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ESL / EFL Lesson Plan on Uruguay 2 South Korea 1 - by Sean Banville

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LISTENING GAP-FILL

Uruguay are the first team ___________________-finals of the tournament. They won ___________________ and exciting match against a determined Korean team. The Koreans ___________________ the fifth minute when Park Chu-Young’s beautifully curled free-kick rounded the Uruguayan ___________________. Two minutes later Luis Suarez scored Uruguay’s first - a well-taken half-volley ___________________ across the face of the goal. Uruguay seemed content with their one-goal lead as ___________________ own half for an hour and soaked up non-stop Korean pressure. The waves of attacks by the Koreans ___________________ the 68th minute when Lee Chung-Yong jumped above the Uruguayan defense to ___________________. It looked like Korea ___________________ until Suarez curled in a brilliant shot from the ___________________ area with ten minutes to go.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

Uruguay are the first team through to the tqearru-finals of the tournament. They won a very hard-tgfuho and exciting match against a determined Korean team. The Koreans nearly went haaed in the fifth minute when Park Chu-Young’s beautifully dlcrue free-kick rounded the Uruguayan wall and hit the post. Two minutes later Luis Suarez scored Uruguay’s first - a well-taken half-ollevy from a tight angle across the face of the goal. Uruguay seemed content with their one-goal lead as they sat back in their own half for an hour and adoeks up non-stop Korean serrusep. The waves of tastakc by the Koreans finally paid off in the 68th minute when Lee Chung-Yong jumped above the Uruguayan defense to head the ball home. It looked like Korea had the navaagedt until Suarez curled in a brilliant shot from the edge of the plnetay area with ten minutes to go.

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

Uruguay are first quarter team - through finals to the the of the tournament. They won a very hard-fought and determined a against match exciting Korean team. The Koreans the minute went in fifth nearly ahead when Park Chu-Young’s - rounded beautifully free kick the curled Uruguayan wall and hit the post. Two minutes later Luis Suarez scored Uruguay’s first - a well-taken half-volley tight across face a angle the from of the goal. Uruguay seemed content goal with lead their as one they - sat hour back own an soaked their for and in half up non-stop Korean pressure. The waves of attacks by the Koreans finally paid off in the 68th minute when Lee Chung-Yong the above jumped to defense Uruguayan head the ball home. It looked like Korea had the advantage until from curled a shot Suarez in brilliant the edge of the penalty area with ten minutes to go.

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.
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Q.4.
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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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