Lesson 6, Sleep and Dreams Part 2 A Dream Narrative explained as to how to teach reading comprehension ideally.

1. Middle East Diamond Edition
McGraw Hill Original, 2012
© Gorakhnath Gangane, English Language Instructor,
PYP, University of Jazan, 2015.(Cambridge, CELTA)
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2. Part 2: A Dream Narrative
Reading A Narrative (story)
Comprehension Exercise.

3. Reading skills and strategies: Prereading:
Thinking about the topic, Previewing
vocabulary, Identifying details, Finding the
meaning of new words in context
Critical thinking skills: Understanding mood
Vocabulary building: Understanding
pronouns
Language skills: Discussing ideas from the
reading.

4. Page 112 to 116

5. Thinking about the topic
The students read some general questions on
sleep and dreams. The answers will and should
vary but the discussion will help them speak.

6. Verbs: realize, travel
Adjectives: anxious, complicated, familiar, unfamiliar
Adverb: outside
Idiom*: Make sense
*An idiom is a word or phrase that is not taken
literally.
The meanings of the yellow colour-coded words are
what the students find out in the next exercise.

7. 3.1.B.go places
3.2.C. nervous
3.3.B. something that I knew
3.4.C. difficult
3.5.A.understand
3.6.C.without logic

8. Psychologist (Revision)
Psychologists help people learn to cope
effectively with life issues and mental health .
Revision needed as earlier psychologist was only
defined as studying behaviour but here the
meaning is extended.

9. Comfortable = at ease
Uncomfortable = ill at ease, uneasy
Completely different = not the same at all
Dirty = not clean
River = A large natural stream of water flowing
in a channel to the sea
Garbage= waste (dry & wet)
Afraid = full of fear
Street = road

10. He feels anxious a lot.

11. He goes to a …

12. This is the dream from June 7.

13. It was very big and very dark.

15. But didn’t look like the real New
York.

16. I was in a friend’s apartment.
It was comfortable.

17. I was in the street, alone.

20. Didn’t know
friend’s
address.

22. I knew my house was
outside the city.

23. But I didn’t know which one to
take.

24. People
answered...
I couldn’t understand them.

25. Travelling across
a very
dangerous river.

26. The river
was dirty...
Full of
garbage.

27. I thought, “I’ll never get home.”

28. No one listened.
Then I woke up.

30. 5.C.A man was trying to go home but it was
difficult.

31. 6.2.True. A psychologist tried to help him.
6.3.False. He just went for a walk in the city.
6.4.True. In his dream he was in a big city.
6.5.False. It was dark.
6.6.True. In the dream he wanted to go home.
6.7.True. In the dream he had problems on his
way home.

32. 7.2.It - Apartment
7.3.One - Buses
7.4.It - Way
7.5.Them - Directions

33. Adjectives used: Large, big, dark, real,
comfortable, lost,
uncomfortable, familiar, unfamiliar, anxious,
complicated, dangerous, afraid.

34. The mood is negative as the majority of
adjectives are negative.

35. What might the psychologist tell the man he
has?1.Anxiety
What are his emotions? Fear, stress, worry.
What might be some symbols in his dream? 2.
City, apartment, street(s), buses, river, boat,
people, garbage.
What might be their meanings?: Workplace
maybe, help, world, hope, way, neutrality,
obstacles, things to be cleaned out or dealt with
in his life or workplace or society perhaps

36.  To wrap up the students have to write in their
journal for 5 minutes from one of the three
topics given at the end of Part 2. a. Something
learned about sleep or dreams. b. A dream that
you have had. c. Opinion of/on dreams
 Ideally, the writing should be reviewed and
students encouraged to make a final draft.