The document outlines a lesson plan focused on reading narratives, comprehension exercises, and vocabulary building related to dreams and sleep. It includes a dream narrative as an example, discussing various emotions and symbols associated with dreams, and highlights critical thinking and language skills connected to the readings. Additionally, it encourages students to journal about their learnings or personal experiences with dreams.

1. Middle East Diamond Edition
McGraw Hill Original, 2012
© Gorakhnath Gangane, English Language Instructor,
PYP, University of Jazan, 2015.(Cambridge, CELTA)
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2. Part 2: A Dream Narrative
Reading A Narrative (story)
Comprehension Exercise.

3. Reading skills and strategies: Prereading:
Thinking about the topic, Previewing
vocabulary, Identifying details, Finding the
meaning of new words in context
Critical thinking skills: Understanding mood
Vocabulary building: Understanding
pronouns
Language skills: Discussing ideas from the
reading.

4. Page 112 to 116

5. Thinking about the topic
The students read some general questions on
sleep and dreams. The answers will and should
vary but the discussion will help them speak.

6. Verbs: realize, travel
Adjectives: anxious, complicated, familiar, unfamiliar
Adverb: outside
Idiom*: Make sense
*An idiom is a word or phrase that is not taken
literally.
The meanings of the yellow colour-coded words are
what the students find out in the next exercise.

7. 3.1.B.go places
3.2.C. nervous
3.3.B. something that I knew
3.4.C. difficult
3.5.A.understand
3.6.C.without logic

8. Psychologist (Revision)
Psychologists help people learn to cope
effectively with life issues and mental health .
Revision needed as earlier psychologist was only
defined as studying behaviour but here the
meaning is extended.

9. Comfortable = at ease
Uncomfortable = ill at ease, uneasy
Completely different = not the same at all
Dirty = not clean
River = A large natural stream of water flowing
in a channel to the sea
Garbage= waste (dry & wet)
Afraid = full of fear
Street = road

10. He feels anxious a lot.

11. He goes to a …

12. This is the dream from June 7.

13. It was very big and very dark.

15. But didn’t look like the real New
York.

16. I was in a friend’s apartment.
It was comfortable.

17. I was in the street, alone.

20. Didn’t know
friend’s
address.

22. I knew my house was
outside the city.

23. But I didn’t know which one to
take.

24. People
answered...
I couldn’t understand them.

25. Travelling across
a very
dangerous river.

26. The river
was dirty...
Full of
garbage.

27. I thought, “I’ll never get home.”

28. No one listened.
Then I woke up.

30. 5.C.A man was trying to go home but it was
difficult.

31. 6.2.True. A psychologist tried to help him.
6.3.False. He just went for a walk in the city.
6.4.True. In his dream he was in a big city.
6.5.False. It was dark.
6.6.True. In the dream he wanted to go home.
6.7.True. In the dream he had problems on his
way home.

32. 7.2.It - Apartment
7.3.One - Buses
7.4.It - Way
7.5.Them - Directions

33. Adjectives used: Large, big, dark, real,
comfortable, lost,
uncomfortable, familiar, unfamiliar, anxious,
complicated, dangerous, afraid.

34. The mood is negative as the majority of
adjectives are negative.

35. What might the psychologist tell the man he
has?1.Anxiety
What are his emotions? Fear, stress, worry.
What might be some symbols in his dream? 2.
City, apartment, street(s), buses, river, boat,
people, garbage.
What might be their meanings?: Workplace
maybe, help, world, hope, way, neutrality,
obstacles, things to be cleaned out or dealt with
in his life or workplace or society perhaps

36.  To wrap up the students have to write in their
journal for 5 minutes from one of the three
topics given at the end of Part 2. a. Something
learned about sleep or dreams. b. A dream that
you have had. c. Opinion of/on dreams
 Ideally, the writing should be reviewed and
students encouraged to make a final draft.