Meth 3 Pentapie, reading

Lesson overview
  • Warm-up: famous towers
  • Reading: Watts Towers
  • Vocabulary: Theme words
  • Speaking: Famous buildings
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This lesson contains 11 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 45 min

Items in this lesson

Lesson overview
  • Warm-up: famous towers
  • Reading: Watts Towers
  • Vocabulary: Theme words
  • Speaking: Famous buildings

Slide 1 - Slide

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After this lesson you will be able to:

Talk about the design of a famous tower and compare this with another one, using the theme words.

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Slide 3 - Slide

Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower), Eiffel Tower, Burj Khalifa, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Petronas Twin Towers
Which famous towers
do you know?

Slide 4 - Mind map

Activate prior knowledge:
Which famous towers do you know? They may be anywhere in the world.
Then group these; eg:
per country
materials
according to height
Watts Towers
LA's weird masterpiece

Reading strategy:
predicting

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Watts Towers
Complete ex. 5 + 6

Work individually first
Then check work in pairs

Slide 6 - Slide

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Watts Towers
Vocabulary - 

Complete worksheet with theme words

Slide 7 - Slide

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Guided questions:
Part 1:
My favourite tower is ....
Give a description (shape, location, materials used)
Why you like it

Part 2:
Compare the tower with your neighbour using the theme words

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Are you able to.....


Talk about the design of a famous tower and compare this with another tower,
using the theme words?

Slide 9 - Slide

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Write about a famous tower and why you like it. Write 2 sentences.
timer
1:00

Slide 10 - Open question

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What did you think of today's lesson?
Tips and tops?

Slide 11 - Open question

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