Unit

Lesson

Date:

/ 14

2nd Year
Title: The Story of Oil
Pp: 2-3
secondary school
BY THE END OF THE LESSON STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
1. anticipate what the reading passage is about.
2. tell the topic of a paragraph using the topic sentences.
Learning
3. link some reference words to what they refer to in the passage.
Objectives
4. recognize the new words.
5. use the new words in sentences of their own.
6. read silently for specific details.
Teaching Aids
New Vocabulary

The board, students' books, flash cards, PowerPoint presentation (if possible)

Butane, Include, Pure, Remove, Rot, Sink, Structure, Such as, Underground

Procedures:

** The picture on page 2 will be shown to the students

for one minute. After that the title will be presented with
some missing letters/ words [T-- St--y of - - -]. Students
will be asked to complete the gaps in the title. They
should be given 2 minutes to do this activity. (If they
could not do it, a quick discussion of the title is
recommended.)
** Students will be given 2 minutes to read the first
paragraph silently. Then, they will write in one sentence
of their own telling what the paragraph is about (2
minutes).

Worksheets
(if needed)

Creative
Thinking Skills

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Originality

** Students will be given worksheet number 1. They are

asked to substitute the underlined words with other words
without effecting the meaning.

Worksheet (1)

Substitution

** Students will be given a group of reference words.

They are supposed to find out what they refer to in some
chosen context of the reading passage.

Worksheet (2)

Magnification

Worksheet (3)

Substitution

THE SAME PROCEDURE WILL BE DONE WITH

EACH PARAGRAPH.

** Students will be given an activity where they need to

choose the best word / phrase to substitute some
underlined words which are new to them. They have to
use the context to decide upon the right choice.
** Student have to come up with some sentences of their
own in which they use the new vocabulary.

Originality

** Students will be given some questions that require

them to read silently for specific details. The answers
will be discussed orally.
** Student will be asked to try write down as many words
that start with a ( C ) as they can in 2 minutes. The
words should be included in the passage.

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Fluency

** Students will be asked to write down all the uses of

oil that they can think of. (3 minutes)

Fluency

** Students will be asked to write a paragraph in which

they imagine our life without the presence of oil.

Imagination

** (Oil producing countries are try to meet the growing

demand on oil. They have been producing oil with
extremely high levels. About 30 million barrel is being
produced every day..)
Students will be asked to read the above lines and then
think in between the line trying to figure out what might
happen in the future if such production level is
maintained. (Some students may sense other type of
problems such as health problems, environment
problems..)
** Students will be asked to think of other efficient
sources of energy.

Problem
Sensation

Brain
Storming

** Think of other ways that can be used to explore oil.

Elaboration