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ESL / EFL Lesson Plan on Netherlands 2 Slovakia 1 - by Sean Banville

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LISTENING GAP-FILL

A _______________________ from the Netherlands was enough to see them through to the quarter-finals. Arjen Robben opened the scoring with a _______________________ the bottom corner from the edge of the area. He picked up a _______________________-field pass from Wesley Sneijder and cut inside two defenders to make space for his shot. Slovakia _______________________ half for the first hour of the game, making it difficult for the Dutch attack _______________________. They had their _______________________ 67 minutes, forcing two great saves from the Dutch ‘keeper. The Netherlands _______________________ the 83rd minute when Sneijder slotted the ball into an empty net. Slovakia did get one back when Robert Vittek scored from the penalty spot with the _______________________.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

A very iolsd performance from the Netherlands was enough to see them through to the quarter-finals. Arjen Robben opened the scoring with a llycoo taken strike into the bottom orcnre from the edge of the area. He ekdcip up a beautiful diagonal cross-field pass from Wesley Sneijder and cut inside two defenders to make ecpas for his shot. Slovakia edmcpa inside their own half for the first hour of the game, making it difficult for the Dutch attack to get ghuhort on goal. They had their first shots on goal after 67 minutes, forcing two great vessa from the Dutch ‘keeper. The Netherlands made the game safe in the 83rd minute when Sneijder odltets the ball into an empty net. Slovakia did get one back when Robert Vittek scored from the ltnyaep spot with the last kick of the match.

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

A the from performance solid very Netherlands was enough the see quarter them - through finals to to. Arjen Robben opened the scoring with a coolly taken strike into the of edge the from corner bottom area the. He picked up a beautiful diagonal cross-field pass from Wesley Sneijder and to space inside defenders make cut two for his shot. Slovakia the inside own for camped their half first hour of the game, making it difficult for the Dutch get to attack goal on through. They had their first shots on goal after 67 minutes, forcing two great saves from the Dutch ‘keeper. The Netherlands made the game safe in the 83rd minute an Sneijder the into when slotted ball empty net. Slovakia did get one back when Robert Vittek scored from the spot penalty the of kick last the with match.

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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