Objective
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To summarize the main idea of a short article sharing the information with a partner.
Agenda
Activity 1: Recalling previous learning
Activity 2: Warm up : Alcohol
Activity 3: Reading : Kinds of alcoholic beverages
Activity 4: Speaking: Summarizing
Activity 5: Wrap up
Activity # 1: Recalling Previous Learning
Purpose: • To review structures studied last class. Instructions: 1. Work in pairs. 2. Provide at least 2 examples about the topic studied last class. 3. Share your ideas with a partner. 4. Share your ideas with the class.
Structure or guiding questions for activity 1
Last class I Iearned about _______________________.
We mainly talked about_________________________.
In class, we discuss ____________________________.
Something relevant in our last class was ___________.
Activity # 2: Warm up: Alcohol
Purpose: • To share information about what you know about alcohol. Instructions: 1. Work in groups of 3. 2. Talk about different alcoholic beverages. 3. Discuss the origin of these alcoholic beverages. 4. Share your ideas with the class.
Structure or guiding questions for activity 2
What alcoholic beverages do you know?
Where does it name come from?
What are these alcoholic beverages made of?
What are the reasons people drink alcoholic beverages for?
Activity # 3: Reading: Kinds of Alcoholic Beverages
Purpose: •To find the main idea of an article. Instructions: 1. Work individually. 2. Read the provided handout about an alcoholic beverage. 3. Prepare ideas to explain what your drink is about in your own words. 4. Tell your partner your ideas without looking back at the text. 5. Share your ideas with the whole class.
Structure or guiding questions for activity 3
The drink I’m going to talk about is _______________.
It is called this way because _____________________.
It is found or produced in _______________________.
An interesting historical fact about the drink is ____________________________________________.
Activity # 4: Speaking: Summarizing Purpose: •To find relevant information in an article. Instructions: 1. Work individually. 2. Read the text again. 3. Prepare your ideas to explain what your drink is about including important facts . 4. Share the ideas with the whole class without looking at the text. 5. Analyze the sentences in the following slide. 6. Discuss with a partner if everybody could summarize the text including relevant information.
Structure or guiding questions for activity 4 Write True or False next to each statement based on the ideas your partners have shared. Gin comes from the alcohol British soldiers drank while fighting in the Low Countries in the 17th century. Gin became very expensive because medicinal qualities were found. Tequila got its name because it was made in the village of Mezcal. Mezcal producers started to include the larva of a moth in the bottles they sold to prove the drink was of a high quality . Ruou is a Vietnamese drink, popular in urban areas. Ruou is considered a spiritual drink and thanks are offered to heaven before drinking it.
Structure or guiding questions for activity 4 Write True or False next to each statement based on the ideas your partners have shared. Arak is called by the Arabs of the Middle East ‘the milk of Gods’. Arak is always served with a variety of different dishes served before a main meal. Vodka is an Western drink with controversial origins. Vodka, nowadays, is made from grain, and it can be made from almost any food plant. The fruit of the marula, or elephant tree, is used to make marula wine. Amarula is only available in South Africa.
Structure or guiding questions for activity 4 Write True or False next to each statement based on the ideas your partners have shared. Gin comes from the alcohol British soldiers drank while fighting in the Low Countries in the 17th century. T Gin became very expensive because medicinal qualities were found. F Tequila got its name because it was made in the village of Mezcal. F Mezcal producers started to include the larva of a moth in the bottles they sold to prove the drink was of a high quality .T Ruou is a Vietnamese drink, popular in urban areas. (F) Ruou is considered a spiritual drink and thanks are offered to heaven before drinking it. (T)
Structure or guiding questions for activity 4 Write True or False next to each statement based on the ideas your partners have shared. Arak is called by the Arabs of the Middle East ‘the milk of Gods’. (F) Arak is always served with a variety of different dishes served before a main meal. (T) Vodka is an Western drink with controversial origins. (F) Vodka, nowadays, is made from grain, and it can be made from almost any food plant. (T) The fruit of the marula, or elephant tree, is used to make marula wine. (T) Amarula is only available in South Africa. (F)
Activity # 5: Wrap up
Purpose: •To provide feedback on today’s class. Instructions: 1. Work in pairs. 2. Discuss the structures and questions presented on the slide. 3. Share your opinions with the class. 4. Provide feedback on the accomplished objectives.
Structure or guiding questions for activity 5
What did you learn today?
What would you like to know more about?
What was something interesting?
What information might be helpful for you?