For Reading Ability (David, Jinho)
Focus: To grasp the theme or the main idea after reading a text about their well-acquainted topic and to read and understand the main text (a script about global warming for presentation at an English speech contest).
1. Look at the pictures on your textbooks. They are representing the words or phrases from the main text. What word or phrase does the first picture represent? Can you guess? Right! It’s ‘sudden sea wave’. What’s ‘sudden sea wave’ in Korean?… Very good. It’s ‘Hae-il’. Have you heard that some people swept away and died by the sudden sea wave a few years ago?… OK. Now choose a word or phrase for each picture from the box below and write it under each picture. I’ll give you 2 minutes… Now let’s check it together. What’s the word for second picture?…
2. Now we’re going to talk about the cause and the results of global warming, and the ways to solve it. make groups of four and fill the boxes in part B…
3. Let’s take a quick look at the main text. What’s the text for? … Right! It’s for an English speaking contest. Have you ever taken part in an English speaking contest? What did you talk about? Did you get a prize? … You have never joined an English contest? Do you want to take part in a contest? What would you like to tell at the contest?…
4. Now read the main text as fast as possible and divide it into several parts. You’ve got 5 minutes… OK. Time’s up. Now compare your work with your friends’… Same or different?
5. Take a worksheet and fill the blanks with words or phrases to summarize the paragraphs. I’ll give you 10minutes. You can work in groups or pairs… OK. What did you write in the first upper blank? Very good. Jinsu is talking about global warming. To raise attention he is showing some pictures of serious problems and connecting them with people’s everyday life…
6. Let’s study the new words. Where is the word ‘flood’ in the text? Did you find it? Read the sentence that contains the word aloud. Can you guess the meaning of ‘flood’? … Good. It’s ‘Hong-su’ in Korean. How about ‘polar’?…
7. Read the text one more time and answer the questions below the text… OK. Let’s work it out together. Question number one. What’s Jinsu talking about? … Very good. He is talking about global warming. Let’s move on to number 2. What do people produce by burning oil and gas? Right. They produce lots of CO2… Turn to next page…