LO: Introduce the topic and get familiar with each other.

1. Introduce the title and the topic of this lesson.

2. Have an open discussion about the given question.

What do you know about

races?

The Great Race

ORT-G1A Lesson 14
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 LO: Get to know the learning goals of this lesson.

Learning Goals
Go through the learning goals with Ss. If time is allowed, tell Ss that
they’re going to learn an important reading strategy in this lesson.

1. Identify and know the spelling-sound correspondences for

vowel teams; decode words with long vowel sounds.
2. Practice the key words and phrase worried, drive, signpost,
mountain, slow down, skid, and oil, and use them in sentences.
3. Learn about the reading skill and strategy: Recognize cause
and effect relationships.
4. Talk about the story The Great Race and discuss what you
should do to fairly win a competition.
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 LO: Present their homework.

Presentation
1. Show the writing task from last lesson to Ss.
2. Ask Ss to present their own homework one by one.

Presentation 3. Give feedback.

Tips: If Ss have not completed their homework, just skip the slide, but
remind Ss to do their homework next time.

Please Present Your Writing

Writing Task:

Write a beginning of an adventure story

you could have in the castle.

Share what you’ve written

with your partner.

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 LO: Identify and know the spelling-sound correspondences for vowel teams.

Phonics
1. Ask Ss to choose the boy or the girl in the picture to play a racing game.
2. Click and show Ss the phonics words; ask Ss to spell and read the phonics words
by turns. The first person to answer correctly can let the boy’s or the girl’s car

Listen & Say

move forward; click the boy or the girl to move; announce the winner.
3. The first S to reach the end is the winner. If Ss cannot read them accurately,
correct them.
4. Click to show the six phonics words; ask Ss to take turns reading the words.
Notes: T can click the boy or the girl to move the car. The first S to reach the end is
the winner.
play fay today snail rain gain

What sound do
ay and ai
make?

Team A Let’s read these

words.

Team B
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 LO: Accurately decode words with short vowel sounds; read the text
fluently.
1. Read the chant to Ss with rhythm. Phonics
2. Guide Ss to read the chant aloud together; have Ss read the chant
in turns.

Read on Your Own 3. Give feedback.

I play with a snail.

Then, it begins to rain.
The snail turns into a fay.
We both gain happiness today.

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 LO: Identify the basic information about the book; talk about what they can

Lead-in
learn from the book cover; motivate Ss’ interests in reading.
Have Ss discuss the given questions.

Book Cover
Before Reading

1. Who do you think is driving

the car? Where do you think
they are going?
2. Do you want to learn how to
drive a car when you grow
Written by Roderick Hunt up? Why?
Illustrated by Alex Brychta
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 LO: Use details from the picture to make predictions.

Lead-in
1. Ask Ss to recall how to make predictions.
2. Have Ss make predictions by using the provided questions.

Make Predictions
Use details in the picture.

1. Where do you think Biff, Chip, and Gran are?

2. What will Biff, Chip, and Gran do?
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 LO: Understand the key word worried; utilize the reading strategies

The Great Race and skills to assist in reading comprehension.

Reading
1. Have Ss talk about the comprehension questions; encourage them
to support their answers with clues from the text.
2. Elicit the word worried from Ss; click the words in the text and
worried (adj.)
explain them.

Read Pages 1-2

Comprehension

1. Why did Gran want a new car?

Definition:
feeling unhappy or afraid of
2. How didhappened
something Biff and Chip feel about
or might
happened
it? Why?
Example:
Gran liked this car. Biff was worried. My sister didn’t come home
The car was too fast for Gran. yesterday, so my dad was really
worried about her.
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 LO: Understand the key word drive; utilize the reading strategies and

The Great Race Reading

skills to assist in reading comprehension; make connections.
1. Have Ss talk about the comprehension questions; encourage them
to support their answers with clues from the text.
2. Elicit the word drive from Ss; click the words in the text and
Read Pages 3-4
explain them.
drive (v.)
3. Have Ss discuss the connections question; encourage Ss to talk
more about themselves.
Comprehension
1. What kind of car did Gran buy?
2. What did Mum think of Gran's
new car? What did she think might
Past Tense: drove
happen?
Definition:
to control and operate a kind
Connections
Gran bought the fast car. She drove it of vehicle
Does your family have a car? Do you
home. Example:
likedad
My it? drives
What kind of to
the car cartake
would you
us to
“Oh no!” said Dad. school every day.
like? Why?
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 LO: Utilize the reading strategies and skills to assist in reading

The Great Race comprehension;

Reading
Have Ss talk about the comprehension questions; encourage them to
support their answers with clues from the text.

