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ESL / EFL Lesson Plan on North Korea 0 Cote d'Ivoire 3 - by Sean Banville

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LISTENING GAP-FILL

Cote d’Ivoire ____________________ goals and for Brazil to beat Portugal ____________________ last 16. They played like they could get the goals throughout the game. They had 28 shots ____________________ amazing amount of possession. They scored their first goal after 14 minutes – a clever ____________________ of the area into the bottom corner. The second came 6 minutes later. Didier Drogba ____________________ against the bar, and Romaric headed the rebound into an empty goal. It really looked like Cote d-Ivoire were in the mood ____________________. They attacked non-stop for the rest of the half but ____________________ just 2-0 up. Normal service resumed after the break but wave after wave of Ivorian attacks ____________________. The Koreans had five in defense. A third goal did come in the 82nd minute from Saloman Kalou.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

Cote d’Ivoire needed about eight lgaso and for Brazil to beat Portugal to go through to the last 16. They aypdle like they could get the goals throughout the game. They had 28 shots on goal and an amazing amount of sopnesosis. They scored their first goal after 14 minutes – a clever shot from the edge of the area into the bottom rcoern. The second came 6 minutes later. Didier Drogba smashed a olyvel against the bar, and Romaric headed the rebound into an mpyte goal. It really looked like Cote d-Ivoire were in the mood to get double suiegfr. They attacked non-stop for the rest of the half but went in at half-time just 2-0 up. Normal service resumed after the arekb but wave after wave of Ivorian asctakt came to nothing. The Koreans had five in sdfeeen. A third goal did come in the 82nd minute from Saloman Kalou.

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

Cote d’Ivoire and goals eight about needed for Brazil to beat Portugal to through the 16 go to last. They played the throughout they get goals like could the game. They had 28 shots on goal and an amazing amount of possession. They their goal 14 scored first after minutes – a clever the from shot into area the of edge the bottom corner. The second came 6 minutes later. Didier Drogba the against volley a smashed bar, and Romaric headed the rebound into an empty goal. It really looked like Cote d-Ivoire in mood get were the to double figures. They attacked non-stop the for half the but rest went of in at half-time just 2-0 up. Normal service resumed after the of wave after wave but break attacks Ivorian came to nothing. The Koreans had five in defense. A third goal did minute 82nd the in come from Saloman Kalou.

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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• 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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