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ESL / EFL Lesson Plan on Netherlands 2 Brazil 1 - by Sean Banville

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LISTENING GAP-FILL

This game had the ____________________ entertaining and it didn’t disappoint. The Netherlands booked their place ____________________ an exciting second-half comeback. Brazil took the lead in the tenth minute when a pass from Felipe Melo found Robinho on his own on the ____________________. The striker turned and struck the ball past the Netherlands’ goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg. A second nearly came ____________________ from Kaka that forced an outstanding save from Stekelenburg. The Netherlands ____________________ the break. Wesley Sneijder floated in a cross from the right wing that Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar looked ____________________, until Felipe Melo got in his way and headed the ball into the back of the ____________________. Melo then got sent off for stamping on Arjen Robben. Sneijder scored the winner in the 68th minute to ____________________ semi-finals.

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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