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THEME 7 FOOD AND FESTIVALS

FUNCTIONS
F1 Talking about national and international festivals
10 GRADE F2 Describing actions and processes
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4 RAN Chart

The activity aims to have students talk about national and international festivals using a RAN (Reading
and Analyzing Nonfiction) chart. In addition, this activity is inquiry-based and it allows authenticity in
language learning.

Materials and Preparation
The RAN chart on page 170
The pictures about festivals on pages 171 and 172
The reading texts on page 173
As a preparation, the teacher photocopies the RAN charts for each student and reading texts for each pair.

Procedure
1 Put students into pairs and give the RAN charts to each student.
2 Put the pictures on display so that each student can see them well. Alternatively, you can display them
on the interactive whiteboard. Then, tell students that the pictures are related to Diwali Festival and
National Sovereignty and Children’s Day.
3 Once you make sure that all the students can see the pictures well, tell them to fill in the first columns
of the charts. Explain them that this first column is allocated for whatever students know or whatever
they think they know related to the festival they are focusing on. Remember to tell students that they
don’t have to write anything if they don’t know about the festival(s).
4 Then, hand out the reading texts to each pair and let them read and study the texts as pairs. Once
they have finished reading, tell them to deal with the second and third columns. Explain students that
the second column is there for them to list whatever they were right about. As for the third column,
they need to list whatever they were wrong about.
5 Once you have run the process regarding the second and third columns, have students write whatever
they have picked from the texts as new information in the fourth column.
6 Finally, once you’re done with the fourth column, let them move on to the fifth column, which is for
students to make notes regarding their comments and discussions. Then, have them share their
comments and discussions.

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