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ESL / EFL Lesson Plan on Honduras 0 Chile 1 - by Sean Banville

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LISTENING GAP-FILL

Jean Beausejour's 34th-minute ____________________ earn Chile their first World Cup victory in 48 years. The Chileans looked ____________________ could be the dark horse of the tournament. Their ____________________ both skillful and fast-paced. They ____________________ Honduran opponents. Honduras goalkeeper Noel Valladares was kept busy ____________________ and his efforts kept the score to 1-0. On another day, ____________________ embarrassing for Honduras. One ____________________ on is Chile number 7 Alexis Sanchez. His trickery ____________________ ability to glide past defenders ____________________. It’s no wonder he’s a target for Real Madrid. After this performance, Chile ____________________ of beating Switzerland and even Spain in their next matches.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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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 _____________
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• 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)
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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
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 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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