Dreams come true
Upper-Intermediate, B2 level
To provide Ss practice in listening intensively for gist & for detail in longer texts through the context of talking about dreams coming through
To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of dreams
Procedure (21-28 minutes)
Ss watch a video with "bucket list" activities and guess the topic of the lesson in pairs.
Students read the activities and discuss their ideas in small groups. Make ex.2 as FB. Distribute the answers. Ss tell what surprised them.
Remind Ss that the passages are quite long but that they only need to focus on the topic & main supporting info. Direct attention to the 2 questions in ex.3 Be prepared to deal with possible queries re vocabulary. Ss listen. Allow time for peer-checking, then take w/c FB.
Give Ss time to read through the task (ex 4). It is important at this stage for Ss to recognize why they associated an item with a particular person (i.e. to provide support for answers based on the text). Ss listen & take notes (ex5), then compare answers with a peer. Make Ss listen again if needed. Assign each question to a pair of Ss, make them write the answers on the board
Present the table info, elicit more examples & do the activity on p.122. Ask them to think of reasons for their choices & to prepare to challenge others’. Ss discuss their ideas in pairs/groups and compare answers. If you looked at the fillers, you could encourage them to use them while they’re speaking. Monitor and take notes of any interesting points for w/c FB.