Lesson staging Quiz

activating schemata

• warmer

• lead in

• meaning

• controlled practice

sets the context for the lesson, but It also generates interest in the topic and accesses pre-existing knowledge

• sorting

• guided discovery

• pelmanisms

• teacher's story

Jumbled sentences, grass skirts, open-ended questions, mingle (they write parts of the questions), survey, sentence auction,, backs to board...

• controlled practice

• freer practice

• semi-controlled practice

• meaning

Choose correct alternative, answer Yes/No questions, mingle (pre-written questions), matching, running dictation (when they write exactly what's written), quiz...

• form

• freer practice

• semi-controlled practice

• controlled practice

This stage is very important because it provides opportunities for content & language feedback, and to wrap up the lesson.

• Feedback / Error correction

• pronunciation

• form

• freer practice

Skim the text for a general understanding of the content

• lead-in

• gist

• detail

• specific information

Scan the text for details (names, dates, times, prices...).

• detail

• specific information

• set the context

• gist

After reading it’s important to let the students _______________ to the text,

and then ______________something related to the context so as to personalise

Encourage students to find information quickly to practice their ________________ skills. Use grass skirts or a running dictation with specific questions, physical response, matching...