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ESL / EFL Lesson Plan on Slovakia 0 Paraguay 2 - by Sean Banville

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LISTENING GAP-FILL

Paraguay ____________________ display to beat Slovakia 2-0. They ____________________ their opponents, who didn’t have a shot on target until the 92nd minute. The South Americans ____________________ from the opening whistle. They always looked dangerous ____________________. In contrast, Slovakia rarely ____________________ together. Paraguay’s first goal came in the 27th minute and ____________________. Lucas Barrios split the Slovakian defense with ____________________ that Enrique Vera curled past the ‘keeper with the ____________________. The second half was a replica of the first with the Paraguayans showing Slovakia how to play stylish, ____________________. The second goal came on 86 minutes; a brilliant strike from Carlos Riveros from ____________________.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

Paraguay put on an impressive yaplisd to beat Slovakia 2-0. They totally dominated their opponents, who didn’t have a shot on retgta until the 92nd minute. The South Americans pushed for goal from the opening lhsitwe. They always looked dangerous in front of goal. In contrast, Slovakia rarely put a teceriav move together. Paraguay’s first goal came in the 27th minute and was beautifully weokdr. Lucas Barrios tlsip the Slovakian defense with a precision pass that Enrique Vera curled past the ‘keeper with the suotide of his boot. The odcsne half was a replica of the first with the Paraguayans showing Slovakia how to play stylish, tagnicakt football. The second goal came on 86 minutes; a brilliant kertis from Carlos Riveros from the edge of the area.

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

Paraguay to beat put on an impressive display Slovakia 2-0. They totally dominated their opponents, who didn’t have 92nd the until target on shot a minute. The South Americans pushed goal the whistle for from opening. They front of always looked dangerous in goal. In contrast, Slovakia rarely together move creative a put. Paraguay’s first goal came in the 27th minute and was beautifully worked. Lucas Barrios split the Slovakian defense with a precision pass that Enrique Vera curled past the ‘keeper with the outside of his boot. The second the of replica a was half with first the Paraguayans showing Slovakia how to play stylish, attacking football. 86 The goal on minutes second came; a brilliant strike from Carlos Riveros from the edge of the area.

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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