Reading lesson B1

• Engels
• Voortgezet speciaal onderwijs
• Leerroute 4
• Leerroute 3

English

English class

Today's planning:

Today's planning: B1 reading lesson

- Warming up/ lead in - whole class

- Answers

- Use of English - Individual activity

- Pair or group students to peer check

- Follow-on/learner training

LESSON Aim

 to promote discussion on a current topic

 to encourage prediction skills and reading a text for confirmation. 

How much do you know about the Earth? Are these

statements true or false?

1. The Earth is not flat, but it’s not perfectly round

either. 

2. The duration of days has not changed.

3. The Earth’s continents have come together and

separated several times. 

4. Only microscopic and simple organisms lived about

600 to 800 million years ago, during which time the

Earth experienced several ice ages.

5. NASA astrobiologists travel to extreme

environments to look for micro-organisms, hoping

to learn how life might exist on other planets.

6. Gravity in the Himalayas is stronger. 

7. Due to climate change the Earth’s sea level has

never been higher. 

8. In about 5 billion years the sun will exhaust its

supply of oxygen and die. 

9. There are two asteroids which are very close to the

Earth. 

10. The calm before the storm is a myth.

Use of English – individual activity.

• Read the whole text first.

• Write only ONE word in each gap

• Spell the word correctly.

Dictionary 

1. Take a look at the texts that you read. 

2. Write down the 10 words that you  didn't know. 

3. Look up the words in the dictionary and try to use the words in a sentence.