ecosystem.
6. Narwhals assist scientists.
Otherwise known as the “unicorns of the sea,” these deep divers are instrumental to NASA scientists’ tracking of temperature changes
in Greenland’s arctic. Researchers have employed narwhals, fitted with radio transmitters, to collect data from the hard-to-reach
depths of the Arctic on water salinity, temperature, and impact of the increasingly warm ocean water on Greenland’s glaciers.
7. Elephants create a source of water for other species.
Not only are they major tourist attractions for many countries who depend on this economic boost, the elephant is also one of the most
intelligent animals on the planet and key to the biodiversity of its ecosystem. During dry seasons, elephants use their large tusks to dig
for water—providing some much-needed relief from the heat for other animals.
8. Birds balance nature.
The ecological handyman, birds really do it all: from reforestation and seed pollination to pest control and soil fertilization. Whether in
a forest, on a farm,
or simply in a garden, these feathered friends play a vital role in keeping nature balanced and indicating when it’s not.
9. Octopi are avid recyclers.
An unlikely ally, octopi are resourceful creatures with a talent for recycling. They put their tentacles to work reusing and reducing waste
through their creative use of glass containers, coconut shells, and other debris to create shelters. And while one man’s trash is an
octopus’ treasure, we can all learn a
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