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ESL Lesson Plan on South Korea 2 Greece 0 - by Sean Banville

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LISTENING GAP-FILL

South Korea became __________________ the FIFA 2010 World Cup __________________ points. They beat a very disappointing Greece in Port Elizabeth. The Greeks __________________ game at the Finals. They had never __________________. They kept both __________________ in a 2-0 loss to the Koreans. This was a very interesting match. South Korea ____________________ Greece for most of the 90 minutes. Their goalkeeper was pretty __________________ – the Greek attack gave him very little to do. South Korea __________________ in the seventh minute when Lee Jung-soo __________________-in at the back post. The second goal came in the 52nd minute. Park Ji-sung got hold of a __________________ a Greek defender to coolly slot the ball home.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

South Korea became the first team at the FIFA 2010 World Cup to take all three nostpi. They beat a very disappointing Greece in Port Elizabeth. The Greeks had ernev won a game at the Finals. They had never even scored a goal. They kept both of these srrodec in a 2-0 loss to the Koreans. This was a very interesting mhcat. South Korea outplayed and outclassed Greece for most of the 90 minutes. Their goalkeeper was tytper much a pcatotres – the Greek attack gave him very little to do. South Korea deoenp the gsroinc in the seventh minute when Lee Jung-soo had an easy tap-in at the ackb post. The second goal came in the 52nd minute. Park Ji-sung got hold of a poor back pass from a Greek defender to lolyoc slot the ball home.

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

South Korea became team the at first the FIFA 2010 World Cup to three take points all. They beat a very disappointing Greece in Port Elizabeth. The Greeks had game a won never the at Finals. They had never even scored a goal. They of both kept in records these a 2-0 loss to the Koreans. This was a very interesting match. South Korea outplayed most for Greece outclassed and of the 90 minutes. Their goalkeeper much was a pretty spectator – the Greek attack to little very him gave do. South Korea opened seventh the in scoring the minute when Lee Jung-soo had back the at in - tap easy an post. The second goal came in the 52nd minute. Park Ji-sung back of pass a got poor hold from a Greek defender to coolly slot the ball home.

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.
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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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