This lesson plan aims to help intermediate English students improve their speaking skills through storytelling. Students will be paired up and each given a picture representing a topic like family or travel. One student will tell a story about their picture for 10 minutes while their partner asks clarifying questions. Then the roles will switch and the listener will summarize the prior story. By generating stories, asking questions, and providing feedback, students will practice speaking authentically while building comprehension. The teacher will monitor the pairs to ensure students are actively engaging as instructed.

1. Speaking Lesson
Asking questions for clarification and
Teacher: Susan Sheppard Age level: Adult Date: October 23, 1996
Communication ProficiencyLevel :intermediate Time: 50 minutes
Objectives:
Terminal:
Students will be able to generate authentic language in meaningful situ
Enabling:
Students will be able to ask questions
for clarification
Students will be able to summarize and explain
stories produced by other class members.
Materials:
Many pictures-each of the pictures represents a topic/theme.
Warm-up: (5-8mins)
Ask the students if:
their friends have told them any stories lately.

2. they remember stories their parents told them of their parents' childhoo
Ask the students: Who would like to share this story with us? One of th
responses to this request, the teacher will share a short story.
Introduction:(2 mins)
Ask the students: Who likes to listen to stories? (They respond by a sho
Ask the students: Who likes to tell stories? (They respond by a show of
The teacher explains to the students that this is what they will be doing t
Explanation: (5 mins)
Today you will work in groups of two. The teacher will organize the stud
picture that matches their topic. The topics include:
School
Work
Childhood
Birth
Marriage
Travel
Family
Weekend plans
Sports
Teaching: (30-35 mins)
One of the group members will begin by sharing a story about the topic
the story will have about ten minutes to share it. The students will begin
picture. The listener will ask questions to check their understanding of th
questions (they studied this in grammar class yesterday). The questions
the end. After the first person has finished sharing their story the listene
next to them. This student has five minutes to summarize and explain th
member who listened and explained the story will share a story.

3. Evaluation:
Teacher will circulate among the groups monitoring their communication
asked to.
Self Evaluation:
After discussing this lesson plan with class members I realized I needed
few pictures available for discussion purposes, I will have a wide variety
choose the pictures, which provide a visual stimulus for the discussion.
students at the beginning or the end of the story. This enables the teach
comprehension skills. Depending on the proficiency level if the students
of their story before sharing it. This will help them to feel more confident
before telling their story to other class members.
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