FDE II 08
H.J. Perino
Graded Reader Lesson Plan
Sabrina Sahli
18.02.2008
Lesson Plan Graded Reader: Dracula
Text: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Oxford Bookworms Library), Stage 2 (700 headwords)
Time plan: 7 weeks, 1 per week (introduction + 6 chapters)
Aims: -
introduce literature
begin to discuss literary topics
learn to work independently
understand texts, learn to read for understanding, not word-to-word translations
Presentations
The class will form 6 groups; each week, one group will present a chapter; presentations will
not take longer than 5 minutes; additionally, they will prepare ‘Verständnisfragen’ (1-2) to be
distributed to the class and solved by the class after the presentation. They should also bring
to class 2-3 aspects they found interesting or disturbing in order to discuss them in class.
However, in any case the teacher will have her own questions ready in case discussions stall.
Vocabulary
I don’t want to put too much focus on vocabulary to encourage students to read the text for
understanding, instead on concentrating on translations of every single word. However, at the
beginning of this lesson-sequence, students will be told that they will have to keep a list of
their own vocabulary, i.e. they are required to use a dictionary to find out words they don’t
know while reading, and which they need to understand the text.
Lesson
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Activities
Introduction:
- show a scene from Dracula-movie (Harper and
the 3 vampire ladies?), max. 5’
- ‘Dracula’ on blackboard => brainstorming what
students know about the protagonist; ask what
they suppose the story will be like
- read introduction aloud in class
- Admin: explain what the following 6 lessons
will be like
Chapter 1: Harker’s diary
- first few minutes: discuss particular vocabulary
questions
- first group: presentation, ‘Verständnisfragen’,
discuss interesting aspects
- last 10-15 minutes: read aloud from the text
Chapter 2: Harker’s diary
- first few minutes: discuss particular vocabulary
questions
- first group: presentation, ‘Verständnisfragen’,
discuss interesting aspects
- last 10-15 minutes: read aloud from the text
Homework
- read chapter 1
- answer ‘before reading’
questions in the book
- read chapter 2
- answer questions to chapter
1,2 in the book
- read chapter 3
- answer questions to chapter
3 in the book
FDE II 08
H.J. Perino
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Graded Reader Lesson Plan
Sabrina Sahli
18.02.2008
Chapter 3: Mina’s story
- first few minutes: discuss particular vocabulary
questions
- first group: presentation, ‘Verständnisfragen’,
discuss interesting aspects
- last 10-15 minutes: read aloud from the text
Chapter 4: Jack Seward’s story
- first few minutes: discuss particular vocabulary
questions
- first group: presentation, ‘Verständnisfragen’,
discuss interesting aspects
- last 10-15 minutes: read aloud from the text
Chapter 5: Harker’s diary
- first few minutes: discuss particular vocabulary
questions
- first group: presentation, ‘Verständnisfragen’,
discuss interesting aspects
- last 10-15 minutes: read aloud from the text
Chapter 6: Harker’s diary
- first few minutes: discuss particular vocabulary
questions
- first group: presentation, ‘Verständnisfragen’,
discuss interesting aspects
- last 15 minutes: selected ‘after reading’
questions in the book to be solved in groups and
discussed in class
- answer ‘before reading
chapter 4’ questions
- read chapter 4
- answer questions to chapter
4 in the book
- answer ‘before reading
chapters 5,6’ questions
- read chapter 5
- read chapter 6
- answer questions to chapter
5,6 in the book