9 - 12
13 - 17
A2
30
This activity is a jigsaw reading about the history of the Gunpowder Plot. As a follow-up, learners take part in a pyramid discussion talking about similar festivals in their own country.
Lesson outcomes
All learners will:
- practise reading for specific information
- work on question formation
- practise speaking skills through a discussion.
Materials
- Lesson plan
- Jigsaw reading texts – cut up into A and B
- Discussion questions – cut up (one set per pair of learners)
Procedure
Stage
15
Jigsaw reading
- Depending on the level of your group, decide how much of the vocabulary to pre-teach. Make sure all learners know the meaning of the following before they begin the reading: blow up, a plot, gunpowder.
- Divide the learners up in half. Then make pairs or small groups within each half.
- Give all learners in one half text A and all learners in the other half text B.
- Tell learners to work together to write questions to find out the missing information from their text. Monitor and support as needed.
- Then re-group the learners into pairs so that As are with Bs. Tell learners not to show their text to their partner.
- Each learner asks and answers their questions to complete the texts.
- Get feedback on the task and mention any common errors.
15
Discussion
- Before moving on to the discussion, elicit or give the meaning of firework display.
- Give pairs the discussion questions. Monitor and support with language. Write any useful language on the board.
- After five minutes' discussion, join two pairs to make a group. Pairs share their ideas.
- Finally, ask groups to share their ideas with the whole class.
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