Read Pages 5-7

Comprehension

1. Where did the magic take Gran

and the children?
The magic took them to a race.
“Come on,” said Gran. “This is my new 2. Why were there so many cars?
car.”
What would happen?
“Oh Gran!” said Biff. “What would
Mum say?”
“Never mind Mum,” said Gran.
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 LO: Understand the text; utilize the reading strategies and skills to assist in

The Great Racereading comprehension; make connections.

Reading
1. Ask Ss to go through the text quickly and ask Ss to talk about the
comprehension questions.

Read Pages 8-9

2. Have Ss discuss the connections question; encourage Ss to talk more about
themselves.

Comprehension

1. What did Gran find? Why did

they look at it?
he say that
2. Was the Baron a good or a
nasty character? How do you
know?
Gran found a map. They all looked at
it. Connections
A man looked at Gran. He was a bad What nasty characters do you
know in other stories? What do you
man. He was called the Baron.
think of them?
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 LO: Have Ss read and understand the text.

The Great Race Reading

Read the text to Ss and have Ss pay attention to the underlined words.

Pages 10-11

The children looked at the Baron. The A man changed the signpost.
Baron looked at the children. “Ha! Ha!” said the man. “Now the Baron
“Ha!” said the Baron. “You won’t win.” will win.”

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 LO: Understand the key word signpost; utilize the reading strategies

The Great Race and skills to assist in reading comprehension.

Reading
1. Elicit the word signpost from Ss; click and explain it.
2. Have Ss talk about the comprehension questions; encourage them
to support their answers with clues from the text.
signpost (n.)
Read Pages 10-13

Comprehension

1. Why did the man change the

Definition:
a sign at side of road tells you signpost?
which way to go or the
directions of places 2. Did his plan work? Why or why
Example:
We can reach the village by not? How did he feel?
following the signpost.

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 LO: Understand the key word mountain and key phrase slow down; utilize the

The Great Race Reading

reading strategies and skills to assist in reading comprehension.
1. Have Ss talk about the comprehension questions; encourage them to support
their answers with clues from the text.
2. Elicit the word mountain and the phrase slow down from Ss; click the word and

slow down
mountain (n.)
phrase in the text and explain them.

Read Pages 14-15

Comprehension

1. Why did Biff shout, “slow

down”?
Definition:
Definition:
2. What slowly;
did the to
Baron putspeed
on the
to move reduce
high area on the land; big hill
They came to the mountains. road? What would happen to
Example:
Example:
“Slow down,” shouted Biff. TheGran
She climbsandtheher
car slows car?
mountain
down once
before thea
month.
red light.
“No. This is fun,” said Gran
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 LO: Understand the key words skid and oil; utilize the reading strategies and

The Great Race skills to assist in reading comprehension.

Reading
1. Have Ss talk about the comprehension questions; encourage them to
support their answers with clues from the text.
2. Elicit the words skid and oil from Ss; click the words in the text and
skid (v.)
oil (n.)
explain them.
Read Pages 16-17

Comprehension

1. What was wrong with the car?

2. What
Pastdo you think
Tense: might
skidded
The car skidded on the oil. It crashed Definition:
Definition:
through the fence and went down the happen
thick liquidtothat
the makes
car? machines
to slide sideways or forwards
move more smoothly
mountain. while moving
“Hold on,” shouted Gran. Example:
Example:
“Oh no!” shouted Biff. The car some
He put skidded on the
motor icythe
oil in road.
car.
“Oh help!” shouted Chip.
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 LO: Utilize the reading strategies and skills to assist in reading

The Great Race comprehension.

Reading
Ask Ss to go through the text quickly and ask Ss to talk about the two
comprehension questions.

Read Pages 18-19

Comprehension

1. Who was leading in the race?

The Baron was behind. Gran was in front. 2. Who do you think would be
She was winning the race. the winner?

Biff looked behind.

“Come on Gran,” she shouted.

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 LO: Utilize the reading strategies and skills to assist in reading

The Great Race

comprehension.

Reading
Ask Ss to go through the text quickly and ask Ss to talk about the three
comprehension questions.

Read Pages 20-23

Comprehension

1. What was the bridge like? How

did Gran cross the bridge? What
happened to the Baron?
2. Who won the race? How did
Gran won the race.
everyone feel?
“Hooray!” called Biff and Chip.
The magic key glowed.
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 Utilize the reading strategies and skills to assist in reading

The Great Race comprehension; make connections.

Reading
1. Have Ss talk about the comprehension questions; encourage them
to support their answers with clues from the text.

Read Page 24 2. Have Ss discuss the connections question; encourage Ss to talk

more about themselves.

