The document outlines a lesson plan focused on academic reading, specifically on emotional intelligence and its relevance in the workplace. It includes activities for summary completion, answering Yes/No/Not given questions, and vocabulary exercises, encouraging pair work and class discussions. The aim is to enhance students' reading comprehension and ability to identify key information in texts.
The document outlines a lesson plan focused on academic reading, specifically on emotional intelligence and its relevance in the workplace. It includes activities for summary completion, answering Yes/No/Not given questions, and vocabulary exercises, encouraging pair work and class discussions. The aim is to enhance students' reading comprehension and ability to identify key information in texts.
The document outlines a lesson plan focused on academic reading, specifically on emotional intelligence and its relevance in the workplace. It includes activities for summary completion, answering Yes/No/Not given questions, and vocabulary exercises, encouraging pair work and class discussions. The aim is to enhance students' reading comprehension and ability to identify key information in texts.
The document outlines a lesson plan focused on academic reading, specifically on emotional intelligence and its relevance in the workplace. It includes activities for summary completion, answering Yes/No/Not given questions, and vocabulary exercises, encouraging pair work and class discussions. The aim is to enhance students' reading comprehension and ability to identify key information in texts.
Writing 1Test Reading 1 3Teacher’s Teacher’s notes notes Ask students to read the paragraph from the Activity: Academic Reading passage again. Then put students into pairs and ask Aims: Summary completion; Yes/No/Not given then to discuss the questions and identify where questions; practising focusing on one section of the the answers are in the paragraph. Check answers reading passage with the class. Topic: Emotional intelligence and work Classroom dynamics: Pair work; individual 1 No, not all jobs require emotional intelligence. 2 No. Time: 45 minutes 3 Because it distracts people from focussing on the task.
Test practice: Summary completion
Procedure 5 Ask students to complete the summary using the words in the box. Remind them that this is a summary of the information contained in Lead-in paragraphs 5, 6 and 7. Put students into pairs and 1 On the board write up the words Emotional get them to check their answers together before intelligence and Physical awareness. Ask students checking with the class. if they know the difference and try to elicit 7 E 8 B 9 G 10 J 11 H 12 K 13 C ideas. Then write up the following: noticing facial expressions, understanding about ‘space’ and being 6 Put students into pairs to locate the answers and able to ‘read’ body language. Ask students whether note down how they located them. Students then the ideas are connected to emotional intelligence discuss in which questions they used the text or physical awareness (understanding about ‘space’ structure to understand difficult words. is connected to physical awareness while the other two are about someone’s emotional intelligence). Vocabulary Put students into pairs and ask them to discuss the question. Ask a few students for their ideas. 7 In the same pairs, ask students to find the six words/phrases in the reading passage and try to work out the meaning from the context. Then ask Test training: Answering Yes/No/Not given students to match the words (1–6) to the definitions questions (A–F). Tell them to use the text structure to help 2 Ask students to complete the sentences with the them with difficult words as they discussed in words in the box. Put students into pairs and ask Activity 6. Check answers with the class. them to compare answers before checking with the 1C 2F 3D 4A 5B 6E class and discussing the advice given.
1 key words 2 main idea 3 locate 4 same order 5 easiest
6 opposite 7 spend 8 not there Follow-up 8 Put students into pairs and ask them to discuss the questions. Encourage them to expand their Test practice: Yes/No/Not given answers and give as much detail to each other as 3 Ask students to complete Questions 1–6. Remind possible. Ask a few students to share their answers them of the advice in Activity 2. Check answers with the rest of the class. with the class. Suggested answers for Question 2 1 Yes 2 Not given 3 No 4 Yes 5 Not given 6 Yes logic helps with mathematical and computing professions memory skills may help lawyers or doctors to remember important facts Test training: Focusing on one section of the language skills may help people who work internationally reading passage emotional intelligence may help people who work with other people to communicate better 4 Explain to students that summary tasks always physical awareness may help mechanics or designers who do focus on a section of the original reading text. practical jobs or make things Being able to focus on the required section and creativity helps with artistic professions understand the main points is an important skill to develop.
