Teacher: Guellil Badra School Year: 2010/2011

Unit Two: Communication/The Press Level: 1st Year/Literary Stream

Developing Skills

Aims of the sequence: By the end of this Sequence PPs will be able to develop the social skills; conducting an interview, Interpreting survey results,
writing a report… with reference to the following functions:
 Asking for and giving information.
 Giving advice/Making recommendations.
 expressing orders / requests / suggestions…
Language Points:
 Quotation marks.
 Reporting verbs: suggested/ordered/advised…
 Direct/reported speech: orders/requests…

Timing Teacher’s Task Learners’ Task Observation

Task One :
Aim: to fill in a questionnaire.
 The teacher states the purpose for the lesson to create a warm reading
environment.

Have students individually jot down words that pop into their minds when
they think of reading.
 Students will complete each question using full sentences.

 The teacher will distribute the questionnaire and read the instructions Reading Survey
and questions together as a classand ask students if they need any words
defined.
Boy: Girl: Age :
Task Two:
Aim: to interpret survey results. 1. Do you like to read? Yes No
Class work:: 2. Do you read at home? ________________ How often?
 The teacher will draw learner’s attention to the tactics summary to
_____________________________________
3. Where’s your favorite place to read at home?
collate and interpret the data. ____________ At school? _______________________
- How many students filled out the questionnaire? How many girls? How 4. Circle the things you like to read about.
many boys? Animals - Famous People- Inventions-Places- History-
- How old are they? Sports-Science
- How many of them like reading? 5. Do you own a library card? ________ How often do you
- How many of them don’t like reading? visit the library?________________________
- Where’s their favourite place to read? 6. What do you do at the library (internet, check out books,
- Which topics do they enjoy reading about? read magazines, etc.)?
- What is difficult in reading?
- What do they need to improve their reading? ________________________________________________
Resuts of the survey __________________________________
- Number of informants :_____________ ________________________________________________
Girls :___________ Boys : _____________ _________________________________
- Number of informants who love reading :_____________ 7. What do you think is hard about reading___________
- Number of informants who dislike reading :__________ _______________________________________________
- The favourite place to read in :__________________ 8. Do you think you are a good reader? Yes No
- The topics which they enjoy reading about are :_____ Why or why not?
- Reading difficulties :____________________
- Reading strategies :__________________________
 Learners will use the reporting verbs in the box to
Task One: (page90) summarize dialogues1-4.
Aim: to practice reported speech using summarizing verbs.
 Expected (Pupils') answers:
 The teacher will make learners aware that it’s not always necessary to Situation 1: The policeman requested/told/ordered the
motorist to fasten his seat belt. The motorist apologised and
repeat what the person said. We can also use summarizing verbs: advise, offer,
apologize… fastened it right away.
Situation 2: Karim invited Doris, and Doris thanked him
and accepted the invitation.
Situation 3: Meriem suggested to Aicha to revise their
lessons, and Aicha agreed.
Situation 4: The mother warned her child not to do that
again another time. Otherwise he wouldn’t have his pocket
money. The child apologised and promised not to repeat the
mistake.
Task One: (page91)