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Reading Lesson Plan
1. Target group’s description:
Students of 15-17years old, they have a B2 level of English, in the class there are 30
students, 12 boys and 18 girls. The students are organized by 6 groups of 5 people
each one.
2. Text and topic:
The type of genre chosen for this lesson plan is the current event analysis, the text
is “Animals in the city” (Newton, British Council, 2012) (see in the appendix), this is
suitable for the group of students detailed above because they are going to be
active engaged with a real problematic in the world now, besides students are going
to be able to develop they critical thinking through giving opinions and possible
solutions for the problem detailed in the text. Students also are going to develop
the intensive reading skills it means they are going to be able to acquire new
vocabulary and develop their critical thinking skills. Finally through the text students
are going to understand the importance of respect the nature and the animals
developing values as responsibility and empathy.
3. Lesson Plan
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General Objective: To acquire new linguistic knowledge
To learn new vocabulary Time: 1 hour
Specific Objectives: To improve the reading comprehension Class: B2
To develop a critical thinking.
Topic: “Animals in the city”
Evaluation
Competences and Materials and
Activities Assessment Assessment
Skills Resources
Criteria Tools
Read articles and Presentation (15 minutes)
Students are going Flashcards
reports concerned
Hold a brainstorming session about to be able to use
Board
with temporary new vocabulary to
why wild animals in the city represent a
Markers understand texts
problems in which the
problem for the society. and readings.
Flashcards
writers adopt
Learn the meaning of difficult words
Text “Animals in Students can Reading worksheet
particular attitudes or
trough matching words with the understand main
the city”
viewpoints. and secondary ideas
correct picture, before reading the text.
Worksheet in a text as well as
Understand
Practice (20 minutes) recognize values.
contemporary literary
In groups read the text “Animals in the
Students are capable Observation.
prose. (Press)
city” and discuss with the partners the to give personal
opinions as well
possible main idea of it.
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Underline unknow words and look for solutions about
different topics.
their meaning.
Production: (25 minutes)
Gap-fill the statements correctly
according with the information in the
text.
Answer the questions related with the
text “Animals in the city” in a written
way.
Discuss with your partners possible
solutions to the problematic about the
presence of wild animals in the
neighborhoods.
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Appendix:
Animals in the city
Small animals like birds, squirrels, mice and insects are a common sight in many
cities and towns. But in recent years, the world's press has been full of reports of wild
animals coming into cities in bigger and bigger numbers. There have been bears in
Vancouver parks, leopards on the streets of Mumbai and wild pigs in gardens in
Berlin. What happens when bigger animals come into our cities? Are they welcome
or are they considered a danger or a pest?
Often wild animals come into cities to look for food. In Cape Town, South Africa,
baboons have started coming into residential areas on the edge of the city to feed.
They open rubbish bins and eat fruit from gardens and orchards. Some brave
baboons have even come into people's houses and taken food from kitchen cupboards
and fridges! Baboons can be aggressive and have attacked a lot of pet animals, so
understandably, many city residents don't welcome their presence. The city can be a
dangerous place for baboons too. Some have been injured or killed in car accidents
and others have been electrocuted as they played with electric cables. Baboons are an
endangered species and to save them and minimise conflicts between humans and
baboons, the city council has employed a team of Baboon Monitors. The monitors'
job is to chase baboons out of urban areas or catch them and release them in the
countryside. This policy has had some success, though it is proving hard to stop
baboons from coming back to the city once they see it as a source of easy food.
In Berlin in Germany, groups of wild pigs often come into the suburbs to look for
food. They dig up parks and gardens looking for roots, fungi, insects and other small
animals to eat. Apart from damage to parks and gardens, the pigs have also caused
several traffic accidents as they are slow to move off roads when cars are
approaching. In spite of this, some city residents welcome the pigs and have been
giving them food. They argue that pigs have been coming into the city for centuries
and that people should learn to live with them. This attitude was not shared by the
city council. Their first reaction was to employ a group of hunters to shoot young
pigs. Many city residents complained that this was unnecessarily cruel and there
were heated arguments between hunters and animal lovers. In response to protests,
the city council decided to take more peaceful action against pigs. Instead of
shooting them, they have put up fences and made it illegal to feed the pigs. Time will
tell if this strategy works, though it may be a losing battle as warmer winters mean
that
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One of the most interesting cases of wild animals living in a city are the wild dogs of
Moscow. In Moscow, there are approximately 35,000 wild dogs living on the streets.
Some of the dogs were born wild, while others are pets that have been abandoned by
their owners. Some dogs live alone and others live in packs. In 2010, scientists
studied the dogs and found that the dogs have adapted remarkably successfully to
urban life. They have learned that it is safer to cross the street with people and some
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dogs appear to understand traffic lights. Dogs that live in packs have learnt that
humans are more likely to give food to smaller, cuter dogs so those dogs are sent to
beg for food for the whole pack. Some dogs have even learnt to use the city's metro
system to get from one part of their territory to another! Scientists are not sure how
the dogs know when to get off the train. One idea is that they use their excellent
sense of smell and have learnt to recognise the scents of their favourite destinations.
Another possibility is that they have learnt to recognise the names of stations they
hear in announcements. Either way, metro passengers have now got so used to the
sight of dogs on the trains that they travel largely unnoticed by locals. Many city
residents have grown fond of the dogs. Some people feed them and others have built
shelters to help the dogs survive the brutally cold Moscow winters.
Some animals, like the dogs in Moscow, have adapted very well to city life. For
others, the city is a dangerous place and it is difficult for animals to live in harmony
with humans. It would be a shame to hurt or kill animals when they come into cities
to look for food. Hopefully, city councils, conservationists and city residents can
work together and find imaginative ways to keep bigger animals out of cities without
harming them.
Robin Newton (Newton, British Council, 2012)
Bibliography
Newton, R. (2012). British Council. Obtenido de
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/reading-zone/b1-
graded-reading/animals-city-b1
Newton, R. (2012). British Council. Obtenido de British Council:
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/reading-zone/b2-
graded-reading/animals-city-b2
Press, C. U. (s.f.). Common European Framework. En C. U. Press.
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