An Integrated Skills Lesson Plan for "Maps and Legends" by Michael Chabon

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2004, Volume 42, Issue 2

This lesson plan is based on the article “Maps and Legends” by novelist Michael Chabon and is for high intermediate to advance students. The lesson includes group and pair work. Students discuss the neighborhood where they grew up. They read the text and identify unfamiliar words, then answer comprehension questions in writing or discussion groups. Post-reading activities include scanning, inferring meaning from context, dictionary practice, and discussion questions. The lesson ends with questions to make connections beyond the text and project ideas.

Author:
Carmel Underwood; Robert Underwood

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Teachers Reading Speaking Vocabulary Integrated Skills American Culture
Cover of English Teaching Forum 2004, Volume 42, Issue 2

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2004, Volume 42, Issue 2

English Teaching Forum 2004, Volume 42, Issue 2

Featured in this issue are an interview with James E. Alatis and an integrated skills lesson plan for "The Making of a City." Other articles cover English as an international language, the teaching of collocations, reciprocal teaching, and tutoring in an ESOL music project.