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ESL / EFL Lesson Plan on Italy 1 Paraguay 1 - by Sean Banville

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LISTENING GAP-FILL

Defending world champions Italy ___________________ earn a draw against a very organized Paraguay team. The Italians ___________________ header by Antolin Alcaraz in the 39th minute. Italy had most of the possession in the first half but ___________________ into scoring chances. ___________________ for the Italians when their legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was substituted after ___________________. It was the Paraguayans who ___________________ after the break and they looked set to ___________________. Goalkeeping errors seem ___________________ of this World Cup and Paraguay’s goalie Justo Villar contributed to this in the 63rd minute. The big South American gifted Italy’s Daniele de Rossi an equalizer after missing his ___________________ ball from a corner. On this evidence, Italy ___________________ champions.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

Defending world champions Italy had to thfgi back to earn a draw agstain a very organized Paraguay team. The Italians fell ehnbid to a header by Antolin Alcaraz in the 39th minute. Italy had most of the possession in the first half but could not turn this into scoring acnecsh. Things got worse for the Italians when their alenyerdg goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was buuttsdetsi after suffering back pains. It was the Paraguayans who were in control after the rakbe and they looked set to cause a major ptseu. Goalkeeping errors seem to be a theme of this World Cup and Paraguay’s eiolag Justo Villar contributed to this in the 63rd minute. The big South American gifted Italy’s Daniele de Rossi an uezieqarl after missing his nphcu to clear the ball from a rcoern. On this evidence, Italy look far from champions.

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

Defending world champions fight to had Italy back to earn a draw against a very organized Paraguay team. behind to a header The Italians fell by Antolin Alcaraz in the 39th minute. possession the of most had Italy in the first half but into chances not this scoring could turn. Italians worse when for Things the got their legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was substituted after suffering back pains. It were who Paraguayans the was in control after the break and they looked set to cause a major upset. to Goalkeeping be errors a seem theme of this World Cup and Paraguay’s goalie Justo Villar contributed the to 63rd this minute in. The big South American gifted Italy’s Daniele de Rossi an equalizer after to the missing punch clear ball his from a corner. On this evidence, far Italy from look champions.

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.
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)
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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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