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ESL / EFL Lesson Plan on Uruguay 1 (4) Ghana 1 (2) - by Sean Banville

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LISTENING GAP-FILL

Uruguay ___________________ the semi-finals by winning a penalty shoot-out. They ended Ghana’s hope of becoming the first African side ___________________ four. It was heartbreak for the Ghanaians as striker Asamoah Gyan ___________________ what was the last kick of the game in extra time. It was an exciting, often ___________________. Both sides missed many good chances. Ghana opened the scoring at the end of the first half. Sulley Muntari fired in ___________________ from 40 metres. Diego Forlan equalized for Uruguay from a free-kick ten minutes after the break. It looked like Ghana ___________________ when Luis Suarez was red-carded for handling on the line in the last minute of extra time. Gyan’s kick rebounded ___________________ and the referee blew the whistle to end the game. Gyan held his nerve to put the first of the penalties away, but ___________________ as his team-mates missed three to put Uruguay through.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

Uruguay boedko their place in the semi-finals by winning a penalty shoot-out. They ended Ghana’s hope of becoming the first African side ever to hreca the last four. It was heartbreak for the Ghanaians as striker Asamoah Gyan missed a napltey in what was the last kick of the game in extra time. It was an exciting, often bad-tempered mctah. Both sides missed many good chances. Ghana opened the cnosgri at the end of the first half. Sulley Muntari fired in an unstoppable shot from 40 metres. Diego Forlan ieudlqeaz for Uruguay from a free-kick ten minutes after the break. It looked like Ghana would go through when Luis Suarez was red-carded for hlangdni on the line in the last minute of extra time. Gyan’s kick rebounded off the brrcsaos and the reerfee blew the ewstlhi to end the game. Gyan held his nerve to put the first of the penalties away, but that wasn’t enough as his team-mates missed three to put Uruguay through.

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

Uruguay place finals in by the booked semi their - winning a penalty shoot-out. They ended Ghana’s hope of becoming the first reach African the side last ever four to. It was heartbreak for the Ghanaians as striker Asamoah Gyan the penalty last in kick what missed was a of the game in extra time. It was an exciting, often bad-tempered match. many missed sides Both chances good. Ghana the opened end the of scoring the at first half. Sulley Muntari fired in an unstoppable shot from 40 metres. Diego Forlan equalized for Uruguay from a free-after minutes ten kick break the. It looked like Ghana would go through when Luis Suarez was red-carded for the in line the on handling minute last of extra time. Gyan’s kick rebounded off the crossbar and the referee end game the to the blew whistle. Gyan held his nerve to put the first of the penalties away, but that wasn’t enough as his team-mates missed three to put Uruguay through.

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.
Q.2.
Q.3.
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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