Breaking News English ESL Lesson Plan on World Cup News

Germany clinched third place in this exciting match against a very spirited Uruguay side. Either team could have won but it was Germany’s youth who finished stronger against the South Americans, who tired at the end. Both teams played like it was the final. Germany opened the scoring when Thomas Mueller tapped in a Bastian Schweinsteiger shot that bounced out of the goalkeeper’s arms. That put Mueller in with a chance of the Golden Boot. Uruguay’s Edinson Cavani equalized 10 minutes later with a superb shot into the bottom corner. Things were level at the break. Diego Forlan put Uruguay 2-1 up on 51 minutes with an acrobatic volley. He was now on five tournament goals and a Golden Boot contender. Marcell Jansen popped up at the far post to head in a corner to level things again on 56 minutes. Both teams had chances in the final 30 minutes but it was Sami Khedira’s 82nd-minute header that won the match for Germany.

LISTENING GAP-FILL

Germany _______________________ this exciting match _______________________ Uruguay side. Either team could have won but it was Germany’s youth who finished stronger against the South Americans, who tired at the end. Both teams _______________________ final. Germany opened the scoring when Thomas Mueller tapped in a Bastian Schweinsteiger shot that bounced out _______________________. That put Mueller in with a chance of the Golden Boot. Uruguay’s Edinson Cavani equalized 10 minutes later _______________________ the bottom corner. Things _______________________. Diego Forlan put Uruguay 2-1 up on 51 minutes with an acrobatic volley. He was now on five tournament goals and a Golden Boot contender. Marcell Jansen popped up at the _______________________ corner to level things again on 56 minutes. Both teams had chances in the final 30 minutes but it was Sami Khedira’s 82nd-minute _______________________ for Germany.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

Germany exciting this in place third clinched match against a very spirited Uruguay side. Either team could youth won it Germany’s have but was who finished stronger against the South Americans, who tired at the end. Both was final played it the teams like. Germany opened the scoring when Thomas Mueller tapped in a Bastian Schweinsteiger shot that bounced out of the goalkeeper’s arms. a with in Mueller put That of chance the Golden Boot. Uruguay’s Edinson Cavani equalized 10 minutes bottom superb corner shot later into with the a. Things were level at the break. Diego Forlan put Uruguay 2-1 up on 51 minutes with an acrobatic volley. He was five tournament goals and a now on Golden Boot contender. Marcell Jansen to up the post popped at far head in a corner to level things again on 56 minutes. teams Both 30 final the in chances had minutes but it was Sami Khedira’s 82nd-minute header that won the match for Germany.

STUDENT WORLD CUP SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about the World Cup in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

WORLD CUP DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

WRITING

Write about this game for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. MY REPORT: Write a newspaper report about yesterday’s games. Read your report to your partner(s) in your next lesson.

3. WATCH TODAY’S GAMES IN ENGLISH: Write down all the new words you hear below. Bring them to class tomorrow to share with your classmates.

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Uruguay 2 Germany 3 (10th July, 2010)

LISTENING GAP-FILL

CORRECT THE SPELLING

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

STUDENT WORLD CUP SURVEY

WORLD CUP DISCUSSION

WRITING

HOMEWORK

Help Support This Web Site

Sean Banville's Book

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Breaking News English ESL / EFL Lesson Plan on Uruguay 2 Germany 3 - by Sean Banville

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9-Page PDF handout with all-skills activities

LISTEN

MP3 (1:18)

Sentence jumble

Missing words

No letters

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Uruguay 2 Germany 3 (10th July, 2010)

LISTENING GAP-FILL

CORRECT THE SPELLING

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

STUDENT WORLD CUP SURVEY

WORLD CUP DISCUSSION

WRITING

HOMEWORK

Help Support This Web Site

Sean Banville's Book

Thank You

Breaking News English
ESL / EFL Lesson Plan on Uruguay 2 Germany 3 - by Sean Banville

9-Page PDF
handout with
all-skills activities

E-mail this lesson
to a student or
a colleague