Comprehension
1. What did Gran do with her fast car?
Why do you think she did that?
2. What kind of car did Gran buy this
time?

Gran took the fast car back. She bought a Connections

little car. If you were Gran, which car would you

buy? Why?
“This one will do,” she said.
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 LO: Recognize cause and effect relationships.

Reading Strategy
1. Explain to Ss why we need to recognize and understand cause and effect
relationships.
2. Demonstrate and give examples of cause and effect relationships from the
story.

RecognizeWhat
Cause and Effect Relationships
3. Explain to Ss what happened and why.
Gran wanted
happened to buy
Biffaand
new car. Biff
Chip wereand
sad.
Chip were sad. They like Gran’s
Because old car.to buy a new
Gran wanted
Recognizing
Why itcause and effect
happened car. relationships
But Biff and Chip liked Gran’s
helps you understand the old car.better.
story

Effect
Mum was cross with Gran.
(What
Think about whathappened?)
happened and Mum whywasit cross with Gran.
“That car is too fast,” she said.
happened. Cause
Gran was upset. Because the car was too fast
(Why did it happen?) and it was dangerous.

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 LO: Have Ss learn the following reading strategy: Recognize cause and effect relationships.

Reading Strategy
1. Have Ss understand what cause and effect relationships are.
2. Help Ss identify cause and effect relationships in both the text and the illustrations.
3. Give Ss feedback.

Recognize Cause and Effect Relationships

有两道题需用手
The car skidded on the oil. It crashed
触发器去提示老
师点呢
through the fence and went down the
The mountain.
bridge broke. The Baron’s car
crashed down into“Hold
the river.
on,” shouted Gran.
“Oh no!” shouted Biff.
“Oh help!” shouted Chip.
What happened
Effect The Baron’s
car crashed through down
car crashed the fence
intoand
the
(What happened?) went down the mountain.
river.

Why it happened
Cause
(Why did it happen?)
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 LO: Check their understanding of the words and phrases learned in
the lesson.
Vocabulary
1. Ask Ss to work together to fill in the blanks with the right words.
2. Give feedback.

Read & Choose Notes ： If time is limited, just skip this slide.

mountain in the world is called Mount

1. The highest ___________
Everest.

worried and everything will be fine.

2. Don’t be ________,
drive too fast on the road.
3. It is dangerous to _______

drive worried mountain

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 LO: Talk about what the Baron and the man did to try to win the race.

Listening & Speaking

1. Ask Ss to talk about the things the Baron did in the story; discuss whether or not they
are right.
2. Encourage Ss to talk more; assist Ss if necessary.

Let’s Talk
What did the Baron
and the man do to
win the race?

 The man changed the signpost.

 The Baron put oil on the road.

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 LO: Talk about what you can do to win a race.

Listening & Speaking

Ask Ss to talk about what they can do to win a race.
Encourage Ss to answer the question by using the tips; assist Ss if necessary.

Let’s Talk

What can you do

to win a race?

 practice makes perfect

 try my best

 make all efforts

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 never give up
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 LO: Talk about the value of the story: What can you do to
fairly win a competition?
Value
1. Ask Ss to talk about what they can do to fairly win a competition.
2. Encourage Ss to answer the question by using the tips; assist Ss if
necessary.

What should you do to fairly win a competition?

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 LO: Describe how Gran solved all of the problems to win the race.

Oral Writing
1. Guide Ss to identify the problems and solutions in the story.

Get Ready to Present 2. Have Ss work together to finish the task.

1. Describe how Gran solved all of the problems to win the race by using the
chart.

2. Discuss the story with your partner.

Problems Solutions

Gran entered a car race. used a map to know the way

missed the signpost and turned

A man changed the signpost.
left

The car skidded on the oil and held on the car and fasten the
went down the hill. seatbelts
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 LO: Understand what the writing task is; know that they can

Writing
complete the writing task with the help of the post-class instructional
video.

Homework 1. Introduce and explain the writing task to Ss.

2. Ask Ss to finish the task before the next class and to be ready to
present.
3. Remind Ss to watch the post-class video before writing.

Task: Opinion Writing

Write a paragraph of your opinion about the following
question. List at least three reasons to support your
opinion.
Do you think it is good to drive fast?

Tip: Don’t forget to watch the post-class video before writing.

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 LO: Review what they learned in class.

Review
1. Ask Ss to recall the meaning of the key words.
2. Have Ss read the key sentences from the story.

Let’s Review
Vocabulary
worried, drive, signpost, mountain, slow
down, skid, oil
Sentence
 The Baron’s car crashed down into the
river.
 The car skidded on the oil.

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 1. Briefly comment on Ss’ performance.
2. Say goodbye to each other.

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