Middle Pre-reading To pre-teach possible blocking lexis, ask learners to match words from the text with their synonyms. Differentiation by task Less confident learners get only 5 synonyms to match whereas more confident ones get 2 extra words. Go over the answers as a class. Alterations | Changes | Skipper | Captain | Recede | Move back | Dwindle | Decrease | Tough | Difficult | While-reading Reading for gist To get the main idea of the text, ask learners to read the article and identify the 3 Ts: title, topic and thesis. Answers: b; Suggested answers: The problem of the Aral Sea, The Aral Sea crisis, The drought of the Aral Sea etc. Suggested answers: The drought of the Aral Sea had tragic impact not only the environment in that place but on people`s life as well. Reading for specific information To complete a graphic organizer with necessary information, ask them to read the article again and complete the graphic organizer according to the information presented in the text. Possible answers: Cause- the Aral Sea has dried up. Effects: dead fish, climate change, people`s life became tough, the number of antelopes decreased, plants dried up. Differentiation by outcome Less confident learners may write 3-4 effects. Post-reading reflection Refer back to the K-W-L chart and ask learners to complete the last column. Nominate some learners to share their ideas with the class. |