Introduction
The aim of this lesson is to give students practice in reading for information and argument in an article about consumer society and give them an opportunity to discuss their opinions about the topic
The plan is based around a text from the British Council LearnEnglish website at: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/consumer-society
The webpage also has a variety of online interactive activities.
Topic
Consumer items
Level
Upper-intermediate
Time
60-90 mins
Aims:
- To give practice in reading for information and argument
- To discuss their opinions about this topic
Materials
Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure including answers to tasks.
Download lesson plan 96k pdf
Worksheets: exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:
- Ordering activity
- Vocabulary task
- Reading comprehension text
Download worksheet 68k pdf
For more information about this topic you can visit this British Council site:
Alastair Bassett, Senior Teacher, Trainer, British Council Prague
The plans and worksheets are downloadable and in pdf format. If you have difficulty downloading the materials see the download section of the Help page.
Copyright - please read
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Comments
consumer_plan.pdf
Useful detailed lesson plan but Gandhi has been misspelt as Ghandi
Okay, nice lesson
Okay, nice lesson, but 90 minutes pushes it. I used this lesson with my 90 minute B2 group, and added an extra activity contrasting Adous Huxley's "Spending is better than mending" mantra with the Ghandi quote, and the lesson still felt somewhat thin. In my opinion, this lesson is 60 minutes max.
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