Stages/

Time

Teachers actions

Students actions

Assessment

Resources

Beginning

5 min

Greeting.

T tells the class to make groups of 2.

Warm up:

Show pictures of cliff dwellings and adobe houses.

Ask:

What can you see in the pictures?

Where do you think these people lived?

Do these houses look modern or ancient?

Introduce the topic:

Today we are going to read about the Pueblo people of the Four Corners.

Learners read the given sentences on the board and guess the topic and share with their ideas.

Teacher controles the process, gives feedback and asks additional questions if it’s nessasery.

Teacher evaluate pupils with phrases like:

“Good job!

Well done!”

Middle

10 min

Ex:1 P:67

Ask students to open their books at page 67.

Refer students to the photos and the title of the article. Put students into pairs to answer the three questions.

Do not confirm or reject students' ideas at this point.

Students will check their answers in Exercise 2.

Differentiation:

Weaker students: Provide sentence starters. Pair with a more confident student.

Stronger students: Encourage them to predict key information from the article.

Values Link – Adal Azamat: Fairness: Give different students the opportunity to participate.

Pupils work with a partner. Look at the photos. Answer the question

ANSWERS

Students own answer.

Descriptor:

- uses visual and textual clues to make predictions;

- participates actively in pair discussion;

Total: 3 point

Student’s book

10 min

Ex: 2 P: 67

Ask students to read the article to check the answers they gave in Exercise 1.

Read out the information in the FACT! box. Ask students if they can name some of the tallest buildings in the United States: One World Trade Center and the Empire State Building in New York; the Trump Tower in Chicago. You could also ask students if they can name some of the tallest buildings in their country.

Differentiation:

For weaker students: Allow students to answer with single words or names.

For stronger students: Encourage comparisons between buildings in different countries.

Values Link – students to do the quiz in pairs so they can support each other and learn to cooperate respectfully.

Pupils read the magazine article and check your answers.

ANSWERS

1 the Pueblo people, a Native American civilisation

2 from 600 to 1300 AD 3 to be safe

Descriptor:

- checks and confirms answers using the article;

- understands factual information from the text;

Total: 3 point

8 min

Ex: 3 P: 667

Tell students that they do not have to read the article all the way through again. They should instead scan it for information. This they can do by first identifying the key words and phrases in the sentences that they need to look for, and then scanning the text to find these words and phrases. For example, the key words in sentence 1 are Mesa Verde National Park and Mexico.

Differentiation:

Weaker students: Do one or two sentences as a whole-class example.

Allow pair work

Stronger students: Encourage them to explain why scanning is useful compared to detailed reading.

Values Link – Adal Azamat: Logical thinking: Students choose forms based on meaning, not guesswork.

Pupils read the article again. Find a factual mistake in each sentence below

ANSWERS

1 The Mesa Verde National Part is in the United States.

2 The Pueblo people lived there for over 700 years.

3 The word pueblo means village.

4 The Balcony House is made up of 40 rooms.

5 The only door is at the top of a 10-metre high wooden ladder.

6 The Pueblo people used ladders and ropes to protect themselves from enemies.

Descriptor:

- identifies key words and phrases in questions or sentences;

- scans a text efficiently to locate specific information;

Total: 2 point

7 min

Ex: 4 P: 67

Refer students to the highlighted words in the article.

Match the first highlighted word in the text with one of the definitions 1-5 as an example.

Put students into pairs to complete the exercise.

Check answers.

Differentiation:

Weaker students: Help students locate the highlighted words in the text.

Stronger students: Ask students to use the new words in their own sentences.

Values Link – Adal Azamat: Responsibility: Students work independently and check their own answers.

Pupils match the highlighted words in the article with the definitions.

ANSWERS

1 maze

2 canyons

3 dwellings

4 settlers

5 borders

Descriptor:

- identifies highlighted vocabulary in the text;

- matches words to the correct definitions accurately;

Total: 2 point

End

5 min

FEEDBACK

Learners provide feedback on what they have learned at the lesson.

Homework (optional)

Draw a Pueblo home and label it
OR

Write 5 sentences about how the Pueblo people lived

Ss evaluate each other and encourage classmate with phrases like:

Well done!

Brilliant!

Good job!

I like it!

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