Brenes_B_ReadAct5

1. Activity 2 Topic: The city and country Life / Target Content: Valuing small things
Level B2
Learning
Goal
Making students reflect on their lives in a simpler way to understand the
value of what they have.
Technique Deep reading
Objective
After providing students with a set of story cards, they will be able to
analyze and value the small things in their lives.
Values Grace, gratitude and humbleness
Segment Time Instructor’s Task
Participants
Learning Tasks
Rationale
Schema
activation
5 min - T will show provide Ss
with a sheet containing a
word search activity.
-T will ask the Ss to look
for 16 words from the
story.
-T will ask the Ss to look
for unknown words.
- Ss will look for
the 16 words related
to the story.
-Ss will look for the
unknown words.
- This part of the
class will allow
students to learn
some vocabulary
related to the
story before they
do the while-
reading activity.
While-
reading
10 min - T will distribute a sheet
with a True and False
activity.
- T will ask the Ss to
complete the True and
False activity.
-T. will ask Ss to correct
the False information.
- Ss will complete
the True and False
activity.
-Ss will correct the
false information.
- This section of
the class will
enable Ss to
understand the
story in a better
way by deep
reading for
details.
In-class
speaking
activity
20 min -T will divide the group
into two.
-T will assign each group
a character.
-T will ask the group to
work together on writing
3 questions for the other
character.
-Ss will work in
groups representing
one character.
- Ss will write 3
questions for the
other character in
groups.
- Ss have a
speaking activity
asking the questions
- This section of
the class will
enable students
to think more
critically about
the story and to
practice orally.

2. to each other in
groups and
answering them as
if they were the
assigned character.
(they will choose
only three students
to answer)

3. ActivitiesSheet
Schemaactivationactivity: Findthe 16 wordsinthe wordsearch.Be fastand don´t missanyone!

4. While-readingactivity:Readeachstatementbelow carefully.Place a(✓) onthe correspondentbox if
youthink a statementitTRUE or if youthinkthe statementis FALSE.
Statements True False
The two mice were brothers,andtheywantedtosee eachother.
The country mouse offeredcake andjelliestothe townmouse.
The town mouse believesthatlife inthe cityisbetter.
The two mice wentto the townand hada fine feast.
The two cats chasedthe mice and caught them.
The country mouse lovesthe life inthe town.
The country mouse preferspeace thanluxury.