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PRE-LESSON TASK 1: ABCs*
AIM: To review vocabulary

MATERIAL: Board, notebooks and pens

1. Put pupils in small groups or pairs.
2. Orally, give pupils a letter of the alphabet and a topic (e.g. M; A drink).
3. Pupils work in their groups/pairs to write one (or more) word beginning with that letter
related to that topic (e.g. milk). Give a very short time limit, e.g. 10 seconds
4. Repeat a few times.
5. Have pairs/groups share their answers with the class by coming out and writing on the
board.

PRE-LESSON TASK 2: GUESS THE ANSWER

AIM: To practise checking own predictions

MATERIALS: Board
1. Write questions on the board for a Listening or Reading text, that pupils will answer
during the lesson.
2. Provide two or three possible answers for each question, for example, ‘What did Sara
do at the weekend?’
a. played football
b. watched TV
c. went shopping (make sure one is the correct answer!)
3. Ask pupils to guess which one they think is the correct answer.
4. Pupils listen to or read the text as part of the lesson and check their predictions.

PRE-LESSON TASK 3: SEQUENCE THE INFORMATION

AIM: To practise putting information in a logical order

MATERIALS: Board
1. Write a list of events in the Listening or Reading text in a random order or use pictures
to illustrate them. For example, if the text is a story, list the events in any order
(Mohamed went camping. He saw a mouse in the tent at night. His mother screamed!
The mouse ran away.)
2. Put pupils in pairs to decide on the order.
3. Invite pupils to compare their ideas in groups.
4. Pupils then listen to or read the text as part of the lesson and check their predictions.

PRE-LESSON TASK 4: I’M GOING TO…

AIM: To set individual lesson goals to develop pupil autonomy
MATERIALS: Notebook

1. Write on the board In this lesson, I’m going to…
2. Explain that pupils are going to write their own goals for the lesson. Give some realistic
example goals that focus on observable behaviour or learning pupils may need to

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