Teaching contents | Procedures | Purposes |
Teacher’s activity | Students’ activity |
Activity 1 | - Teacher asks students to look at the chart and answer the questions.
- Teacher invites some students to give answers.
| - Students look at the chart and answer the questions.
- Some students give answers.
| To lead students into the topic of managing money. |
Activity 2 | - Teacher asks students to look at the title of the passage and predict the author’s attitude towards money.
- Teacher asks students to work in groups and discuss the question. Then invites some students to share the answers.
- Teacher asks students to read the passage and check their predictions.
| - Students look at the title of the passage and predict the author’s attitude towards money.
- Students work in groups and discuss the question. Some students share the answers.
- Students read the passage and check their predictions.
| To strengthen students’ ability to predict by understanding the title. |
Activity 3 | - Teacher asks students to read the passage again and complete the diagram.
- Teacher asks students to discuss in groups and check the answers.
- Teacher invites some students to share the answers with the class.
| - Students read the passage again and complete the diagram.
- Students discuss in groups and check the answers.
- Some students share their answers with the class.
| To test students’ understanding of the passage. |
Think & Share | - Teacher asks students to think about the questions and discuss them in groups.
- Teacher invites some students to give answers.
| - Students think about the questions and discuss them in groups.
- Some students give answers.
| To enhance students’ understanding of some useful methods of managing money and encourage students to show their own opinions. |
Activity 4 | - Teacher asks students to read the passage again, think about which jar they believe is the most important and complete the notes.
- Teacher divides students into groups and asks them to discuss their ideas in groups.
- Teacher invites several students to give their group idea to the class and others to make comments.
- Teacher asks students to talk about Jerry Witkovsky’s way to give advice and learn from him.
| - Students read the passage again, think about which jar they believe is the most important and complete the notes.
- Students discuss their ideas in groups.
- Some students give their group ideas to the class and others make comments.
- Students talk about Jerry Witkovsky’s way to give advice and learn from him.
| - To help students learn to give their opinions.
- To improve students’ speaking skill and performance ability.
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Activity 5 | - Teacher asks students to read the passage and think about the questions.
- Teacher divides the class into groups and asks them to discuss the two questions in groups.
- Teacher invites one or two groups to share their answers and give reasons, and others to make comments.
| - Students read the passage and think about the questions.
- Students discuss the questions in groups.
- One or two groups share their answers and give reasons, and others make comments.
| To help students learn how to write a review about controlling one’s own temper. |
Activity 6 | - Teacher asks students to think about the summary of the story and write it down.
- Teacher asks students to write their own thoughts and conclusion according to the passage.
| 1. Students think about the summary of the story and write it down. 2. Students write their own thoughts and conclusion according to the passage. | To help students organise their thoughts before writing a passage. |
Activity 7 | - Teacher divides students into pairs and asks them to make improvements to each other’s reflections.
- Teacher invites one or two pairs to share their reflections with the class and others to make comments.
| - Students work in pairs and make improvements to each other’s reflections.
- One or two pairs share their reflections with the class and others make comments.
| - To encourage students to learn from their partners.
- To improve students’ writing and speaking skills.
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